Fork Height

[23jayhawk]

Just curious, where do you all run your forks in the triple clamps? As delivered, mine came set up with the forks all the down, right to the edge of the upper fork tube. I have seen others with the forks raised about 3/4" to an inch. How far can you go without tire-fender interfernce? :eek: And did the steering seem significantly quicker when you raised the forks (as if the KDX needs sharper steering :D )?

 

[Matt90GT]

Not everyone is the same, so the forks can be setup differently. Do some reading on this page:

http://www.off-road.com/dirtbike/tootechp1.html

"Raising the forks in the triple clamps will lower the front end making the bike turn sharper but will reduce high-speed stability."

 

[WoWman]

I run it all the way down when in fast places, sometimes even a little lower than the 3x clamps. Works much better for sand/High speed.

For tight trails and such, raise them forks to about 1/4-1/2 inch above the clamps. Also makes a huge difference.

 

[gooby]

yep i've gone 3/8 on one bike bout 3/16 on my kdx but 3/4 - 1 " i can't imagine ?

 

[Fred T]

I run them with about 5 MM of overhang, I'm going to test 10 MM overhang when I put it back together this week. I like to stand up most of the time so I'm trying to get it to behave best when standing.