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Race Tech Gold Valves in a 2000 CR250
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[QUOTE="Jeff Howe, post: 24474, member: 18096"] [V]icious, Your forks already have an equivalent of the Race Tech Type 1 Gold Valve in them! The stock Showa fork piston will mimic the RT part in terms of flow area. So, unless your getting Type 2 pistons, which you should be, your gaining nothing with them. The Showa forks run a tight midvalve and a .052 bleed in the rebound piston to compensate. In my opinion, the rebound action is then somewhat compromised by this bleed. Race Tech setups normally ditch the midvalve, and in this case it would be a mistake as the midvalve would contribute to your bottoming resistance. Once this is removed you have to make up for that loss of bottoming resistance in your compression valving which can potentially put you closer to compromise in chatter bumps. Can you say harsh? Your looking at compromise in your valving arrangement. What you'll end up with is a stack that will be too soft initially in order to keep harshness out of the picture in the chatter. And, you better ask George to rate test your fork springs for you. Every set I tested last year rated light and would work optimally for a guy of 160lbs at best. [/QUOTE]
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