fork oil, side stand switch

[f3racer]

on a serious budget for racing for 2010 and cannont afford cartridge emulators for the forks. does anyone have a suggestion for fork oil to use?

also anyone done a sidestand switch removal on an 07 cbr 600 rr? can i just cut the wires and bypass the switch by connecting them?

[DakotaCBR]

Not positive on the kickstand wires for the 07 bikes, but on the 03-06 there are only two wires. Just short the two together to complete the circuit.

[Noidly1]

Well, if the forkie aruha tooa loosie, try summa geara looba...


Seriously... Any quality fork oil will do. I use BelRay.

[Ducmarc]

racetech oil

[Super Dave]

on a serious budget for racing for 2010 and cannont afford cartridge emulators for the forks. does anyone have a suggestion for fork oil to use?

Emulators?

That's for a non cartridge fork...  What bike is this for?  The RR's have cartridge forks.

[f3racer]

07 cbr 600 rr.  yeah i think im going to get racetech g2r gold valving. i thought they were called emulators.

[Super Dave]

07 cbr 600 rr.  yeah i think im going to get racetech g2r gold valving. i thought they were called emulators.

Ok, the first problem that seems to cause issues with the late model RR is that the spacer inside the fork doesn't preload the fork spring, which is a lot more "correct" for most riders than the CBR's from the past.  Valving is like frosting.  It will add flavor and color to the cake.  But your cake is the spring rate and being able to preload the spring as necessary...and the geometry of the bike (fork height, shock length in conjunction with tire height variations between tire manufacturers).

Might be worth just talking to Scotty at Trackside Engineering just to see what kind of real options there are.  I've done well with some bikes that have just had correct springs, preload, geometry, and 15wt fork oil to give the stock valving the dampening that I wanted for the budget I had. 

http://www.tracksidesuspension.com/

[F2RGK]

I use vegetable oil in my forks.   I went Green this year!!  LOL.....:))

[f3racer]

Lol


Im actually going to go with Rob @ Lithium. He is giving me a good deal on a traxxion ak 20 set up, and an elka shock.