Yamaha TRX850 Enthusiasts Forum

(Sorry for the double post but now figure this is the right section!)
I just bought a pair of 0.95kg/m Maxton fork springs off ebay and I'm wondering if anyone's got any advice on what length of fork spacers I should fit? As the standard spring length is 385mm and the Maxtons are only 262mm I'll be needing to add an additional spacer to each leg. I was all set to go ahead and fit them with 123mm spacers taking them to the original spring length but thought I'd stick up a post on the forum in case someones got experience with Maxtons and has any useful advice? I guess I'd be aiming to have the bike set up with the fork preload adjusters somewhere in the middle to enable tweaking in either direction. Also not sure if I should be altering the quantity of fork oil to suit?...Thanks in advance!

(The bike will be used mainly on the road and I weigh about 13-14 stone geared up)

I deleted the other copy of this thread for you

Why not ask the masters of suspension yourself CH_R1?:

http://www.maxtonsuspension.co.uk/

Shall do. Was reluctant to as I bought the springs off ebay but I guess that shouldn't matter. Cheers.

Hi

I think it may be me that sold you those springs. If it was the spacers included are the correct lenght for the spring as supplied by Maxton. The spring and spacer suppplied combined lenght equal the spacer and spring lenght of the original. At 13 stone for a road set-up you will probably end up with the pre-loads set about 1 line in from fully out wit hanother line added for the track. Hope this helps.

Forgot, Maxtons advise was to stick with the same amount of oil but to use 15w instead of 10w

Nice one- thanks for the help!

Just shows how crappy the original damper tube setup is - Maxton recommend 5W oil when you use their damper conversion