houseape1000 Posted March 28, 2010 Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 Hi all, I recently put a new air filter in, and oiled it......I think I put a bit too much oil in the filter though, so I washed it straight afterwards before fitting. Recently I have had a few issues, thinking that the bike seems to be a bit bland. I was thinking of putting a set of rings in, to see if the power came back. Last night I washed the filter again, and used almost boiling water, so now there is only a little oil remaining, I nearly flipped the bugger earlier.....the power difference is amazing. Just thought I'd share this incase anyone else has the same issues. Also I have just bridged the fan, as for some reason the bike seems to run a lot better when the fan is on permanent.......what could cause this ? Finally, I have been messing around with the front suspension, and have tightened the pre-load by 1 turn, and added 4 clicks of dampening, it now steers better and strangely, the back end seems a lot better. It now feels really easy to hop, why would the rear end feel and act better from altering the front suspension ??? Cheers, Andy. I now have that feeling you get when selling a car, and you give it a good clean up, then don't want to sell it....! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsben Posted March 28, 2010 Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 Not too sure on the other points but I think the changes you've made to the front suspension will have altered the geometry of the bike slightly. The extra preload should give you somthing a bit more solid to push against when hopping the back end rather than all your energy being lost in a load of fork dive. It might also be partly the placebo effect but either way, its all good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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