« Reply #2611 on: November 24, 2023, 02:29:18 AM »
I'm not a fan of the emulator process. It is too much money and it makes it much harder to change the settings. If you set it up for a passenger it will be wrong for solo riding. If someone else rides the bike it will be wrong for them and you can't adjust it without disassembly. If you sell the bike it will be wrong for the new owner and they can't go back to stock. They will have to buy new springs and disassemble the forks to retune the emulators or have to replace the drilled out pistons.
We've installed Progressive brand springs in several bikes with great results and it's only $100. I can ride plenty fast and hard with the Progressive springs without buying into all the hype about race parts. Most riders don't need to blow money on parts they really won't benefit from because they aren't riding at that level.
It's just like hotrods. Guys dump thousands of dollars into fancy parts just to brag about it. Then they total the car because it takes a long time to learn to really handle a high performance car. Driving/riding skills of the average person are just not up to performance levels that are so easy to buy now.
yeah, I here ya Kelly. Motorcycle "handling" is really all about confidence anyway. Folks that are fast are gonna be faster than you on anything. But is it really that hard to pop a fork cap, pull the spring, fish out the emulator and make an adjustment?...certainly not somethng you want to do before every ride. And I agree, most of the 1980's stuff you ride is good enough that emulators are probably not worth it. But those 1970's damper rod forks...the damping can be so terrble!...Harsh and hard on the sharp edged bumps, soft and wallowy on the smooth undulations...this is exactly opposite of what you want, and a good RaceTech set up fixes 85 percent of that imo. I have heard you complain about rear stuff that is wrong for your abnormally low body weight. Its uncomfortable, rght?And it's hard to have confidence when you are getting bucked off the seat. So why put up with it in the front when you don't have to?
If full top adjustable cartridges like Traxxion offers were available for the 750 I'd probably get them.
I have the Traxxion AK20 on my goldwing and know the difference. I started with the Racetech emulators and springs before spending the extra on the cartridges. A huge difference between the two. I've also tried the progressive springs and hated the harshness of the ride on the wings early on in my different wings.....I was trained by a goldwing suspension specialist a few years ago as well as rode and worked with racers and race bike builders back in the 70s. I know the difference in handling and feedback the bikes give.
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Honda Parts manager in the mid 1970s Nashua Honda
My current rides
1975 K5 Planet Blue my summer ride, it was a friend's bike I worked with at the Honda shop in 76, lots of fun to be on it again
1976 K6 Anteres Red rebuilding project, was originally my brother's that I set up from the crate, it'll breath again soon!
Project 750s, 2 K4, 2 K6, 1 K8
2008 GL1800 my daily ride and cross country runner
Prior bikes....
1972 Suzuki GT380 I had charge of it for a year in 1973 while my friend was deployed and learned to love street riding....
New CB450 K7 after my friend returned...
New CB750 K5 Planet Blue, demise by ex cousin in law at 9,000 miles...
New CB750 K6 Anteres Red, to replace the totaled K5, I sold this K6 at 45k in 1983, I had heavily modified it, many great memories on it and have missed it greatly.....
1983 GL1100A, 1999 GL1500 SE, 1999 GL1500A
