Front Fork Air Pressure

[Mopar_Tony_SF1]

Anybody here running air caps on a 79? What pressure do you like them pumped up to?

[Z Grand]

I have air caps on my '79 -- I run them at about 10 PSI.

[George R. Garrison #0857]

Z GRAND - What difference have you noticed since running air caps on the early X?

Have you tried different pressures with any degree of change?

Has the addition of air caps with pressure created any leaking problems?

Any notice of different tire wear patterns?

How about front end wobble, has it increased or decreased or remained the same? That's if you had any wobble before.

Idle questions from an idle mind.

George in Delaware.

[Don]

I run 6 or 7 psi in the ProLink forks on my '79 - They were just too soft with no air, especially under heavy braking . . . . which is possible with the 1100F brakes. I'm going to try adding a half inch spacer on top of the springs this winter and see how that changes things next spring

Don

[Z Grand]

Z GRAND - What difference have you noticed since running air caps on the early X?

Have you tried different pressures with any degree of change?

Has the addition of air caps with pressure created any leaking problems?

Any notice of different tire wear patterns?

How about front end wobble, has it increased or decreased or remained the same? That's if you had any wobble before.

Idle questions from an idle mind.

George in Delaware.

The forks had been re-worked by Tim's using '80 model components before I bought the bike, so I can't really say how much difference there is vs. stock. I have not noticed any leaking, and the tire seems to wear very evenly. My bike also has a fork brace, so I have not noticed any front end wobble (though I admittedly don't ride the bike very hard). I've never run the bike without air in the forks, so I don't really know how much difference it really makes. Hope this helps.