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Author Message   Midknyte Posted on Sunday, October 17, 2004 - 02:28 pm:        Can probably imagine the answer to this myself, but ask for confirmation... What is the effect of the compression damping being set differently on one fork tube from the other?   M1combat Posted on Sunday, October 17, 2004 - 02:49 pm:        The stiffer side will be doing more work (nearly all of it I think) and if the forks aren't very sturdy, it could let the tire do very strange things.   Biknut Posted on Sunday, October 17, 2004 - 02:50 pm:        i seem to remember honda had a bike that only had damping on one fork leg.   Wyckedflesh Posted on Sunday, October 17, 2004 - 03:06 pm:        Biknut that was an airfork with a crossover tube so they stayed balanced. Midknyte if you are leaned over and hit a bump, it can cause a bad ocillation as the forks try to stay matched.   Biknut Posted on Sunday, October 17, 2004 - 04:16 pm:        oh yea, i think that's right. both legs had the same spring pressure, but only one leg had any damping. that's been kind of a long time ago. you must be either a phd in motorcycle history, or a geezer. i agree, it must not work very well, because you don't hear about many racers setting up their forks that way.   Wyckedflesh Posted on Sunday, October 17, 2004 - 04:32 pm:        I resemble the geezer in physical age even if I don't chronologically.. but know about the forks cause I had them on a Honda Ascot FT500...

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