Hi Zdenko and others,
I've just about finished installing the intims but did it the easy way. Cos I only changed my fork oil 10k klms ago with 10wt, I just took the caps off, removed the washer, spacers and springs and sucked out the oil with one of those syrige tools.
I'm running out of time to get my bike sorted for a trip north and because of the new screen now being perfect and not wanting to fiddle with it and have to take it with the loweres off, I decided this was the best option for me.
I calculated there was less than 40mils left of oil at the end and considering I still had to put in more than 500mils in each to top up to hagons 140mm air gap, the ratio of 10 wt to 5 wt was negligible ie about %8.
Also, the oil I took out was still clean as a whistle so it just wasn't a big deal imo.
So I'm just about to go out into the garage to now put the cut off pvc spacers in, as after working the forks up and down several times to makes sure there was no trapped air etc, plus to mix the oils up, I left the caps off overnight just to make sure no air bubbles remained in. I did leave a towel over the forks to ensure no contamination too.
So, I hoping I find a nice bit of quality riding is ahead of me with these new gizmos. I will be honest though if I can't seem to notice any difference. Mind you, with the rear hagons and the front forks having progressive springs, my suspension still is blo#dy great anyway.
In saying that, if there was a weakness in our suspension after sorting out everything we know so far, it would still be the front forks imo. These may just be the difference but time will tell.
I would be surprised though if I didn't notice some considerable improvement given all the positive comments mentioned over in the ratnet forum and now here.
cheers
Staffo
