INTRO How & Why To Change Your Motorcycle Fork Position

Does you're bike turn too fast? Too slow? How would you know? Perhaps you've seen Dave Moss change the fork height of a motorcycle and wondered why. Perhaps you could benefit from moving your forks. Learn how and why in this How-To video.

[RickyJr]

Looking forward to your SLO visit, Sir Dave!

[Motosapien]

TORQUE SPECS!!!! A career spent working on German engines has proven to me that fastener torque and torque sequence are EXTREMELY important! The OE didn't pay some enginerd big bucks just to throw some random numbers in the book. 10:50 is a perfect example of why torque is important. Could've been over-torqued and with dissimilar metals the aluminum will deform and "bite" into the bolt. This is why if the head is looking like it'll round off before the bolt loosens up then a couple tappy taps on the head in line with the shank will help to release that "bite".

[TankToChest]

As a young man I once loosened all the nuts on the triple tree without a stand 😂😂😂

[HowlerBikeVlogs]

so my '05 R1 turns in way faster than i'm comfortable with, but once i'm at lean it feels sluggish to get to the absolute edge of the tire. now i did swap tires and got a higher tire in the rear(55 instead of the 50 that is factory size), that does increase the weight on the front i know that, however i cant increase the front height, forks are flush with the triple clamp up top. i assume my best option is to get a rear shock that has ride height adjustment and dial the rear ride height down a notch or 2. then again, i've only done 2 trackdays on this bike and it's so different from my previous trackbike, i'm still finding a good baseline setup for the suspension, setting sag to a certain book-number is too soft for my braking ability, i bottomed it on the first session. have a trackday planned next week, going to experiment a bit with compression and preload.

[alanbrown]

An interesting video.

It is always worthwhile checking and returning to factory settings first, I had a new Honda, one fork leg full of oil, none in the other; mistakes happen.

Could you not raise the oil level and by reducing the air gap give a bigger distance to bottom out ?

[stanbarrington]

CBR954RR….loves to wheelie, crazy light front end, controlling low end torque.I read a recommendation to drop the forks about one inch.INSTANT corner stability along with heavier springs and thicker fork oil.

[funninja]

Hi Dave
On triumphs the position of the forks is measured form the line of the crest/grove on the fork, below the top clamp and the bottom surface of the top triple clamp.
;-)
Thanks for the video !

[rajhanschavan]

Do you offer course on suspension setup

[chriscarbaugh]

Bloody hell Dave, I just bought a 2010 Speed Triple and I am vertically challenged. Only today I bought a lowering link that lowers the rear suspension 1.6” ... I will then need to lower the forks. I am starting to think I have made a mistake !!!

[Fubar]

I have conventional forks with damper rods and no compression adjusters. My preload adjusters are backed out all the way. Fork caps are flush with a *FLAT* triple clamp. Using the zip tie method I'm using 2/3 travel. To get to the 3/4 point, can I soften the forks just a bit by removing a small portion of oil in each leg? If so, by how much increments would you recommend?

[LLS.R]

I also ride a street triple. So if i watched carefully, bottom out is 20mm from the bottom and the buffer should be at 40-45mm from the bottom? But for example, If take some preload out this might change the rider sag as well. What is leading? Greetings from the Netherlands. Love to watch your video’s.

[greyanaroth]

I've heard dave say, before, that he's NOT strong. What poppycock. The man played rugby, and is built like a tank.

Just wanted to add, after seeing you do this on the r6 and noticing a difference between my 2 fork legs, I decided to attempt to correct that only on the outside leg. And it was frightening. It helped that there was a lot of preload to take out, which I did, which made the process a bit easier. Does that make sense? Or was it just placebo?

[sanketjain]

Just want to confirm my understanding from the video - Raising dropping the folks doesn't change the height of the handlebar, right?
In the video Dave is making the folks taller so the front suspension would sag less than before? And this would also increase the wheelbase as well as rake, trail right?

[AntaresSQ]

I have a quick question on this. I have an S1000XR and I get a slight front end wobble at high speed cornering (90mph+ sweepers). Increasing the rear preload decreased this wobble so it makes me think it's a problem with the pitch of the bike. Usually increasing how much the forks stick out at the top make the bike more agile but less stable at speed due to reduced rake, but would it help with the wobble due to pitching the bike forward and putting more weight on the front? I don't really want to go higher on preload as the ride would be too harsh and other handling issues arise. The bike has electronic suspension and putting the damping into the sporty setting also helps a bit with the wobble but it's still present. The forks are currently level with the triple tree so there is no room to go down. Any help would be appreciated!

[paulhall]

There's something missing after the second ride

[sscp]

9:26... you're not measuring to the flat spot... so it's slightly off?

[woppini]

The adjusted fork didnt seem much different when done, compared to the other side

[bikesandfamily]

Does this work when using rearstand lift? Thanks

[county_bear]

I want to do this on my fjr1300. But I fear that the weight would bend the forks. I also don't know if it's doable with both forks connected to the wheel.

[DonziGT]

Since the forks are tied together top and bottom, how could the left side have more pressure on it just because the bike's on the kickstand?