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GL1200 Engine Rebuild - Part 5 - Post Getting To The Road
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<blockquote data-quote="Rednaxs60" data-source="post: 222282" data-attributes="member: 4617"><p>The Axxion valve upgrade is similar to installing the Race Tech gold valves. This is what I received this from Dan Anderson at Traxxion: "The Axxion Valves were actually the first thing we manufactured 20 years ago. Those go in cartridge style forks. For a damper rod fork that’s not getting AK20s, we use the RaceTech Gold Valve Emulators like what you have. (we have a newer damper rod kit for light weight twin sport bikes and for Harleys, our AR25 kit, but we don’t have them for the GL)". This means that Traxxion would drill the additional oversize holes in the lower rod and make the existing holes larger as well. Drop in the Race Tech Gold valve(s) Emulators, then install springs and adjust the static preload with spacers. Think the static preload is with the spacer 1" above the top of the upper fork tube.</p><p></p><p>Having received this info from Traxxion, appears the only viable Traxxion option for my 1200 is the AK-20 fork cartridges.</p><p></p><p>I will be doing a suspension setup over the next week or two to determine what I may have to do to setup the sag, new springs and a preload cap maybe. Rebound is done by adjusting the Gold Valve Emulator - adjusting the spring or changing the emulator spring to a stiffer/softer spring rate - I do any changes to the rebound setting when I service the front forks. The installed front fork springs are 1.0 kg/mm. Sonic straight rate springs can be had in 1.1 and 1.2 kg/mm variants.</p><p></p><p>The info I have been reading and viewing indicates that bike sag should be with minimum preload. Thinking the Sonic 1.2 kg/mm springs may be an option.</p><p></p><p>More to follow on my new suspension thread.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rednaxs60, post: 222282, member: 4617"] The Axxion valve upgrade is similar to installing the Race Tech gold valves. This is what I received this from Dan Anderson at Traxxion: "The Axxion Valves were actually the first thing we manufactured 20 years ago. Those go in cartridge style forks. For a damper rod fork that’s not getting AK20s, we use the RaceTech Gold Valve Emulators like what you have. (we have a newer damper rod kit for light weight twin sport bikes and for Harleys, our AR25 kit, but we don’t have them for the GL)". This means that Traxxion would drill the additional oversize holes in the lower rod and make the existing holes larger as well. Drop in the Race Tech Gold valve(s) Emulators, then install springs and adjust the static preload with spacers. Think the static preload is with the spacer 1" above the top of the upper fork tube. Having received this info from Traxxion, appears the only viable Traxxion option for my 1200 is the AK-20 fork cartridges. I will be doing a suspension setup over the next week or two to determine what I may have to do to setup the sag, new springs and a preload cap maybe. Rebound is done by adjusting the Gold Valve Emulator - adjusting the spring or changing the emulator spring to a stiffer/softer spring rate - I do any changes to the rebound setting when I service the front forks. The installed front fork springs are 1.0 kg/mm. Sonic straight rate springs can be had in 1.1 and 1.2 kg/mm variants. The info I have been reading and viewing indicates that bike sag should be with minimum preload. Thinking the Sonic 1.2 kg/mm springs may be an option. More to follow on my new suspension thread. [/QUOTE]
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