fork mods

Anyone done any front fork mods, stiffer springs/oil etc
looking for any ideas, feel free to advise on prefered brands etc
thanks.

Sorry if you already have but have you tried adjusting the ratios on the shocks with the standard springs in? You have a wide range of adjustment there. Plenty unless your a club racer or the weight of 3 men. Unless of course its time for them to be rebuilt or you just fancy it.

Had mine rebuilt by RaceTech , made a world of difference. (that and the Ohlins shock)
If I had it to do all over again I would have made it my first mod.

i would just have it tuned to your body weight.

thanks guys all good advice,
club racer i m not though , ive played around quite a bit
but im no suspention guru! i like to have the front end set pretty soft
but im pretty late/hard on the brakes also, probably need to adjust my riding style a bit
as well as this is also my 1st honda , think i'll play some more and check out the rework
price.

Try havin a read of this Suspension 101 see if you get any light shed on your needs, One thing i will say though... Soft front susp doesn`t go well with late hard braking it`s a recipe for disaster.

I put a lighter weight oil in my front fors to soften them up

I`m sorry to semi jack the post, but mine still dives a bit more than I like when braking but preload is already set up for my body weight (as far as sag is concerned, it is actually on the stiff side). Should I add more preload, or add more compression dampening ?

Add a touch more compression damping, (Adjuster @ bottom o the forks) works for me, He`s a tip if you didn`t already know. I`ve wrapped a cable tie round the fork leg tightish then snipped the loose end off. Move it to the top before you go out on a ride then when you stop you can see how much movement you`ve used and help with deciding how much to adjust. i`ll post a pic when I get home show ya what i mean.

Thats a great idea..... stupidly simple, but I`ve never thought of it. Is the extra compression dampening gonna hurt my forks ? I live in southern mississippi where the roads are still jacked from the hurricane, and a lot of swerving goes with every ride. every now and then a pothole sneeks out that you can`t avoid and I`m so afraid of effin up my forks or stressin my steering head/frame too much....

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Add a touch more compression damping, (Adjuster @ bottom o the forks) works for me, He`s a tip if you didn`t already know. I`ve wrapped a cable tie round the fork leg tightish then snipped the loose end off. Move it to the top before you go out on a ride then when you stop you can see how much movement you`ve used and help with deciding how much to adjust. i`ll post a pic when I get home show ya what i mean.

A little adjustment shouldn`t do you any harm, you`d probably feel it too hard before you changed it enough to hurt em over bumps.
Not to hard though over hard compresion damping will start to make you run wide in turns on the road. Adjust them little at a time till you get a rate that your happy with, road riding is always a comprimise isn`t it, all the freakin turds in ya way for starts.

tell ya what tho once you`ve learnt how to set it up the way you like it you`ll love it, and trackdays are more fun too.

i dont know if this has been suggestd yet, but when i "experimented" with my settings, all i did was set all the settings to full hard (insert joke here lol) and the went from there. i dont remember exactly what i ended up with but alls i know is that it rides better than when i got it from the showroom. thats my suggestion