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Pissing oil😆

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Sooo, after new tires and servicing.
Me and Freýa(the Harley)😆 went for a little blast, new CST Adreno sport… They are like Cheewinggum in the corners, wet/dry

But pushing it, my Right leg pissed all over the calipper.

Sooo New Fork time, These Crappy chopsticks makes me wanna Throw up😆🤣

what is Possible to by as bolt on, if i spend some money?
Öhlins?
Adreani drop in? Is it Drop in?
K-Tech?

i have been looking online, and i found the Harley Kit. But would they have been on the shelf for years, and i have to start changing oilseals before use. Old and brittle rubber.

sorry for the bombardment of questions, but i want to ride the thing.

i am very handy, if that is any part of the equasion🌹
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Looking at your pictures from your introduction (thank you for doing that), I see that you have stock rear shocks, so whichever route you go, and I know this is only my opinion I would go with a company that has rears and fronts but there’s not a problem mixing and matching. It’s just how I would do it.

I’m doing Ohlins on the front because I put Ohlins on the rear but with my 2009 it was gonna take a lot longer to have the front modified to fit the Ohlins cartridges and a lot less time to have the X model forks modified to fit the same cartridges. So I went to Plan B and I’m waiting for the Forks to come back with cartridges installed.

Do a search on here for cartridges, suspension, shocks, and you’ll get a lot of options of what is out there. Upgrading the stock stuff is always a good way to go.
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Corey what do you think of ohlins progressive springs versus oem springs in the nonx front( as i have now )( no other valving etc.) Slight improvement?

My biggest problem is that im not a that good rider to tell such differences.
How bout you ice?
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I only have experience with the Race Gold Valve Emulators. My XR came to me with leaking fork seals, and stock length YSS Shocks out back. so I went the cheaper route installing the gold valves. These external adjustments. Sold the YSS Shocks and bought a used set of Ohlins +2” Shocks.

They Gold Valves were installed by a Harley Tech, but when I had them tweaked by a KFG Suspension, oh what a difference.

The X Forks went straight to the KFG, to have Ohlins Cartridges installed. Never rode with the X Forks.

Do I need all of this? Probably not, but it is what I want.
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Best money I ever spent on the bike...was to upgrade the suspension.
Regards
Roy
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Thank you for all the answers.
Suspension is alpha and omega, on any ride. My 0.02$
And the xr is a pig on Jellow…🤗
But can be improved👍

I love to eide it, and i do know how to carve. So it would be fun, to at least be more stabile👍

So the Route would be Xr’x forks, and get them made up?

hmmm has to be something, i can buy complete, No fork masters here.
And honing/boring the forks is a specialized job me thinks😀
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Looks maybe like these:

seems ok?
Well finally got my head to stop spinning.
Will be upgrading, to HARLEYS adjustable.
Seems the easiest and cheaper alternative, to begin with.

Have a good One🤘
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