quality springer

fatmanxs · Oct 12, 2014

anybody have a really good springer that they are happy with? heard good and bad about the bounce and handling! want to get one for my 72 frame/neck with a 71 i (think) drum brake spoked wheel. also i want it 6 over. can any companys fit them to certain specs?

Nightmare · Nov 8, 2014

This is the one my friend runs on his XS, you could probably ask TCBros to do the 6" over. It may cost a little extra, but otherwise it's a good springer.

SINKING78 · Nov 9, 2014

http://www.tcbroschoppers.com/chrome-springer-kit-for-yamaha-xs650.html#&ui-state=dialog

That's my bike, I've been running that springer since 08 and have no problems with it. Others will disagree for good reasons but I don't have one.

Nailbomb · Nov 9, 2014

Handling and springer are far from synonymous, but everything is by perspective.

I would recommend modifying the neck to accept Harley trees, that way you can just buy a +4 over springer of the type you choose. More options available that way.

Metal Wizard Machine · Nov 10, 2014

Nailbomb said:
Handling and springer are far from synonymous, but everything is by perspective.

I would recommend modifying the neck to accept Harley trees, that way you can just buy a +4 over springer of the type you choose. More options available that way.

...springers have much less change in trail during cycling. A proper springer for a given bike is an upgrade in handling over telescopics.

Nailbomb · Nov 11, 2014

you might have a argument if actually having a shock was popular on springers. you can tout geometry all you want and sound like the egghead in the corner office but on the road a single bump without a shock negates all that.

Don't get me wrong, I love a springer front end, but its not for a handling upgrade.

Metal Wizard Machine · Nov 11, 2014

Nailbomb said:
you might have a argument if actually having a shock was popular on springers. you can tout geometry all you want and sound like the egghead in the corner office but on the road a single bump without a shock negates all that.

Don't get me wrong, I love a springer front end, but its not for a handling upgrade.

........clearly you don't know how a springer works and have never ridden one that's setup correctly with the proper spring rate ratios on the compression and rebound springs...

egghead.

Metal Wizard Machine · Nov 11, 2014

Also, the op hasn't mentioned anything about other mods he has/has planned to his bike that affect handling.

BTW- how does one "mod the neck" to accept trees? Kind of a funny way to put it considering the best way to run a narrowglide or the like on an xs doesn't modify the neck at all...

jtrip72 · Nov 11, 2014

Nailbomb · Nov 11, 2014

http://www.chopcult.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34136
I guess this isn't the "best way"

As far as the rest of that, your really not offering much in the way of a argument, just sitting aloof. Feel free to tell me how countering springs beats a tuned shock? and why the automotive industry hasn't stumbled upon this gem!

Metal Wizard Machine · Nov 11, 2014

Considering you can swap the stems and use XS bearings and keep the neck stock?

...no...I'd say THAT is the overthought and unnecessarily labor intesive way.

Nailbomb · Nov 11, 2014

Well I can respect that. In any adaptation there is often more than one way to achieve a end goal.

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