Hi all, about a month ago I bought a 1980 SR500H stablemate for my 1982 XS650SJ. When I got the XS ready for the road, having purchased it in an unrideable state, I did the Minton mods on the forks as per this article and I've been very pleased, the combination of that and new Hagon adjustable rear shocks works well for me.
The SR500 has awful suspension. The cheap, rock hard aftermarket shocks will make way for Hagons at some point and I have All Balls taper head bearings in the post, but my question for you suspension gurus is about Minton mods for the forks, which are very similar to the XS forks. I figured I could just repeat what I did on the XS but I'm not so sure ... The SR minton mods describe the forks as 'Under-sprung, under-damped, lots of seal friction and some flexing' while the XS version says 'too much rebound dampening' and 'also has too much compression damping'. Somewhat contradictory.
I have Hagon progressive springs coming and plan to fill the stanchions to 6" from the top with 10W fork oil and maybe raise them 1cm through the yokes, but damper rod mods as per the XS? Hmmmmm ..... my feeling is to leave well alone at least for now.
I know that a number of other members also have SR500s; do you have any advice?
Oh yes, here's the obligatory pic!
Cliff
The SR500 has awful suspension. The cheap, rock hard aftermarket shocks will make way for Hagons at some point and I have All Balls taper head bearings in the post, but my question for you suspension gurus is about Minton mods for the forks, which are very similar to the XS forks. I figured I could just repeat what I did on the XS but I'm not so sure ... The SR minton mods describe the forks as 'Under-sprung, under-damped, lots of seal friction and some flexing' while the XS version says 'too much rebound dampening' and 'also has too much compression damping'. Somewhat contradictory.
I have Hagon progressive springs coming and plan to fill the stanchions to 6" from the top with 10W fork oil and maybe raise them 1cm through the yokes, but damper rod mods as per the XS? Hmmmmm ..... my feeling is to leave well alone at least for now.
I know that a number of other members also have SR500s; do you have any advice?
Oh yes, here's the obligatory pic!
Cliff