Gixxus Christ! Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 Ok so I have a set of sonic straight rate springs and a set of gold valves on the way for my bandit. I'm totally comfortable with fork work as far as doing seals and oil etc. I have no experience with gold valves. Looks like I'll get a chart for what shims to use or somethin. Just fishing for wisdom from someone who's had success with this mod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoblick Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 pretty straight forward. you can follow the chart, or do your own shim stack. directions from race tech are pretty good, i don't think you'll have any trouble. you may need tiny drill bits sometimes they require you drill out the valve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vf1000ride Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 I did racetech gold valves in the front of my Triumph Sprint. A whole crap ton better than stock when finished. I used their numbers for shim setup and couldn't be happier. I haven't had any need to go back and mess with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxus Christ! Posted April 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 Sweet. Install seems pretty straight forward on the videos I've seen. Looking forward to having a decent suspension on the bandit for once...not sure if there's much left to upgrade on it after this.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmh_sprint Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 I did racetech gold valves in the front of my Triumph Sprint. A whole crap ton better than stock when finished. I used their numbers for shim setup and couldn't be happier. I haven't had any need to go back and mess with it.Ryan put Racetech gold valves and springs in my Sprint and it was a completely new bike after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxus Christ! Posted April 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 That's what I'm looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NDspd Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 I've been thinking on putting a set of gold valves on my Triumph, the front is just so soft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 (edited) I've been thinking on putting a set of gold valves on my Triumph, the front is just so soft. NDSpd: The RT gold valves won't really change the problem of an overly soft fork. The valves are simply a 2-stage valve to fine tune your compression setting. They come with several valve springs for soft/medium/hard compression and of course you can fine tune the feel by varying the oil viscosity as well. The valves sit at the bottom of the fork legs and allow the valving to work on small hits and then open up at the pre-set spring rate for the big hits. Essentially, it lets you fine tune your small-hit response with a pre-set bypass for big hits. You'll still need to upgrade the fork springs to a heavier rate. If you're in the 200+ lbs with gear on, it's likely you'll need springs in the 0.90 - 1.0 kg/mm (your stock spring rate is 0.77 kg/mm). Edited April 26, 2015 by Bubba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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