2016 Roadster fork spring change

[tails]

but i still love it .

 

[Blackthou]

Are you guys trackstars or what? I've been riding bikes for 47 years and sports bikes for over the last 30 years (Ducati, Yamaha R1, STR etc) prior to the Rocket and think the handling on the Roadster is pretty good in stock form.

Don't forget it, it's a muscle bike come cruiser not a scratcher. Yes I changed the rear shocks to Hagon gas adjustable as the stock ones had no adjustment but other than that there's more than enough grunt and grip to swoop through bends and torque to keep that grin - IMO of course.

 

[1olbull]

paul,i wont dissagree mate,i love the bike,but what i am saying its not made for going around the twistys over 120mph is it ?

If you can do 120 mph - it AIN'T a twisty!!!
That would be at least a 1280 foot radius turn . . .
For perspective, here is a max 120mph curve versus a max 30mph twisty.

 

[Idaho Red Rocket 3]

I'm about to change out the fork springs in my 2016 roadster and somebody told me that the frork springs in the 2016 roadster are already upgraded to progressive rate springs and that I will be wasting my money by swapping out for something I already have (progressive rate springs?).
I am doing the Excedra Max/Avon 140 thing at the same time and am a bit worried about the stock front suspension not being up to the task and scrubbing the 140 tire into rubber dust in no time due to the increased forces on the tire from the change.
When I was initially researching front springs I was told by Progressive (the company) that they dont make one for the 2016 Roadster which I found odd at the time because they do show other year/model Rocket 3 fork springs as available on their website, just not 2016 roadster but seeing as though all the other manufacturers ( Hagon, Maxton, Wilber) I contacted do make one I forgot about it. Eventually I decided on Maxtons (Thanks Barbagris!) but before I ship off 500 pounds for these cartridges I want to make sure that the guy who told me the stock 2016 roadster was upgraded from previous years is wrong.

Help?

He is wrong. You will love the 140 up front. If you go with the Progressive springs also change the fork oil weight to 7.

 

[barbagris]

A whippet its not

Watching the hare coursing here - Whippets don't corner that well.

 

[Allan S]

Watching the hare coursing here - Whippets don't corner that well.

But better than a Rocket

 

[Allan S]

If you can do 120 mph - it AIN'T a twisty!!!
That would be at least a 1280 foot radius turn . . .
For perspective, here is a max 120mph curve versus a max 30mph twisty.

How do you calculate sideslip speed?

 

[tails]

you are not taking the condition british roads in to this are you ?

 

[Gregger]

A whippet its not

But when I whippet it....... it never complains. It just goes faster.

 

[barbagris]

you are not taking the condition british roads in to this are you ?

Certainly not the ruddy traffic and bleedin' speed-cam's. it's taken all the fun out of my old "hunting grounds".

And I'd love to find the smart-arse brummy git who put a 40mph limit on the variable limit Birmingham ring road at 9am Sunday. Needs a good "telling off". Mrs barbagris made me keep to the limit (who needs cruise control when your wife has a pointy rib poking finger) - poor sod who passed us tripped at least 4 cameras.