ebay - preload adjusters

[demon_knight69]

hey all, saw this yesterday on ebay and it made me scratch my head.

Preload adjusters

it says they fit a wide variety of forks, including fzr400 and yzf's. anyone tried these? they just don't seem like they would work with our stock forks.

[ragedigital]

Stock FZR600 forks don't have preload adjusters. There might have been a FZR400 variety that came with them though - RRSP, perhaps?

YZF forks have preload adjusters - not sure if that's limited to 97+ or if they all did.

[the_finch]

It looks like all of the forks in question are USD forks, not the conventional forks like the stock FZR600's have.

And I may be reading it wrong, nut it looks like the only thing you get is basically a wingnut that fits on the stock preload adjuster, eliminating the need to carry the proper size wrench around. It doesn't look like it comes with the preload adjusters themselves.

[Target30]

"creates a high impact visual modification" = squid bling

"Some applications may require a wrench instead to adjust the preload. In these instances, adjusters are purely cosmetic." = useless



yup

[ragedigital]

It looks like all of the forks in question are USD forks

No. The YZF forks came with a similar preload adjuster and they're not USD.

only thing you get is basically a wingnut that fits on the stock preload adjuster

That's correct. You're only getting the wingnut adjuster thingy.

I would actually like to get some for my GSXR, so I could adjust without finding a wrench and rounding the adjuster off.

[demon_knight69]

i figured as much. $26 for a couple wingnuts seems pretty stupid. but it sure would beat carrying the wrench around if you've got forks that can be adjusted.

might be useful if i plan on swapping the forks out sometime in the future. at this point though, i just want to keep her running right and get the fairings all taken care of