The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2

Technical Discussion => BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 => Topic started by: boxerkerl on November 18, 2010, 03:32:51 PM

Title: Fork Emulators
Post by: boxerkerl on November 18, 2010, 03:32:51 PM

Hello All,

I've been riding an 82  since I bought it in '04, a lot of camping 2 up with trailer. Longest trip was from Ohio to Montana via Gillette in '08.

I'm close to buying an LS as I want low bars and dual front brakes for some track days.

Has anyone tried the Gold Star Emulators from Race-Tech? It seems the forks on my bike are kind of squishycompared to the telelever on my oiler. I rebuilt them and have tried different oil, but I think modern adjustable valving will give me the feel I'm looking for.

According to Race-Tech propaganda, the combination of their spring selection, based on my/bike's weight, and  emulator will really improve the forks' performance. I believe it, but maybe not for all bikes. I'd like to get first hand feedback before I plunk down 200.00.

Thanks in advance,

Rick



 

Title: Re: Fork Emulators
Post by: Bob_Roller on November 18, 2010, 05:05:05 PM

Did a search and found this on the BMWMOA site .

http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/showthread.php?t=42105

Manufacturers website .

http://old.racetech.com/evalving/english/Srchpr.asp?bikeid=15&manufacture=BMW&model=R60%2F75%2FR80%2FR90%2FR100+36mm+Forks&year=70-92&TABLEINFO=street&langname=english

Title: Re: Fork Emulators
Post by: Ed Miller on November 20, 2010, 09:21:08 PM

Do our R65s have 36 mm fork tubes?  I thought they are not like the other airheads' forks.

Title: Re: Fork Emulators
Post by: Barry on November 21, 2010, 05:19:16 AM

Our forks are different internally to the 70's mainstream airhead forks and early 1980's mainstream airheads then followed on with a similar internal design based on ours but they all do have the same 36mm stanchions until the size was increased in 1985 to approx 38mm.