Thruxton Suspension Mods

Thanks for posting this, I was getting set to ask a question about them.

I’m 62 and can’t help tinkering as well. I love my bike but have been genuinely disappointed by the rather harsh and basic front end on my Street Cup. I have improved the ride with TEC’s progressive springs on the front (much more compliant) and Triumph’s FOX RSUs.

I want to fit the YSS emulators to get the damping more suited to the springs. The instructions on the YSS website aren’t clear on how best to set up the ride it simply states that the emulators are shipped with two turns of “preload” on the valve spring. The TEC video is clear on fitting, but George just says that he sets the spring to about 1 turn for a more high speed response.

Do you know if FTR adjusted the spring on the emulator and if so by how much. If you do know this what is your bike, how heavy are you in your riding gear (sorry to be personal) and what sort of riding have you set the bike up for?

I have read some owners reports elsewhere that the emulators can reduce tramlining on poor surfaces, if so the emulators become a more cost effective solution than replacing my tyres, have you noticed such an improvement?

Cheers

 

Thanks for the quick reply, if you don’t mind asking that’d be great.

I’m 14 stone without gear and probably ride a little slower than you. If your Thruxton is a 2016 to 2020 model, I can probably make guesstimate to what if anything to set. Thinking about TEC’s video they were fitting the emulators to a Street Scrambler so taking a turn out was probably to make the ride more compliant to off-road.

Thanks again

 

Thanks, that’s a great help.

 

Hi @RevPaul you could pop down to Ian Mackman’s in Northwich.
https://www.2machsmotorcycles.com/

He set up my Thruxton suspension for £40.