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Originally Posted by
thumper80
Ok so I set the rear to 33% of available travel with me sat on the bike went out for a ride and felt great..... however the front is hard as hell and i'm struggling to reduce the sag, even with the preload backed right off i'm only getting 55mm of sag on the forks with me on the bike.
The front springs are Ohlins code 08716-60 (36.5/590/6.0)
I also got with it Ohlins fork oil which is code 01313-02 with viscosity of 23 cST at 40 degrees C
Installed using the original spacer and 145mm air gap as per the manual, so don't know what's a miss here, could it be the oil?
I thought this would be straight forward...
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The Ohlins fork springs are 593mm long (even though they say 590 on the box!) and when fitted XTZ require a 40mm spacer which should have been supplied in the box?
The XTZ's OE springs are 583mm and have a 50mm spacer fitted as standard, which makes the overall length 633mm. You need a 40mm spacer. With the OE spacers fitted you are running an extra 10mm or preload up front without realising it. This is why you're having trouble getting the front sag correct.
If you didn't get any 40mm spacers supplied from Ohlins, then just cut down the originals by 10mm.