TEC Modifying Street Scrambler forks damping, travel and height
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- Опубликовано: 10 июн 2017
- Tecbikeparts shows how you can modify triumph Street Scrambler/twin forks to give more travel,adjustable damping and adjustable ride height
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Just fitted the progressive springs, emulators and preload adjusters and gone for a long run. Big improvement when encountering pot holes and the like; you can still feel the road but the jarring is much reduced at the front...just need the shocks to sort the back end out now.
One tip - my damper rod bolts did not want to come out even with an impact driver, preload wound right up and extra preload added to forks with a jack. I cut me broom handle to length and tapered the end to engage in the damper rod then fitted the adjusters and clamped it down...sorted. Also gives good feel for re-tightening on assembly but you'll need to screw in a large screw to knock it free after tightening... Now I can't sweep me garage up though after finishing the job..."BEER"
Thanks George & TEC, great work :-)
Is the ground clearance improved? That's the one thing I'm really interested in. I already have the springs and pre-load adjusters. My mind is on those emulators, but I cannot find any other info on the results. TEC never came up with a follow-up on this video.
Videos are looking top class these days George, hope you are well and living life fully.. take care.. Del & Pennyx
Great video George. I previously fitted your progressive spring & top pre-load adjusters to my Street Twin, I'm thinking your mod to the damper rods & adding the emulators would be worth doing. Lovely to hear that Song Thrush singing away outside your workshop while you filmed this conversion. The perfect accommplement for an evening workshop task.
Looking great! 👍🏻
Great explained 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Awesome videos, thanks much for uploading! I have a couple more general questions for you -- I'm considering the Street Scrambler for the (bad) roads here in India, as a daily commuter that will also do some touring. Like you, I can't stomach an adventure tourer that I don't vibe with. On-road riding is in effect partially off-road here, and I the added clearance and wider bars of the Scrambler compared to the Street Twin are looking very attrative. Indian reviewers of the Street Twin have commented how they were bottoming out on (frequent) deep potholes and over our terribly high speed bumps. So, I'm leaning to the Scrambler, which I like the look of much more anyway.
But -- I have some concerns regarding the Scrambler: first, peg dragging. Have you found that your suspension modifications, giving some extra height, have taken care of the peg dragging problem when cornering aggressively? A friend with a first class car shop should be able to help me do the modifications, though they will void the warranty, will they not?
My other concern is heat from the high pipes. I live in India and I'm concerned about an uncomfortably hot right thigh when the temps get to 35-40 deg C, especially in our bad stop-and-go traffic. What do you think?
Thanks so much for your videos, and if I end up with a Triumph, I'll be hoping you can ship parts to India!
Same here, I have an FZ 250 and I want to increase the suspension travel by 60 or 70mm so how should I do it?? I saw the spacer here which goes at the bottom and fastens to the bottom bolt. I can go to a lathe shop and get that made... I assume that will help me a lot and do the job . What material should be used to make that spacer? Aluminum or Stainless steel?
very good.. when is for sale
Will you be doing a kit that includes the valve and the travel adaptions parts. The reason I ask is my bike will be traveling in the far east where the roads are less than perfect, I'm hoping for a plush ride that can handle a bit of un kept farm roads and the odd forest track
It's a shame you haven't come up with an update video on this mod to the Street Scrambler. I would really like to see the results, especially the HEIGHT RISE. I want around 2 more cm on the front and I wanted to see how does it look and feel after this upgrade. Can you please give us some insight? Much appreciated. I already have your TEC progressive springs and pre-load adjusters on my Street Scrambler and the result is amazing. But really, really need longer forks, more ground clearance.
Hi
Internally the forks are exactly the same on the street scrambler
Hi George, great video . I already have some of your progressive fork springs that have improved my scrambler along with your rear shocks and numerous other parts . Now i'm thinking of putting in some emulators , what viscosity of oil did you have the best results with ?
For the road just use stock SAE10 oil
Fantastic! Where can I get this kit?
how did you measure the air gap accurately with the forks still in the yolks - isn't the recommended measurement with the forks vertical?
I've bought the TEC emulators from you and will put them in my XSR700 this weekend, following this vid. Can I just check, do I check the airgap with or without the emulators dropped in?
Is it possible to extend the travel in the 2019 model cartridge forks?
Can you please mention what is the size of the longer bolt and thread type that i need to source.
How much oil do i need to fill per fork if i do only the spacer and drill them holes
Hey George, this is a lovely video! However, you haven't mentioned prices for any of the parts, such as the emulators and the travel extender. Will you be selling those on the website, cause I so badly want to do this!
Hi
we should have some emulators and adapters for sale in next few days.approx £80 the set.
I have to finalize the size on the extenders after testing various set ups ..Also as the thread into the damper rod are extra fine M10 x 1.0 and the heads smaller than standard, so I will have to make the bolts as well as the spacers.
watch the next video on the Street Scrambler for an update.
TEC Bike Parts that sounds great. Ok I have a slightly related question. The Street Scrambler has a slightly longer front suspension than the Street Twin even though the internals look the same. As someone who has worked on both, how has triumph achieved that? Is it by using a longer dimension for one of the components in the Scrambler? And if yes, which one?
longer fork springs and fork tubes on street scrambler
@@TECBikeParts any reason why you didn't go with building the travel extenders?
Is it possible to replace the fork stanchions of a Street Scrambler with longer ones i.e. 1200 XC length? Would I need to replace my TEC spring or just the spacer? My goal is to make the bike taller as well as having some more travel. I have already increased the rear shock length and I am very happy with the geometry.
I have been wondering about this also, do you think the 1200 forks would fit my 900? I really want more ground clearance for jumping downed trees and rocks
I still don't have an answer to that. Since then, I have installed the +30mm spacers from Freespirits for the forks and installed +30mm rear shocks from YSS. The bike definitely sits taller now@@FighterPilot8503
@@Neltheros how much of suspension travel have you gained? I have stock suspension at the moment and it's hard for me to hit jumps and cross downed trees without absolutely obliterating the underside. Would love at least an inch and a half or more if possible?
Travel is the same regarding the fork. Clearance is +30mm (ca. 1.2 inches) @@FighterPilot8503
by how much do you think the seat height will go up? would this mod work on a Street Twin?
Hi
all these mod's will work on street twin as basically same forks, optional to extend the travel but you only need the ride height if you want to
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