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New Custom Suspension on my AF500...SAF......
Posted: March 16th, 2008, 9:36 am
by BIGWORM500
Posted: March 16th, 2008, 10:21 am
by AlisoBob
ANYONE here can swap springs... that alone is half the battle.
Folks are real eager to buy reed blocks, graphic kits, billet hubs, and all that other jazz...
The truth? Suspension and physical conditioning are the only two ways to be fast.
Great advise there, Worm...
Posted: March 16th, 2008, 10:29 am
by Ported&Polished
My suspension was done by that dude in Florida that Bob likes so much. What's his name, RJacks I think, he is the MAN!
Posted: March 16th, 2008, 10:30 am
by britincali
I can tell the difference BIGTIME between the old turkey gravy in the steelie VS the Rjacks stuff in the AF
Posted: March 16th, 2008, 10:32 am
by dannygraves
Posted: March 16th, 2008, 10:36 am
by britincali
Posted: March 16th, 2008, 8:43 pm
by BIGWORM500
Posted: March 16th, 2008, 8:51 pm
by pstoffers
Yaaaa Boy!!!
Boykin ROCKS...
Posted: March 17th, 2008, 7:14 am
by lewisclan
I agree, that is where to put your $$. I got a bike that RJacks set up and I got ta tell ya its a fricken sweet mofo all my bikes have the boingers built and these are far better than any I have ever road. hats off to you Randy
Posted: March 17th, 2008, 8:27 am
by dannygraves
and they say we're the "hate rjacks club"... I'm feeling the love!
Posted: March 17th, 2008, 8:37 am
by britincali
I can't knock him for his boinger work, I give credit where its due
Posted: March 17th, 2008, 1:11 pm
by AlisoBob
britincali wrote:I can't knock him for his boinger work, I give credit where its due
A broken clock is right, twice a day...
A hack is still a hack....
Posted: March 18th, 2008, 8:25 am
by Caseys500
ahh, dont be so hard on the man Bob, he does fabulous work...
Posted: March 18th, 2008, 8:26 am
by Caseys500
and he loves CR500AF's soooo much that he sold out for YZF450
Posted: March 22nd, 2008, 7:38 am
by MICK
You know I really liked the stock '03 250 suspension on my AF. I had no intention of changing it until a friend of mine who runs a Race Tech satellite shop ruined the forks. I had MX-Tech go through each end and it works about like it did stock. Just softer through the first 1/3 of travel and firmer in the last 1/3. But I really could have lived with the original setup forever. I like my suspension a little firmer than most off road, and a little softer on a track.
Posted: March 22nd, 2008, 9:48 am
by bigjay
Posted: March 22nd, 2008, 11:05 am
by AlisoBob
Its not so much the welding, its the thought process that gets me. As long as were talking about Rhacks...
Here's portions of his latest update:
"Well a little about me. I was married for 7 years and have two great kids, one who races right along with me. I am since getting a divorce and now it's time to move on....
....I sure miss my 500AF, but I am a racer and need something that doesn't hold me back.... I now have a YZ450F and love it."
I'm sure his great personality had nothing to do with the divorce.
S/H is (was?) his main sponsor... I'm sure their happy about the knife in the back with that comment.
Dudes all class.
Re: New Custom Suspension on my AF500...SAF......
Posted: March 22nd, 2008, 9:48 pm
by ellett
BIGWORM500 wrote:I just had Boykin in Modesto rebuild my suspension and it is awesome.
I was kind of down on the guy since he never got the forks on my '01 CR500 to work worth a crap (shock was great, though). But he worked over my new rig and it is right near perfect. Big new springs with stiffer valving, all for just over $500 (including unlimited clicker twists and sag support at all the local races).
Posted: March 22nd, 2008, 10:11 pm
by bigjay
AlisoBob wrote:Its not so much the welding, its the thought process that gets me. .
the welding still sucks
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 5:57 pm
by BIGWORM500
Ugly
Posted: April 18th, 2009, 8:16 am
by honda02
I not a welder but I do fab aircraft part one off stuff on experimental Aircraft for a living I seen that come though our shop I would ask do they work as a meat bucther thats UGLY what they use on it a dull meat cleaver.
I would be ashamed to put anything out like that.
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Caseys500 wrote:ahh, dont be so hard on the man Bob, he does fabulous work...
thats awfull, i went to welding school and thats the stuff the guys first welding aluminum would turn out, definitly not a "finished product" i hope?[/quote]