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This time the right way up, :silly:

Tool tube bracket.
Seat by Tony archer.
Home made bracket for heated grips.
Dirt bags from JB. X Challenge bash plate, BMW crash bars. The bike. To add, Scott oiler, progressive front springs, Hagon. I'm looking forward to doing camping trips next year on it.

Cheers Dave.

coyotedave wrote: To add, Scott oiler, progressive front springs, Hagon. I'm looking forward to doing camping trips next year on it.
Cheers Dave.

if you want more progressive damping in forks, just add more oil (eg reduce air gap) in the forks, or change into thicker oil for the start.
Hagon found a way how to get more money selling a completely useless thing.

V_King wrote:

coyotedave wrote: To add, Scott oiler, progressive front springs, Hagon. I'm looking forward to doing camping trips next year on it.
Cheers Dave.

if you want more progressive damping in forks, just add more oil (eg reduce air gap) in the forks, or change into thicker oil for the start.
Hagon found a way how to get more money selling a completely useless thing.

I'm not a suspension expert by any stretch of the imagination, but.....

....what you say is wrong!

Springs do the main suspension job, the oil does the damping.

Add more than the specified amount of oil and you risk blowing the seals. Upping the viscosity of the oil just slows down the damping rate.

Hagon Progressive Springs improved the front end of my F650GS.

Ta for the pics Dave - especially the Tool Tube bracket. B)

I may have to blah a couple of those ideas - the bracket, & the Tony Archer re-cover , which looks stunning.

I'll post a photo of my Scheffelmeier bash plate after I've fitted it .

The Wilbur wrote:
I'm not a suspension expert by any stretch of the imagination, but.....

....what you say is wrong!

Springs do the main suspension job, the oil does the damping.

Add more than the specified amount of oil and you risk blowing the seals. Upping the viscosity of the oil just slows down the damping rate.

Hagon Progressive Springs improved the front end of my F650GS.

majority telescopic forks, like your g650, have progressive air spring - air gap, you want more progressiveness, you reduce air gap, that's why you have to increase air gap, installing progressive springs. if it were so wrong, manufacturers would not use that for different set-up, same model bikes.
if hagon springs improved your front end, original springs stiffness was not for your weight. I understand you barely go off road, otherwise you would not have been so happy.
every bike comes with an owners manual, and the first thing they ask rider to do is to set the sag right. the very majority forgets about sag.
those progressive hagon springs are the same as pills to suppress the symptoms, not to cure the cause.

Looking good Dave

+1 looks great.
Heated grip switch, looks reet nice........

You're a brake man sticking a pannier bag on that red hot catalytic exhaust!

Harty wrote:You're a brake man sticking a pannier bag on that red hot catalytic exhaust!

No problem, with a pannier rail :whistle:

johnnyboxer wrote:

Harty wrote:You're a brake man sticking a pannier bag on that red hot catalytic exhaust!

No problem, with a pannier rail :whistle:

Plus, I have made an extra heat Shield out of 4inch stainless tube from work which bolts to the original. Powder coated black to match everything else.

Cheers Dave.