Boxxer spring rates? - Bike Forum

Re: Boxxer spring rates?

jakehinton — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 17:52:41 +0000

Dont really want to have to buy new forks especially after upgrading them to charger damper! (Though im sure the Marzocchis' are very nice)

Re: Boxxer spring rates?

PaulGillespie — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:43:42 +0000

I had the 2014 r2c2 with medium spring in. Was good on big drops but felt almost rigid on small chatter/roots etc. I'm 15stone too. Ended up putting a soft spring in which mad it nicer but still wasn't happy so got some marzocchis, now I'm :D

Re: Boxxer spring rates?

jakehinton — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 15:14:28 +0000

Could be a bit of stiction from the seals. The oil in the lowers should be correct as i emptied and refilled when installing the charger damper

Re: Boxxer spring rates?

legend — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 09:40:37 +0000

I'm a 10 stone muscle-man, running x-soft and could go softer. Luckily I like keeping the front reasonably high anyway, iirc I'm running around 25% sag with 1 preload spacer just to take up the slack

Re: Boxxer spring rates?

scruff — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 09:08:00 +0000

Im x-firm weight aswell, bought a firm 2nd hand but wasn't getting anything like proper sag /full travel & put the medium back in.

Re: Boxxer spring rates?

wysiwyg — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 08:30:19 +0000

So they work fine with no spring in. Stictiony?

I'd grease the seals up first port of call and check oil heights

Boxxer recommended spring weights are notoriously miles out. In x-firm territory, but ride stock.
Think they're based on wc riders with v little sag.

Re: Boxxer spring rates?

SirHC — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 08:24:51 +0000

Tapered end towards the bottom from memory, as the drop stop bumper needs to contact the bottom out rod in the spring leg. Although for 2015 the drop stop has changed, so best check the manual.

Re: Boxxer spring rates?

jakehinton — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 01:20:14 +0000

Bit too soft! They compress fully when i take the spring out...
Would it make much of a difference if the spring is in the wrong way round? Smaller end meant to be at the bottom of the fork or the top?

Re: Boxxer spring rates?

wysiwyg — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 23:51:07 +0000

What are they like with no spring?

Re: Boxxer spring rates?

jakehinton — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 23:04:41 +0000

Yeah im checking sag stood up in "attack position". Im hoping the forks arent buggered as they are pretty much brand new and feel fine apart from the sag issue. Though i suppose the good thing is if they are buggered they will be under warranty. Looking on the manual it just says less than 16mm between spacers and top of the stanchion so ill see if it makes much difference taking a spacer out