Tech: Forks’ sake

Adventure Rider Issue #25

• It’s What We Do
• Like it or leave it
• BMW Safari: Simpson delight
• Tech: GPS versus smartphone navigation
• SWM Superdual
• Australia Day
• Rajasthan
• Wirrealpa
• KLRRR
• PLB rescue
• The Riding Reporters
• Tech: Forks’ sake
• Goulburn
• Flinders-Cameron Corner
• Ducati Multistrada Enduro 1200
• Just say yes with Karen Ramsay
• Checkout
• Fit Out

Damper-rod forks…“Wassat funny looking pipe with holes in it?”

Teknik Motorsport’s Nick Dole puts damper-rod forks and aftermarket poppet valves to the test. Hang on to your hats here. This article has a propeller-head rating of about seven. It’s also solid, empirical information that’s not easy to come by outside of companies with suspension dynamometers and an understanding of how to use them.

If we had to divide current production forks into the simplest classes of design it would be:

• Damper-rod forks
• Everything else.