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fork seals LC and early RZ

#1 Post by two-stroke-brit » Tue May 16, 2017 6:01 pm

My question is are the same part and #.
as i have two spare sets and they are different lengths.
thanks I A. mark
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Re: fork seals LC and early RZ

#2 Post by evan_calgary » Tue May 16, 2017 8:39 pm

Are they not a different ID? I thought the earlier RZ had larger forks thus why it was an upgrade for the LC...Hooligan would know for sure.

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Re: fork seals LC and early RZ

#3 Post by 2smoke » Tue May 16, 2017 9:02 pm

Yep. LC forks are 32mm
RZ are 35mm.

Mark: Did you finish your LC with the YPVS motor?
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Re: fork seals LC and early RZ

#4 Post by two-stroke-brit » Wed May 17, 2017 8:36 am

2smoke wrote:Yep. LC forks are 32mm
RZ are 35mm.

Mark: Did you finish your LC with the YPVS motor?
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Hi 2Smoke , well sort of , it runs reasonably well with 350 spec11 pipes cobbled on the athenna motor, but i have some big bore TSA pipes on order that should improve things.
and a zeel is in its future too.
cheers mark
350LC,Athena 392 big bore,stock porting,swiss cheese air box,stock reeds,spec11 pipes.(now TSA big bore pipes)
She might not be pretty but she will always be a fun ride


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1967 TRIUMPH TIGER
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Re: fork seals LC and early RZ

#5 Post by Bare » Wed May 17, 2017 7:29 pm

Switch to Yamaha Banshee F'glass reeds.
Cheap and effective improvements.
PS: Zeel is worth as much (more possibly) as pipes, perf adding wise.. just saying
Oohh No PVS' ! Shame that as Zeel PV controller part is worth it's Weight.

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Re: fork seals LC and early RZ

#6 Post by Hooligan » Wed May 17, 2017 9:12 pm

LC and RZ forks are entirely different size. I do keep seeing a reference to the dust seals where one is longer? Not really sure what thats about as I've only ever seen one type of dust seal.

The two things I did on my LC motor that made a big difference were CF reeds and 6mm reed block spacers. The spacers entirely get rid of the midrange stumble. My bike will pull cleanly across the 6500 rpm flat spot in 6th gear without any fuss.
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Re: fork seals LC and early RZ

#7 Post by two-stroke-brit » Thu May 18, 2017 5:19 pm

Hooligan wrote:LC and RZ forks are entirely different size. I do keep seeing a reference to the dust seals where one is longer? Not really sure what thats about as I've only ever seen one type of dust seal.

The two things I did on my LC motor that made a big difference were CF reeds and 6mm reed block spacers. The spacers entirely get rid of the midrange stumble. My bike will pull cleanly across the 6500 rpm flat spot in 6th gear without any fuss.
hey Hooli,do you run the air box or pods.
thanks mark
350LC,Athena 392 big bore,stock porting,swiss cheese air box,stock reeds,spec11 pipes.(now TSA big bore pipes)
She might not be pretty but she will always be a fun ride


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1967 TRIUMPH TIGER
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Re: fork seals LC and early RZ

#8 Post by Hooligan » Thu May 18, 2017 6:18 pm

I run full foam dual stage Uni pods.
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