Race Tech Valves????

[banditmarc]

hi all
im from the uk and have seen a lot of you run race tech valves
im currently running wp fork springs and the bandit 1200 still seems to travel a long way
what do the race tech valve do? are they worth the money? are there any alternatives?
cheers
marc

[Blade]

The RaceTech valves allow better oil flow and control on damping. As to whether or not they are worth the money, I would say yes. But the question is how much do you weight? Most bikes are setup for 150 lb riders and usually changing to a good fork oil helps a lot. Also I know on the 2G Bandits, they need a fork brace too.

[banditmarc]

well im about 275lbs
i have uprated the fork springs to a 15% stiffer spring and put uprated oil in it
was looking at a fork brace but still to find one.
also is there any preload kits? my 1s gen bandit seems to dive a bit in initial braking

[Red01]

Superbrace makes a fork brace for the 1G.  Holeshot is at least one source for it.

I thought the 1G B12 had preload adjusters built into the fork tube caps like the 2G does...

[banditmarc]

ok now that was me just being stupid, yes they do!!
my next problem is ive been in touch with race tech n they said they could do me a set shipped to uk for $200
they dont take paypal tho!!! not my day

[wizzobeer]

If you need a middle man and are the trusting sort I can take your pay pal and charge it to my credit card for you.\
 

[aussie john]

How are ya mate, i put race tech valves in and a spring job, and to be honest, i`m not impressed with them,  if i could do it all over again,and some day i will, i`d be do`n a bit more mods by total front end change, so as to be able to adjust rebound and compression to fine tune the way i want,  suppose it all comes down to how you ride, and what you want out of the bike