apex gt rear spring rate

[flyerrrs]

i heard from a dealer that there is more than one rear spring that you can get different spring rate's for your wheight. anyone heard this before.

 

[Alatalo]

You can get Ohlins springs in almost every spring rate in steps of 2 N/mm (11 lbs/inch). Though, not all of these are sold by Yamaha.

 

[RX-1 Liter]

How far can you safely tighten the rear spring on the Ohlins to increase spring tension? I already tightened about about 1 inch and I still need more preload. Is it ok to go to the end of the threads?

 

[snowbeast]

My bud on his gt has all of his adjustment used up on his ohlins and he said it still bottoms on big stuff and he weighs 150 max but jumps roads quite often,so he needs the stiffer spring or revalve job,but problem with using all of your adjustment is you have no where to go from there and i believe it will coilbind... :exc:

 

[BADSLED]

There are actually 3 springs avialable from Ohlins for the GT. Stock it comes with lightest spring and ther optional 2 stiffer springs depending on your weight. Refer to the link below for additional information posted couple weeks ago;
http://www.ty4stroke.com/viewtopic.php? ... hlight=400

Alatalo-"If you can not avoid frequent bottoming out, even when using the maximum amount of compression damping, you should consider getting a stiffer spring.
The american Apex GT is delivered with a 48 N/mm (274 lbs/inch) spring.
Yamahas stiffer option is a 54 N/mm (308 lbs/inch) spring (Ohlins part number 696-11).
If the bottoming out problem is bad you should consider getting the shock absorber spec from the scandinavian RX-1 GT (Apex is still called RX-1 in scandinavia). "
This one is delivered with much stiffer valving and a 70 N/mm (400 lbs/inch) spring (Ohlins part number 696-19).