kjetil4455
Active Member
Hi guys
I bought a hyperpro spring kit for my XT660 and it turned out beatifully, also added an emulator kit in the front. Because of this, although I had read some bad reviews here, I decided to go with the same kit for the S10. I will leave this here for anyone else contemplating the same:
The shock spring is still undersprung, but works pretty well. I needed to add 50% preload when weighing just 220 lb. It is an OK deal for the price, but I think a thicker caliber spring is better. Because below 220, changing the spring won't be necessary anyway. The fork spring, however, is extremely stiff, and the kit comes with 15W oil which makes the bike handle like dogshit. I decreased it to 5W (stock) and reduced preload to zero, but it is still extremely stiff. I will probably be changing back to stock springs and keep the hyperpro shock spring.
For those of you who are considering buying this kit, I recommend buying only the rear spring and choosing another provider for the front spring or sticking with the stock and simply increasing compression dampening. The forks spring seems to be designed on bad specs.
I will probably be changing the rear shock for a TFX one that is fully customizeable. The fork didn't really need any work, at least for me, to being with. It just needed more compression dampening.
I bought a hyperpro spring kit for my XT660 and it turned out beatifully, also added an emulator kit in the front. Because of this, although I had read some bad reviews here, I decided to go with the same kit for the S10. I will leave this here for anyone else contemplating the same:
The shock spring is still undersprung, but works pretty well. I needed to add 50% preload when weighing just 220 lb. It is an OK deal for the price, but I think a thicker caliber spring is better. Because below 220, changing the spring won't be necessary anyway. The fork spring, however, is extremely stiff, and the kit comes with 15W oil which makes the bike handle like dogshit. I decreased it to 5W (stock) and reduced preload to zero, but it is still extremely stiff. I will probably be changing back to stock springs and keep the hyperpro shock spring.
For those of you who are considering buying this kit, I recommend buying only the rear spring and choosing another provider for the front spring or sticking with the stock and simply increasing compression dampening. The forks spring seems to be designed on bad specs.
I will probably be changing the rear shock for a TFX one that is fully customizeable. The fork didn't really need any work, at least for me, to being with. It just needed more compression dampening.