VFRBenny Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 I dont know if there the best or not! I do know the bike handles like never before(in a good way). No oversteer, no understeer, no wallowing, no excessive dive under braking, all this and a smooth ride! I was hesitant to use the 20wt oil, but it turns out that the folks at HyperPro did there homework, as the bike handles like a dream. Also got my Penske shock dialed in. I'm ready for some all day twisty tours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer SilverVee Posted February 13, 2010 Member Contributer Share Posted February 13, 2010 I dont know if there the best or not! I do know the bike handles like never before(in a good way). No oversteer, no understeer, no wallowing, no excessive dive under braking, all this and a smooth ride! I was hesitant to use the 20wt oil, but it turns out that the folks at HyperPro did there homework, as the bike handles like a dream. Also got my Penske shock dialed in. I'm ready for some all day twisty tours! Ok then, what are the details? Spring? your weight? $$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer vfrcapn Posted February 13, 2010 Member Contributer Share Posted February 13, 2010 Did you revalve the forks or just put new springs? What rate rear spring did you use? Glad it's working out, proper suspension makes it like a whole new bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud786 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 I dont know if there the best or not! I do know the bike handles like never before(in a good way). No oversteer, no understeer, no wallowing, no excessive dive under braking, all this and a smooth ride! I was hesitant to use the 20wt oil, but it turns out that the folks at HyperPro did there homework, as the bike handles like a dream. Also got my Penske shock dialed in. I'm ready for some all day twisty tours! 2o weight oil? what is stock oil height on your 2000 model, and what oil height did hyper recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VFRBenny Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 Did you revalve the forks or just put new springs? What rate rear spring did you use? Glad it's working out, proper suspension makes it like a whole new bike. No revalve, just springs and oil. The Penske was from my old gsxr and I had it reworked for the VFR. 1200 lb (21 kg) spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VFRBenny Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 I dont know if there the best or not! I do know the bike handles like never before(in a good way). No oversteer, no understeer, no wallowing, no excessive dive under braking, all this and a smooth ride! I was hesitant to use the 20wt oil, but it turns out that the folks at HyperPro did there homework, as the bike handles like a dream. Also got my Penske shock dialed in. I'm ready for some all day twisty tours! 2o weight oil? what is stock oil height on your 2000 model, and what oil height did hyper recommend? Dont know stock height. HyperPro is 130 mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud786 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Thanks for the info I'll assume stock is 100 mm (typically is) I spoke to them one time, to find out whether their spring was stiffer than stock. They wouldnt answer or give me oil heights or weights they were using. The stock vfr is a progessive spring, typically I would expect about 20mm less oil height using a 20 weight over a 10 weight). in your case its 30 mm. To me it sounds like those two springs are real close, being there's no valving change. The 20 weight oil, is more the key of improvement feel IMO , that weight really would stiffen the valving. The question is the rebound qualities, this normally takes large succesive hits, to see if rebound is adaqute, not as important on the street since its pretty smooth. Anyone want to dabble with a 20 weight on their stock springs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VFRBenny Posted February 15, 2010 Author Share Posted February 15, 2010 Thanks for the info I'll assume stock is 100 mm (typically is) I spoke to them one time, to find out whether their spring was stiffer than stock. They wouldnt answer or give me oil heights or weights they were using. The stock vfr is a progessive spring, typically I would expect about 20mm less oil height using a 20 weight over a 10 weight). in your case its 30 mm. To me it sounds like those two springs are real close, being there's no valving change. The 20 weight oil, is more the key of improvement feel IMO , that weight really would stiffen the valving. The question is the rebound qualities, this normally takes large succesive hits, to see if rebound is adaqute, not as important on the street since its pretty smooth. Anyone want to dabble with a 20 weight on their stock springs? The Hp springs had 8 more coils, I guess the valving change is the heavy oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer jasonsmith Posted February 16, 2010 Member Contributer Share Posted February 16, 2010 That's exactly why they recommended the 20wt IMO. In reality the valves should be done to compensate for the firmer springs. Curious if the heavier oil alone will have any side effects. Glad that it feels great though. The Hp springs had 8 more coils, I guess the valving change is the heavy oil. More coils doesn't necessarily mean stiffer, do you know the actual kg rating of the springs. Curious on your 1200# rear spring, what do you weight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VFRBenny Posted February 16, 2010 Author Share Posted February 16, 2010 That's exactly why they recommended the 20wt IMO. In reality the valves should be done to compensate for the firmer springs. Curious if the heavier oil alone will have any side effects. Glad that it feels great though. The Hp springs had 8 more coils, I guess the valving change is the heavy oil. More coils doesn't necessarily mean stiffer, do you know the actual kg rating of the springs. Curious on your 1200# rear spring, what do you weight? I'm about 220. The springs are rising rate and I dont know if the have a single kg weight, I counted 11 different coil rates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 That's exactly why they recommended the 20wt IMO. In reality the valves should be done to compensate for the firmer springs. Curious if the heavier oil alone will have any side effects. Glad that it feels great though. The Hp springs had 8 more coils, I guess the valving change is the heavy oil. More coils doesn't necessarily mean stiffer, do you know the actual kg rating of the springs. Curious on your 1200# rear spring, what do you weight? I'm about 220. The springs are rising rate and I dont know if the have a single kg weight, I counted 11 different coil rates. 1200# sounds about right for 220# rider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Rush2112 Posted February 16, 2010 Member Contributer Share Posted February 16, 2010 How much $$ for the HyperPros? Did they base your springs on your weight (I'm about 220 too) or are they just one set for anyone with a Y2K VFR? Thanks for the info...:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VFRBenny Posted February 16, 2010 Author Share Posted February 16, 2010 How much $$ for the HyperPros? Did they base your springs on your weight (I'm about 220 too) or are they just one set for anyone with a Y2K VFR? Thanks for the info...:rolleyes: $139. and they are a one size fits all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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