WP XACT PRO SPRING CONVERSION KIT FULL

It only has one air chamber (in one fork leg). So, bearing this in mind, WPвЂ™s AER fork was intentionally designed with simplicity of adjustment as a primary goal. True, particularly when the fork has multiple chambers (such as ShowaвЂ™s SFF TAC air fork) whose pressures each need to be checked.

Air forks add to set-up complexity because the forkвЂ™s air pressure needs to be checked before each ride On the other hand, for an adventurous trailrider whose bike runs an oversize fuel tank and massive bashplate, saving a kilo or two is neither here nor there.ДЈ. Plus, at the high-performance end of the spectrum, saving unsprung weight is the Holy Grail. For elite race teams and Pro racers, thatвЂ™s a huge saving that might otherwise cost them countless thousands of development dollars to achieve. The significance of saving somewhere in the vicinity of 1.5kg depends who youвЂ™re speaking to. WPвЂ™s complete AER fork (including the brake calliper mount) weighs 7160g, compared with 8650g for WPвЂ™s new Xplor 48mm coil-sprung fork (which, itself, is between 300g and 600g lighter than its 4CS and open-cartridge predecessors, respectively). Air forks are lighter than their coil-sprung equivalents, but not that much lighter If the AER forkвЂ™s internal cartridge were to fail, the pressure will equalise on either side of the piston and hold the fork halfway down in its compression stroke.Дў.

In other words, if an AER fork does have a fork-seal leak, it will not lose any air pressure.

WP XACT PRO SPRING CONVERSION KIT FULL

In the AER fork, the pressured air is all contained in a sealed inner cartridge, with a bypass for the negative chamber thatвЂ™s enacted at full fork-leg extension вЂ“ when you go off a jump or sit the bike on a stand, for instance. The design used on WPвЂ™s AER air fork, however, means thereвЂ™s never any pressure on the fork seals. If the fork relies on air pressure in an outer chamber (which puts pressure on the fork seal), then yes, it is possible for a damaged fork seal and/or chrome slider to lead to a partially or fully collapsed fork. All air forks can leak air, which means they can collapse The aim? To address the 10 most commonly held assertions вЂ“ and myths вЂ“ about air forks, and then sort fact from fiction. In response to lingering scepticism in some quarters about the performance and/or reliability of air-sprung forks, TransmotoВ recently put WPвЂ™s all-new 48mm вЂAERвЂ™ air fork through a rigorous test program.

Wp xact pro spring conversion kit