Kyle Tarry
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Do you have the gold valves in yet? What is your impression?
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250-500cc Husqvy wr 300 on motocross track
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Husqvarna
Motovet45
Husqvarna
AA Class
Yes the gold valves are in, unfortunately 2 laps into my ride at Comp Edge I blew it up. Apparently the "black edition" head I got was 20 thousands out of tolerance and my piston smacked the lip blowing the helicoils out of the cylinder. Luckily only the piston was damaged so I had a shop take the 20 thousands off the inside diameter of the lip on the head and put a new piston in it. I'll be going out to Racetown 395 this weekend and I'll report on the valves.
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marcmo0
Husqvarna
AA Class
Ouch! That's sucks Motovet! Glad to hear you didn't have to do a complete tear down and rebuild. Good luck racing this weekend.
Motovet45
Husqvarna
AA Class
Ok so I rode both Sat and Sun at 395, happy to report that the GVs were a success. Action on both ends was very smooth, I think the shock was actually better than the forks but I think I may have the shim stack on the forks a little too stiff for my abilities. The forks were great when I was fresh but beat the crap out of my hands once I got tired.
Kyle Tarry
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Can you post the shim stack that you are running now with the gold valves, and the shim stack(s) that you were running in the stock forks that didn't work?
Motovet45
Husqvarna
AA Class
I'm running two stage valving
Motovet45
Husqvarna
AA Class
On the forks with GVs
Low speed
(3) .15x24
(2) .10x24
.10x12
High speed
(3) .15x24
.10x21
.10x19
.10x17
.10x14
.10x13
.10x12
.10x11
Motovet45
Husqvarna
AA Class
Kyle I'll have to measure the shims I took out, I actually kept the stacks together with the old valves on zip ties, I know writing it down would have been simpler but if the GVs were a total fail I wanted to have a super quick solution I could revert back to.
Motovet45
Husqvarna
AA Class
Yep, especially as I get tired.
Motovet45
Husqvarna
AA Class
Any suggestions?
Kyle Tarry
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Thanks for posting! I'd be curious to see what was on the stock valves too, when you have a chance to measure them.
Does this gold valve setup have the midvalve converted to a check plate, or are you still running a damping stack on it?
Does this gold valve setup have the midvalve converted to a check plate, or are you still running a damping stack on it?