Fork air pressure balancing ideas?

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    Since the front forks have individual air tuning adjustments, it would be nice to make both sides the exact same pressure. My plan is to fabricate a crossover hose that joins the 2 air stems into one unit. Any ideas?

    They use a Shrader air valve stem. So parts that would connect two of them into one single Shrader seem optimum
     


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    A low pressure gauge should get you close enough.

    If you are really that anal I have a bunch of dirty crap you can clean at my house to help with the OCD.
     


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    Older Goldwings have a balance tube deal like that. Few people use air in their forks, but.........


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    Mark, i'll be working in the shop today, Monday, between about 3-8pm, so please stop over and say hello if you have time.
     


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    ^^this.

    If it made that much difference the bike would already be equipped that way. If it made enough difference that you could feel it, you're on the wrong bike.

    Further, if you permanently connected the two, then blew out the seal on one side, you'd leak down both.
     


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    I'd bet money the reason the Wing is that way is purely for convenience and not for ridability. It's just easier for the oldfolks to check or air one spot instead of two. One more "feature" to justify the higher cost of a Wing.
     


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    Hi Squirrelman! I swung past the place yesterday on the way home. Will try to stop by tonight if possible.




    My idea came from a set of air shocks one of my vehicles used to have. You filled the air pressure for both shocks at a valve located at the rear bumper, which connected to both shocks with thin plastic tubing. Then I saw in a motorcycle magazine that Progressive Suspension makes exactly the same setup. But when I went to their website, cant find it, so maybe they discontinued it? And Moose also makes a similiar setup for motocross bikes which actually uses the handlebars themselves as the air holding "tank" for the forks.



    But I can see how if its only a few PSI, not much significant difference would be felt between the two forks.
     


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