I noticed in the manual for my EX to "purge the air" from my front shocks after every ride. I'm not doing anything aggressive and barely any air comes out... is this kinda overkill to do it after every ride?
When ready to ride..with on stand..bleed forks by opening small screws. I put speed bleeders on..so u just have to push tops.
I do it each ride..like checking tire pressure.
Not critical but equalizes pressure in forks.
I noticed in the manual for my EX to "purge the air" from my front shocks after every ride. I'm not doing anything aggressive and barely any air comes out... is this kinda overkill to do it after every ride?
Yes, overkill. Forks don’t build heat like the shock. Some people use negative pressure by slightly collapsing the forks before putting in the screws as a external preload adjustment.
If you bleed them every time you will rarely get a puff of air out.
Do you find it productive? Does any volume of air escape? I find unless the bike has been in the sun, if you have the bike on the stand with the wheels off the ground, nothing really happens. I have damaged the speed bleeders before where they stick open, so I'm out on them.
It’s easy enough. I have had an idea to connect both forks with an air hose with a reservoir to expand the volume of the air chamber for a more progressive air spring, behind the number plate. I haven’t made a priority of doing r&d .
