Balancing air pressure in front forks

[artbone]

I saw a topic about balancing the air pressure in the forks of '83 Visions and now can't remember where I saw it but, today I faced the same problem and thought I would share my solution.

I have a small air tank I can use to fill tires etc. I pumped it up to 10 LBS and filled the forks. The tank has enough volume so that the small amount used in one fork doesn't change the pressure in the other fork.

Also, Yamaha offers a small gauge especially for checking and adjusting the air pressure in forks. The part # is in the rider's handbook and I don't have it in front of me but, if anyone is interested, I'll post it.

Art

[artbone]

Westfield Suzuki Yamaha in Westfield Indiana has the gauges for $61.62. Must be gold plated.
The part # is 2X4-2811A-00 . I like my solution better.

[h2olawyer]

I have a compressor with a reasonaly accurate pressure regulator.  I set it to 10PSI & hit each fork valve.  The air volume is indeed so small that checking the fork pressure with a typical pencil type gauge will actually decrease the pressure by about 1PSI.  Best method is to find a system that pressurizes at an equal, repeatable rate & after checking the first few attempts at airing the forks, just pressurize & walk away . . . just walk away.

H₂O

[Rick G]

I seem to remember that Lucky tied them together.