We Converted Our WP Air Forks to Spring!

We Converted Our WP Air Forks to Spring! | Track Tested

Рет қаралды 21,285

2 жыл бұрын

We love the Husqvarna FC450 but one of our biggest gripes with the platform is the feel from the WP XACT Air Fork. Fortunately, WP offers their XACT Pro 6500 Cartridge kit that converts the stock Air Fork internals to spring. After getting the run down on the kit, we had SML test rider Rene Garcia spin some laps and compare the spring conversion to the stock air forks. Check it out!

Пікірлер: 51

@shawnhorne9296 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't really say anything about liking them better than air

@1176hambone Жыл бұрын

Air forks are like dancing with numb feet. KTM should be ashamed of themselves for putting out bikes with that junk.

@stevesmith756 Ай бұрын

Yup but a premium bike we should get springs in our forks

@stevesmith756 Ай бұрын

Buy

@angieferrell4622 2 жыл бұрын

get the spring conversion kit I haven't gotten a ride on it yet but I can't wait never had a problem out of the air Forks never checked them but I've only put three and a half hours in my bike can't wait to ride with this new conversion kit

@Runk3lsmcdougal 2 жыл бұрын

Wait did you change them out to spring and then ride too or was that just the evaluation of the air fork lol feel like I got more info on the shock

@toddrobison8929 Жыл бұрын

Just did this on my 22. But I have the dual side kit

@acrf45000 2 жыл бұрын

So was it good, bad , how was it different. Was the air fork riding like a chooper or the spring fork. How was in braking bumps. How was it on big jumps. more info would be helpful if I am going to spend $1500 dollars . Is it worth the money......

@mxracer158 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting but can you be more specific on the why you changed what... What sag were you running? How high were the forks in the triple clamp? I love details thanks.

@jcbenson01 11 ай бұрын

Agree. Not exactly very informative was it?

@mikekaz7449 2 жыл бұрын

Where is the review of the spring conversation kit???

@cadillacmoto 2 жыл бұрын

Is there any motivation in the sport for a WP/Factory Connection/*insert suspension company* support truck/van to sell slots for days at a track to get riders suspension dialed? For the average rider or non-factory amateurs, you send your stuff off, get it serviced, then get it back, and your over a week into the investment to see if it paid off

@cameronboswell7888 2 жыл бұрын

I do not understand why they didn’t just wait to fully engineer and test front AND rear air suspension for production. That alone bothers me enough not buy into the air forks.

@stephendavis7707 Жыл бұрын

I have a 21 fc 450 i am not a great rider but the air forks work for me ..I would like to add i am an older generation where we make things work we understand a weakness and we work around it ,its not perfect but its good enough .. The money in R&D that these manufactures spend is a high but i feel we the consumers are largely paying for it with the you must personalise your bike for you !!! Its about time the manufactures sold the individual bike to the individual customer at least change spring rates for each customer as a minimum .. If i buy a new car i can have certain colour interior ,sunroof etc Why cant a 10 k bike come the right springs for my weight and application ..???

@JasonAndersen7 2 жыл бұрын

You need to test that suspension at rougher tracks not those dry ass Cali highways they call tracks

@AKKDLHNVSDF 2 жыл бұрын

We're we watching a different video? This track is super tight and looked very watered

@jcbenson01 11 ай бұрын

My thoughts also. All of the magazine articles and shootouts are always out west. Meanwhile the other 90% of us are in a totally different geography.

@billboard1894 Жыл бұрын

Both forks need to do the same thing spring is the way

@HobosCanFly 2 жыл бұрын

I've never understood why people complain about having to check the pressure in air forks throughout the day. It's no different than checking your tire pressure as the temperature changes, so why does it matter that much?

@therawlifefamily 2 жыл бұрын

because most people don't care if their tire is 11.75 psi, they care it's not flat and not rock hard, so a quick squeeze on it makes sure it's in a decent range. You can't do that with an air fork so far as I can tell. I have to check my daughter's before every moto because just a few psi fluctuation is the difference between a hard landing on an OJ and literal broken wrists.

@HobosCanFly 2 жыл бұрын

@@therawlifefamily Just from my personal experience, a couple psi +/- has never been the difference between literally breaking something and being fine. If that's the case for you, there might be a bit more of a problem with your forks than a simple pressure setting. I view it just like setting a tire pressure. I set mine to 14 psi when I get to the track, and if it gets warmer/cooler throughout the day, I'll set it again and be done with it until the next ride day. Same goes with an air fork. Takes no time at all.

@jeffro8636 Жыл бұрын

Not sure what the point was of this “test”. Was like talking to a 15 year old Yeah, it was rad and I was pumped on the setting and I would definitely like totally yeah like try it

@rickfell7222 2 жыл бұрын

Soooo get a yz250f

@gorgebush6604 2 жыл бұрын

what does WP stand for?

@kawboyzx12 2 жыл бұрын

Back in the day it was White Power suspension. You say that in a public situation now and you'd be beheaded!

@coldsteeloffroad Жыл бұрын

Wim Peters...the founder of WP.

@gorgebush6604 Жыл бұрын

@@coldsteeloffroad really? i didn’t know that. i was kinda just making a joke because i could’ve swore my dad told me that all the ktm’s used to say white power on the fork guards and now they abbreviated it to wp for obvious reasons. but i believe you it probably is for the founder

@coldsteeloffroad Жыл бұрын

@@gorgebush6604 apparently it did stand for that at one point but like you said, it had to change for obvious reasons. The original WP abbreviation you eluded to came from the color of their springs due to using a company that only had the color white to paint hospital beds. One of the WP videos on here has a WP employee talking about cone valve forks & Super Trax shocks & he tells the story.

@derkbrock5996 2 жыл бұрын

What he said made no sense chopper feel is high in the front end so why ru stiffening it up

@thomastjg53 Жыл бұрын

As much as ever one is disappointed with the air forks,why does ktm stay with them. Just to say there bike is lighter than ever one else?

@jbrat122 2 жыл бұрын

Sweet Jesus, them forks cost more than I paid on my last bike lol that’s what’s wrong with these new bikes and parts. They are pricing people out of the sport. We will never see a lot of talent simply because it’s become way to expensive to ride or race

@Sleepy.Time. 2 жыл бұрын

while i agree the sport is pricing itself out of reach of many people the $1300 price for this kit if you adjust for inflation is no more than we paid for a Ohlins shock ten years ago

@therawlifefamily 2 жыл бұрын

@@Sleepy.Time. it really means that for a lot of people KTM is just not practical. Sure, the a-kit WP stuff is better than a stock yz450, but that makes the sticker price of a KTM 17k vs 10k for the YZ and the stock YZ KYB stuff is great.

@Sleepy.Time. 2 жыл бұрын

@@therawlifefamily yup, 2022 Yz250 would be my first choice if i was gonna buy a bike today

@straighttimestirrups 2 жыл бұрын

@@Sleepy.Time. buy a clean 04 YZ250, rebuild the engine, throw some SSS Forks and you’ll have the best of the best for a fraction of a new one.

@Sleepy.Time. 2 жыл бұрын

@@straighttimestirrups yeah the Yz250 has aged better than fine wine but i blew all my money on a KX500 so no more dirt bikes for a while

@iancarson8614 2 жыл бұрын

sounds like a thumbs down for the kit

@moto7622 2 жыл бұрын

this kid does not know !!

@frontlinemedia4270 Жыл бұрын

These kits are way too expensive

@larslake Жыл бұрын

So listening to this young rider, the spring kit isn't worth it. Just stay with the aer because it's more adjustable.

@AUSTIN_457 2 жыл бұрын

Soooooo? Lol.

@rodneyharrison8064 Жыл бұрын

Yor just putting people of buying a standard ktm

@Mrrs6580 2 жыл бұрын

he say nothing about spring why? probably he prefer aer

@frankcraymerdds3875 2 жыл бұрын

He wasn't very clear

@Paul-gu2lv 3 ай бұрын

Why don't i pay more to get the air fork and then pay again to get a coil conversation that doesn't even come with the spring. 😂😅 This sounds like a joke.

@MXJEFF94 Жыл бұрын

This was just not a good video and very unclear.

@petebusch9069 Жыл бұрын

Stop speaking out of both sides of your mouth and say what you really think.

@airtimeal8744 2 жыл бұрын

Hard to really enjoy moto anymore, overpriced bikes that need overpriced mods to be comfortable on. And then the way overpriced fuel and ride fees.Maybe just stick to walking the dog this year. yah!

@mxbadboy263 Жыл бұрын

I could have not said it better.

@jcbenson01 11 ай бұрын

I disagree. Go jump on a 90’s Dirtbike and see just how far they’ve come. We are absolutely SPOILED. The complaints about the new bikes are so insignificant in the grand scheme. People are lazy and whiny. “Ohh I don’t wanna have to check my air pressure in my fork to make it work good. Whaaaaawaaaa…”