BMW F800S

Use the vice in my workshop.
(My working table is remarkable clean today)

I was never really happy with the standard Showa fork.
Basically, it’s strong enough for the bike (42mm inner tubes), but it’s obviously build to a budget and the damping is really poor. When you brake hard to turn into a corner it will wallow slightly, and you have no real feeling of what the front is doing.
I thought of finding a better fork, but then I would need to fix brakes, ABS, triple clamps with ignition key, steering lock etc. – so that was a poor solution.
The decision was made to purchase a set of custom made AK-20 cartridge dampers from Traxxion Dynamics in USA (well known in superbike racing).
The cartridges and springs are set up for my weight and riding style and I can now adjust spring preload, compression and rebound damping 🙂
And the kit is installed in the original fork, replacing the poor stock internals.

I did a few tests with the GoPro camera on a RAM mount arm, but there was a lot of vibrations and poor picture quality.
So I decided to make a proper bracket for the GoPro. Now the pictures are excellent 🙂

To measure final drive belt tension.
I’ve used different self invented methods in the past, but I was never 100 % sure if I got the tension right.
I’we wanted this tool for years – now it’s in the workshop 🙂

Nicely lined up to check if I got the right shims under each cam.

(Got it right in the first attempt 🙂 )