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Tech Tip: Bleeding air out your forks. I often see riders, who have obviously heard that they need to let the air out of their forks from time to time. Having seen loads of guys, who have good intentions, but the actually don’t know exactly what to do, and they then let the air out their forks, while the bike with the wheel on the ground. Often with the rider on it or else standing on its own or on the side stand. This in fact lets more air out as the forks are somewhat compressed, and the result is the fork then actually has a small vacuum inside, holding the fork back from extending fully. This reduces the air volume in the fork, making less of an air cushion, and makes the forks stiffer. The correct way to do this, is to have the bikes front wheel off the ground, and then to bleed the air from the forks. Preferably every time just before you ride. If you do MX, do it before every Moto, as air builds up during a ride, so if you bleed before your first Moto, it will more than likely have air inside the fork after the Moto. Bleed them each time just before you ride. A set of Fork Bleeders, which you just compress whilst the bike is on the stand(wheel off the ground), are inexpensive, and work like a charm. It takes literally 2 seconds to bleed the air out the forks using them.
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