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FINALLY got those fork tubes back from PVD coating, they came out AMAZING.
So, time to take a trip to Atlanta to get the Traxxion AK-20's installed on the front (since the installation of the Penske's in the rear exposed how CRAPY the OEM front suspension REALLY IS. Made an appointment for Wednesday at 9:30 AM, pulled the front off the bike Monday night (ripped 6 movies to the IPad to watch on the BORING ride) and headed out Tuesday afternoon for Atlanta.
I chose to just take a ride up there, because I HATE for the bike to be down waiting for parts to go back and forth (as evidenced by all the take-off parts in my garage), it would have cost me $400 to round trip Fedex the stuff next day - so it was actually cheeper to just throw it in the car and drive.
Traxxion Dynamics is in Woodstock, Ga. - about 1/2 north of the city. They have a pretty nice sized facility.
Welcome Mat was rolled out - that was pretty cool I thought.
TD guys were pretty impressed with the quality of the PVD on the fork tubes, don't think they've seen that process done before on a set of tubes.
While I didn't stick around to watch and photograph the install process (had a lunch appointment with a friend in the city and a noon meeting at my favorite AA clubhouse there), TD's president did give me the "nickel tour" of the facility.
CAD/Parts Design Room
Company President plays Sax, and is friends with some sax maker, so in addition to motorcycle suspension, they also CNC a line of custom Sax Mouth Pieces - pretty nice stuff.
They can also do your Fork R&R for you, if you happen to bring the whole bike in.
Apparantly, VROD's aren't they only bike that suffers from suck-ass OEM front suspension - they do a lot of work on Victory Touring bikes.
Forks come off and are disassembled. In the case of VR's, the tower in the bottom of the upper tubed is machined out in a lathe and the TD tower is installed - yet another reason to do this in a set of NEW tubes, so you can re-install the OEM suspension if you want to take the TD suspension off (though after riding it for a day, and don't know WHY you'd EVER want to do that).
Assembly Room
They have a nice CNC setup, 4 REAL EXPENSIVE looking multi-axis machines.
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FINALLY got those fork tubes back from PVD coating, they came out AMAZING.

So, time to take a trip to Atlanta to get the Traxxion AK-20's installed on the front (since the installation of the Penske's in the rear exposed how CRAPY the OEM front suspension REALLY IS. Made an appointment for Wednesday at 9:30 AM, pulled the front off the bike Monday night (ripped 6 movies to the IPad to watch on the BORING ride) and headed out Tuesday afternoon for Atlanta.

I chose to just take a ride up there, because I HATE for the bike to be down waiting for parts to go back and forth (as evidenced by all the take-off parts in my garage), it would have cost me $400 to round trip Fedex the stuff next day - so it was actually cheeper to just throw it in the car and drive.
Traxxion Dynamics is in Woodstock, Ga. - about 1/2 north of the city. They have a pretty nice sized facility.

Welcome Mat was rolled out - that was pretty cool I thought.

TD guys were pretty impressed with the quality of the PVD on the fork tubes, don't think they've seen that process done before on a set of tubes.

While I didn't stick around to watch and photograph the install process (had a lunch appointment with a friend in the city and a noon meeting at my favorite AA clubhouse there), TD's president did give me the "nickel tour" of the facility.
CAD/Parts Design Room

Company President plays Sax, and is friends with some sax maker, so in addition to motorcycle suspension, they also CNC a line of custom Sax Mouth Pieces - pretty nice stuff.
They can also do your Fork R&R for you, if you happen to bring the whole bike in.

Apparantly, VROD's aren't they only bike that suffers from suck-ass OEM front suspension - they do a lot of work on Victory Touring bikes.
Forks come off and are disassembled. In the case of VR's, the tower in the bottom of the upper tubed is machined out in a lathe and the TD tower is installed - yet another reason to do this in a set of NEW tubes, so you can re-install the OEM suspension if you want to take the TD suspension off (though after riding it for a day, and don't know WHY you'd EVER want to do that).
Assembly Room

They have a nice CNC setup, 4 REAL EXPENSIVE looking multi-axis machines.


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