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Preload adjuster knobs work on modded forks?


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If I get preload adjuster knobs for my forks, are there many fork upgrades which only upgrade the internal guts leaving my able to keep using my external preload adjusters? Or are most preload adjuster knobs for fornt forks fairly universal anyways?
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If I get preload adjuster knobs for my forks, are there many fork upgrades which only upgrade the internal guts leaving my able to keep using my external preload adjusters? Or are most preload adjuster knobs for fornt forks fairly universal anyways?
Of course the FJ-09 comes with external fork spring pre-load adjusters running through the fork caps on both fork tubes, so I assume you are referring to metal or plastic overlays that fit over the adjustment nuts and allow manual (wrenchless) adjustments of the spring pre-load. As suspension mods go, that one seems pretty harmless.   
Most fork up grades that I'm aware of modify the internal guts, not the fork spring pre-load mechanism(s).
 
External pre-load adjusters are common, but no where near universal. Some bikes have no adjustments of any kind on the forks (pre-load or damping) and owners seem to get along with that just fine.  And there are electronically adjusted suspensions on high end and some race bikes that let the rider set (via a menu) pre-load and damping according to load at startup, and those that adjust dynamically, as the bike is ridden.  
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If I get preload adjuster knobs for my forks, are there many fork upgrades which only upgrade the internal guts leaving my able to keep using my external preload adjusters?
 
There wont be any upgrades that you do to your existing fork cartridges that will remove the ability to set spring preload via the fork caps (unless you zeroed out the fork cap and installed an internal spacer). 
 
 
 
If you were to completely swap out cartridges then some of them might have a unique fork cap with a different knob or screw to set spring preload.
 
 
 
 
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