Comments on: Changing Forward Lean: Shiva and Factor MX

By: Frank Konsella

Frank Konsella — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 19:04:03 +0000

In reply to bonjoe. Thanks- good to know, bonjoe!

By: bonjoe

bonjoe — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 18:53:54 +0000

Hi, the mechanism can get uncovered by taking off the upper part of the shell. Unscrew completely the screws for cuff alignment and take it off. In case the spring jumps out it’s possible to place it back without a struggle. However, blocking it by replacing the bolt with another tool while flipping the moon, as suggested by Frank is a wise idea.

Strange, the angle on my boots was already set to max when I wanted to add more lean. I bought them in 2015.

By: Frank Konsella

Frank Konsella — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 04:38:00 +0000

In reply to Larry. Larry, I like the flex on the Factor and wouldn't want them any softer, so I haven't played around with it. Have you tried a different liner? The stock liner is pretty beefy, and has plastic on the tongue. I bet that switching to a lighter liner like an Intuition would result in some softening.

By: Larry

Larry — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 13:37:37 +0000

Have you tried softening these at all? Have the Factor and need to get some more flex out of it.

The forward lean tip was great, thanks!

By: pulmark

pulmark — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 16:23:16 +0000

I succeeded to get the spring back into its position today. At first I tried to put it back from outside but no success. Then I removed the inside spoiler to get a bit more room to move the cuff and carefully pushed the spring back into its position from the inside of the boot and lined it with the hole. Finally I put allen key through the hole to keep the spring in place and then pushed the bolt back.

By: Frank Konsella

Frank Konsella — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 05:42:56 +0000

In reply to Andrew Scarborough. Andrew, I'm not sure where I got the 3 position information from- I also only see 2. I'll correct the post, thanks for the catch.

By: Frank Konsella

Frank Konsella — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 05:41:18 +0000

In reply to pulmark. pulmark, As far as I could tell when we lost a spring on our first attempt, the spring kept the walk mechanism from flopping around, although it didn't seem like it was completely necessary for it to function.