Accelerated Technologies Motorcycle Page

08/11/2026

We would like to announce we now have a "preowned and new section" on our website. Random shocks, parts and more.

Pre Owned and NEW Parts (All Sales are Final, no refunds, no warranty on used parts)

08/08/2026

FORK SPRINGS…DOES STRAIGHT MATTER?

These fork springs, we found to be not perfectly straight. A good friend of ours Jacob Black had several crashes with his Kawasaki ZX4 and could not pinpoint the problem.

We found a few issues with his forks that had an effect on damping, but Andrew, our lead Tech also noticed these springs had been damaged from a previous big crash and weren’t perfectly straight.

An imperfect fork spring will deflect sideways during compression in the minimal room between the spring guide on the inside of the spring and the inner tube inner wall on the outside of the spring. This was causing an increase in friction to the point of binding and resisting fork travel.

When the motion of the fork is not linear and steps up in resistance unexpectedly, the tire will often begin to slide. A sliding front tire is not something every rider is comfortable controlling, especially when it is unpredictable. That’s exactly why things like fork parallelity along the axle, alignment in the triple clamps, oil level, and damping are all so so important.

If you have a motorcycle handling issue you can’t figure out, give us a shout.

08/02/2026

FORK ALIGNMENT QUICK CHECK

On our website, we have these glass surface plates, they’re super reasonable. We use them to check the Fork alignment as shown here on this well worn F 700 GS. Fork alignment can get thrown off by a gentle fall or even improper lashing down in a trailer. 

Micki, originally from South Africa, has ridden this little GS all over the world. With over 50,000 miles on the clock, the original fork oil was like oily sand and had permitted wear right through the bushings.

The surface plate in the video helps us to get the triple clamps perfectly aligned which greatly extends seal life, bushing life, and reduces breakaway friction so the bike tire will follow small bumps with far greater comfort to the rider. We were happy to get Micki back on the road and home to Toronto, where she’s currently living. 

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07/28/2026

AFRICA TWIN respiring. Get it done.

07/28/2026

OHLINS and KAWASAKI. What a marriage.

07/28/2026

SUPER PROUD to be joining GP BIKES and KTM CANADA in sponsoring MEGAN SHARPLESS as she prepares to represent CANADA at this years ISDE in Portugal

Not just changing her fork oil, we are working and riding with Megan to help her recognize compression, rebound and spring rate issues as she gets the most out of her new bike.

We have already revalved her new KTM and she is getting WAY faster!!! She is providing amazing feedback and working incredibly hard, with training and riding!

Keep an eye out for this incredibly talented young lady as she prepares for her busy fall season👍👍👍

07/16/2026

We set up Grant’s beautiful M1000R Beemer early this week.

More and more of today’s bikes have fully electronic suspension. This model had selectable drive modes where you can change the obvious traction control, anti-lock braking, engine braking, power delivery modes etc, as well as damping front and rear.

After setting base sag and preload spring support front and rear, we spent considerable time creating custom comfort and performance damping maps.

Electronic suspension… Better? Worse? Or just different. 

07/09/2026

ZX-14 DRAG BIKE

We worked with this amazing new customer as he prepared his drag bike for an upcoming competition.

He had added a 35 inch long swing arm, but was running the tire into the license plate bracket hard due to untested lowering link and dramatically under performing rear shock. 

As the weight on a stock bike gets higher, or in this case, the leverage from a longer swing arm compounds, the valving, and especially spring rate quickly become inadequate to support the bike and rider. We calculated the new motion ratio and with a little bit of testing got it figured out.

Contact us for your project… Small, medium or biggie sized.