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Sean Kelly 12 Jun 2001 18:17

Soft front suspension?
 
Hi all

After struggling for a while with a full 43L tank of fuel on my paralever GS, the legendary Ron Williams of Maxton Engineering (www.maxton.demon.co.uk) built me new fork internals, with some real damping, and had new springs wound to suit.

They now work really well and give a very well damped, plush ride, even with a full fuel load. Only reservations are the longer springs rattle a bit if the front end goes light over bumps, which isn't a problem, and I occasionally get some patter hitting bumps under heavy braking, which should be cured with a bit more fork oil, I haven't bothered yet.

With a WP rear shocker, the bike handles like a dream compared to my friend's otherwise identical GS.



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Sean


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