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I've just had a yellow spring shock rebuilt and re-sprung by Revs and some appropriate linkages given the once over.
I was going to get the forks serviced and set up too. (bike has done 23k miles)
I'm trying to get a feel for how the front will play with a shock set up for a person of rather a lot above average weight (I'm a muscular 8 foot 2...)

Cheers

randomsquid wrote: (I'm a muscular 8 foot 2...)

Cheers

Not quite the way I remember you ...
That must have been quite some growth spurt.

Actually I'm an undercover Greek god.
I have a magic ring that makes me look short and fat so that I don't scare the natives.

I think you should keep the tales around your ring piece to yourself.....

Not sure about Marzocchi fork spring rates. From personal experience I can say that standard Showa forks springs are too harsh and that changing them improves matters a lot. I'd guess that Aprilia would have specified the same spring rate for the Marzocchis as they did for the Showa forks (1.05kg/mm), but that is only a guess.

There's also no guarantee that spring dimensions for Marzocchi would be the same as for Showa (i.e. length and diameter), as the internals are very different. I think you'll need to ask an expert; i.e. a suspension chappie who's actually had both types of fork legs apart.

<edit> - But what is oversprung for a puny mortal may well be ideal for a muscular 8 foot 2 Greek God...

Aladinsaneuk wrote:I think you should keep the tales around your ring piece to yourself.....

I've nearly got enough stuff for a book. It's going to feature wizzards, a hobbit and an evil web fingered monster.

mangocrazy wrote: I'd guess that Aprilia would have specified the same spring rate for the Marzocchis as they did for the Showa forks (1.05kg/mm), but that is only a guess.

Cheers, mine are definitely not on the squishy side.
The part numbers are different and if the part drawings are anything like to scale then they're a completely different length.

I'm going to pick the shock up after work tomorrow, I'll see what Revs think and report back.

randomsquid wrote:

mangocrazy wrote: I'd guess that Aprilia would have specified the same spring rate for the Marzocchis as they did for the Showa forks (1.05kg/mm), but that is only a guess.

Cheers, mine are definitely not on the squishy side.
The part numbers are different and if the part drawings are anything like to scale then they're a completely different length.

Ahem. I didn't say the same spring, I said the same spring rate. I'm well aware that the Marzocchi innards are very different to the Showas.

mangocrazy wrote: Ahem. I didn't say the same spring, I said the same spring rate. I'm well aware that the Marzocchi innards are very different to the Showas.

Aye, I know
Thought that if the forks are the same diameter and same overall length then the springs might be common to both.

We have a cunning plan, leave the bike with them, get it back a day or two later depending on if they have to order any bits after disassembling and measuring.

I now have a yellow spring shock with a silver spring on. That'll confuse people.