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#76 Post by **mangocrazy** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:00 pm

blinkey501 wrote:I have posted before that the origional spring is like having a piece of solid bar in place has there is no give in it what so ever.

I concur. Wholeheartedly. In the short while I had the standard shock fitted I was determined to get the seats fitted with gel pads. Any ride over 50 miles was quite literally a PITA. I got the Ohlins with the correct (for me) spring rate, and we did a tour of France in 2010 without any bother. It's still on the standard seats, front and back.

FWIW, if you run standard Falco triangles/dogbones as I do, a spring rate of 700lbs/in works well for me. Nice and taut solo, plush but controlled two-up.

D-Rider · #77 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:05 pm

Mine was like a pogo stick - not rock solid but no useful damping

#78 Post by **mangocrazy** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:08 pm

I think they're piss poor all round. If the spring rate doesn't get you the damping disappears. I was so glad to get shot of it. It must have done all of 500 miles before I took it off.

randomsquid · #79 Post by **randomsquid** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:53 pm

blinkey501 wrote: But also i am having a full set of panels painted in a colour scheme that i think will look out standing

Bronze and black or black and bronze?

randomsquid · #80 Post by **randomsquid** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:56 pm

Eating lots of cake is a sure fire method of getting the back shock to move. Mine generally seems to be going in the opposite direction to my arse though.

flatlander · #81 Post by **flatlander** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:18 pm

randomsquid wrote:
blinkey501 wrote: But also i am having a full set of panels painted in a colour scheme that i think will look out standing
Bronze and black or black and bronze?

I think that he is going to make his own Olive or pistachio green one

blinkey501 · #82 Post by **blinkey501** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 5:46 am

randomsquid wrote:
blinkey501 wrote: But also i am having a full set of panels painted in a colour scheme that i think will look out standing
Bronze and black or black and bronze?

No john but its not all black either, well the belly pan and hugger will be

. and there will be some gold bling which is nearly bronze

robbier6 · #83 Post by **robbier6** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 8:23 am

Having spoken to the vendor, he says and i quote;

"i bought an rsv ohlins and put the white spring on that, this shock as the ohlins spring re-powder coated on it"

Is that any good?

D-Rider · #84 Post by **D-Rider** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 9:10 am

robbier6 wrote:Having spoken to the vendor, he says and i quote;

"i bought an rsv ohlins and put the white spring on that, this shock as the ohlins spring re-powder coated on it"

Is that any good?

Pictures? we can then probably tell from what it looks like.
If it really is an ohlins but the spring has been re-coated, that's fine.

Which year bike did it come from? that will dictate which linkages it was designed to use.

robbier6 · #85 Post by **robbier6** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 9:34 am

its an early white spring rsv shock, but with the ohlins spring, i will have a go at putting pics up when it arrives

D-Rider · #86 Post by **D-Rider** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 9:47 am

Oh now I understand

1) Don't know whether the spring is the right length
2) Don't know whether the spring has the right rate - and depending which year ohlins it's from, it will have a different spring rates

Sorry - I'm not much help here

robbier6 · #87 Post by **robbier6** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 11:18 am

well i'll fit it regardless, and if it bounces around like a bouncy castle i'll look for a different spring

Squid, i've already eaten 3 x my body weight in cakes!

randomsquid · #88 Post by **randomsquid** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 5:41 pm

blinkey501 wrote: No john but its not all black either, well the belly pan and hugger will be . and there will be some gold bling which is nearly bronze

I'm intrigued.

With you on the gold bling. My bent tyre valves are gold and very posh they look too.

randomsquid · #89 Post by **randomsquid** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 5:43 pm

robbier6 wrote:
Squid, i've already eaten 3 x my body weight in cakes!

Good man!

blinkey501 · #90 Post by **blinkey501** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 5:47 pm

randomsquid wrote:
blinkey501 wrote: No john but its not all black either, well the belly pan and hugger will be . and there will be some gold bling which is nearly bronze
I'm intrigued.
With you on the gold bling. My bent tyre valves are gold and very posh they look too.

John you just spoilt my surprise