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<blockquote data-quote="greg brillus" data-source="post: 38539" data-attributes="member: 597"><p>Hi Rob, Greg here....yes it's a great photo. I've had my Rapide out at one of the local short circut tracks here in Australia a few times and pretty much ground the rubbers down to the metal ( good thing they fold up..!!) and mine is a normal road bike. Sorry about not answering you earlier about the springs from your post yesterday, i didn't look to the bit bellow your photo.....Anyway, what i ment by the shorter springs being softer was, by comparison with the original dual springs that were there originally...I am fairly light weight and found the front end way too stiff.....so i removed the inner springs and found it much better. Then after speaking with davidd some time ago, i bought some sets of springs off of Sam Manganaro and fitted the blue ones which are for a standard twin. After which i have found that the suspension is probably a bit stiffer than with the original outers, but the trade off is the safer possition of the links....I suppose i could try one of the red springs ( for the singles) in one springbox and that may soften it up more, but i am happy with it as it is for now.....really enjoying yours and others posts into this very important subject too, I might add.........Greg.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greg brillus, post: 38539, member: 597"] Hi Rob, Greg here....yes it's a great photo. I've had my Rapide out at one of the local short circut tracks here in Australia a few times and pretty much ground the rubbers down to the metal ( good thing they fold up..!!) and mine is a normal road bike. Sorry about not answering you earlier about the springs from your post yesterday, i didn't look to the bit bellow your photo.....Anyway, what i ment by the shorter springs being softer was, by comparison with the original dual springs that were there originally...I am fairly light weight and found the front end way too stiff.....so i removed the inner springs and found it much better. Then after speaking with davidd some time ago, i bought some sets of springs off of Sam Manganaro and fitted the blue ones which are for a standard twin. After which i have found that the suspension is probably a bit stiffer than with the original outers, but the trade off is the safer possition of the links....I suppose i could try one of the red springs ( for the singles) in one springbox and that may soften it up more, but i am happy with it as it is for now.....really enjoying yours and others posts into this very important subject too, I might add.........Greg. [/QUOTE]
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