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<blockquote data-quote="Peter Holmes" data-source="post: 150911" data-attributes="member: 302"><p>Back in the day when Thornton first became available, the advert in MPH always carried an endorsement from Ted Davis stating that it made his bike a lot more comfortable, but they were a bit pricey, and you had to sign some sort of release document absolving the seller of all responsibility if you had a crash or whatever and felt that the shock was to blame.</p><p>I prevaricated as per usual, then I cast my eyes on a Thornton instruction manual, at the time the adjustment procedure seemed so complex, involving a strip down, and then moving springs and ball bearings around different size ports, it kinda put me off purchasing one, up to that point I had been riding with either standard Vincent or a designated front Koni, very easily adjustable once dropped out of the forks.</p><p>And that worked fine for many years, then Avo came along, adjustable in situ, fantastic.</p><p></p><p>Then Thornton became unavailable, and I thought to myself, I wish I had tried one of those Thornton shocks, bloody typical, of me anyway, “don’t it only go to show, you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone” (Joni Mitchell, Big Yelliw Taxi.)</p><p></p><p>Then a few years ago I purchased a set of Girdraulic forks, and what is that I see nestling in the shock position, you guessed it, a Thornton front shock, so now I have my chance, I had previously purchased from eBay a complete Thornton spring set, front and rear for very little money, so a perfect opportunity to try a complete front end kit to use on my D Comet, other than clean it up to make it look pretty, I did nothing to the shock, just fitted it as I had acquired it.</p><p></p><p>And what a delightful set up it is, I couldn’t be happier with its performance, so good is it that I haven’t got round to fitting my Norman Walker/John Emanuel steering head kit, because I have no desire to change a set up that works so well, but of course I am very aware that I am missing out on the obvious safety advantage of the Emanuel setup, which does concern me a little, but in 56 years of riding I have never had any steering frights in the way of wobbles or weaves so I am keeping my fingers well and truly crossed.</p><p></p><p>I think my headstone should read “Rode a bloody dangerous motorcycle for x amount of years, and died peacefully at home, surrounded by his family, friends, and his Vincents!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peter Holmes, post: 150911, member: 302"] Back in the day when Thornton first became available, the advert in MPH always carried an endorsement from Ted Davis stating that it made his bike a lot more comfortable, but they were a bit pricey, and you had to sign some sort of release document absolving the seller of all responsibility if you had a crash or whatever and felt that the shock was to blame. I prevaricated as per usual, then I cast my eyes on a Thornton instruction manual, at the time the adjustment procedure seemed so complex, involving a strip down, and then moving springs and ball bearings around different size ports, it kinda put me off purchasing one, up to that point I had been riding with either standard Vincent or a designated front Koni, very easily adjustable once dropped out of the forks. And that worked fine for many years, then Avo came along, adjustable in situ, fantastic. Then Thornton became unavailable, and I thought to myself, I wish I had tried one of those Thornton shocks, bloody typical, of me anyway, “don’t it only go to show, you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone” (Joni Mitchell, Big Yelliw Taxi.) Then a few years ago I purchased a set of Girdraulic forks, and what is that I see nestling in the shock position, you guessed it, a Thornton front shock, so now I have my chance, I had previously purchased from eBay a complete Thornton spring set, front and rear for very little money, so a perfect opportunity to try a complete front end kit to use on my D Comet, other than clean it up to make it look pretty, I did nothing to the shock, just fitted it as I had acquired it. And what a delightful set up it is, I couldn’t be happier with its performance, so good is it that I haven’t got round to fitting my Norman Walker/John Emanuel steering head kit, because I have no desire to change a set up that works so well, but of course I am very aware that I am missing out on the obvious safety advantage of the Emanuel setup, which does concern me a little, but in 56 years of riding I have never had any steering frights in the way of wobbles or weaves so I am keeping my fingers well and truly crossed. I think my headstone should read “Rode a bloody dangerous motorcycle for x amount of years, and died peacefully at home, surrounded by his family, friends, and his Vincents! [/QUOTE]
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