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<blockquote data-quote="timetraveller" data-source="post: 103270" data-attributes="member: 456"><p>Oh Dear! you have opened a can of worms. A complete solution to your problem is to fit the John Emmanuel steering head, complete with my springs and an AVO damper. This is written about in great length in the thread 'Modified Steering head'. It is a long and convoluted read and if you are interested I can send a pdf to your email address which is a much shorter read and gives you the all the details and fitting instructions.</p><p></p><p>The mod you have found in your forks is typical of what people were doing several decades ago when it was realised that the longer, softer 'D' springs gave a better ride and people chose the cheap way of updating by taking out the inners and packing the outers. What it did not do was to remove an inherent design fault in the geometry of the girdraulics.</p><p></p><p>If you are interested you can either put your email address on here or send me a private message (PM) and I will communicate in private. The front end can be made much better than the one you have now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timetraveller, post: 103270, member: 456"] Oh Dear! you have opened a can of worms. A complete solution to your problem is to fit the John Emmanuel steering head, complete with my springs and an AVO damper. This is written about in great length in the thread 'Modified Steering head'. It is a long and convoluted read and if you are interested I can send a pdf to your email address which is a much shorter read and gives you the all the details and fitting instructions. The mod you have found in your forks is typical of what people were doing several decades ago when it was realised that the longer, softer 'D' springs gave a better ride and people chose the cheap way of updating by taking out the inners and packing the outers. What it did not do was to remove an inherent design fault in the geometry of the girdraulics. If you are interested you can either put your email address on here or send me a private message (PM) and I will communicate in private. The front end can be made much better than the one you have now. [/QUOTE]
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