OK Chaps, another update. I am now starting to send out the kits but am still waiting for the lower links that have been sent to me to be machined out. Hopefully this will be tomorrow or early next week. The other thing that is slowing some peoples orders down it that we are still experimenting with springs and damper settings. Just to ensure that you are all up to date on this; we first found that with the Oilite bushes, 36 lbs springs and AVO front damper on its lightest setting were ideal. We, Chris Launders really, then modified the rear of the lower link to take needle roller bearings and since then we have gone round and round. Both dampers and spring strengths have had to be changed. AVO have been very helpful with this. Last week they made up a front damper with more damping, somewhere between a Koni and an Armstrong, and we found that that was too stiff, They are now reducing the strength of the damping on that so that on its lightest setting it will be definitely less than a Koni but the damping can then be increased to what you wish. Chris also tried out a Thornton, courtesy of John Emmanuel, and found that this was suitable and had the advantage of about an extra half inch of movement. The disadvantage is that a Thornton damper is nearly three times the price of an AVO. I have therefore asked AVO to make up one of their rear dampers with the same damping as the newly modified (as above) damping and we will see whether the extra half inch of movement is useful. In the mean time a set of 45 lbs/inch springs has been made for those who will be using Greg's bearing modification and these will be sent to those with twins who are going to be using the Greg system. For those with Comets and Oilite bushes I will send out 33 lbs/inch springs as a starter and if anyone with a Comet is going to use the Greg mod then I will supply 36 lb springs.
I am now starting to send out emails to those who have orders where I have all the parts and over then next week or two, hopefully, all the rest of you can starts and receive all the parts you have ordered.
One thing that I would ask is that once you have received and fitted you kits that you supply feedback through this Forum. The lack of people able to supply feedback on this has slowed things down but hopefully once the first five or six users can supply feedback then we can very quickly optimise the settings for most people. There are several potential tricks up our sleeves such as fitting a short stiff spring inside the longer springs which can be tried if needed but more feedback is needed before more changes are made.
