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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
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<blockquote data-quote="greg brillus" data-source="post: 79717" data-attributes="member: 597"><p>Chris, the bikes I have ridden have had either, Koni's, Thornton's, and original Vincent type shock's (although the Vincent one is one of the newly made ones not an original) The differences are a bit subtle and I am only test riding them for a distance of about 10 km's (6 miles or so) I guess you know the Koni's are adjustable. I don't think the change in shocks has as big an affect as the springs themselves, but I have several bikes and multiple springs of many different rates to try which is a big help. It is hard for me to predict how a bike will behave with a heavy rider, but I have tried a pair of David's red (75) lb springs which works well and I feel would suit a heavy rider, with a small amount of packing (less than half an inch in each spring box) and easy to install at probably about 20 mm of pre-load, this feels a bit too much for a light rider but not unacceptable, so probably ideal for a heavy person. Cheers..........Greg.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greg brillus, post: 79717, member: 597"] Chris, the bikes I have ridden have had either, Koni's, Thornton's, and original Vincent type shock's (although the Vincent one is one of the newly made ones not an original) The differences are a bit subtle and I am only test riding them for a distance of about 10 km's (6 miles or so) I guess you know the Koni's are adjustable. I don't think the change in shocks has as big an affect as the springs themselves, but I have several bikes and multiple springs of many different rates to try which is a big help. It is hard for me to predict how a bike will behave with a heavy rider, but I have tried a pair of David's red (75) lb springs which works well and I feel would suit a heavy rider, with a small amount of packing (less than half an inch in each spring box) and easy to install at probably about 20 mm of pre-load, this feels a bit too much for a light rider but not unacceptable, so probably ideal for a heavy person. Cheers..........Greg. [/QUOTE]
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