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<blockquote data-quote="greg brillus" data-source="post: 79760" data-attributes="member: 597"><p>Well really the only actual fault with the Girdraulics was the amount of extra travel they tried to use. In principle they function pretty much the same as the Brampton's, with longer links. I had the pleasure of riding three different twins today, a good well used B Rapide with Brampton's, a newly restored B Rapide again with Brampton's and a C Shadow that I had just completely gone through following it's restoration from the UK. The Shadow I had also upgraded the front end with the new stem kit, Kwaka steering damper, and a Thornton shocker up front and same coilover on the rear. I rode all bikes at least twice each, and in fairly close time frame from one to another. It is without any doubt that the Shadow's front end felt way smoother and a lot more comfortable than the bikes with Brampton's, the front forks/links moving in a much more fluid manner and far more travel over the same bumps in the road surface. The owner of the Shadow took the bike for a quick spin, and could instantly notice the difference. I await further testing and feedback from him, as he does some quite serious ridding. I also have a Comet belonging to this same gentleman, to carry out the stem mod to very soon, and I told him the Comet will feel better again......... This is a guy who has much experience in riding bikes with Girder forks of many different makes. It is unbelievably good to be able to make this kind of comparison whilst riding these bikes literally back to back just to see how they behave from one another. It is an excellent result. I didn't get much work done today really, but I had a very successful one none the same. Cheers.............Greg.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greg brillus, post: 79760, member: 597"] Well really the only actual fault with the Girdraulics was the amount of extra travel they tried to use. In principle they function pretty much the same as the Brampton's, with longer links. I had the pleasure of riding three different twins today, a good well used B Rapide with Brampton's, a newly restored B Rapide again with Brampton's and a C Shadow that I had just completely gone through following it's restoration from the UK. The Shadow I had also upgraded the front end with the new stem kit, Kwaka steering damper, and a Thornton shocker up front and same coilover on the rear. I rode all bikes at least twice each, and in fairly close time frame from one to another. It is without any doubt that the Shadow's front end felt way smoother and a lot more comfortable than the bikes with Brampton's, the front forks/links moving in a much more fluid manner and far more travel over the same bumps in the road surface. The owner of the Shadow took the bike for a quick spin, and could instantly notice the difference. I await further testing and feedback from him, as he does some quite serious ridding. I also have a Comet belonging to this same gentleman, to carry out the stem mod to very soon, and I told him the Comet will feel better again......... This is a guy who has much experience in riding bikes with Girder forks of many different makes. It is unbelievably good to be able to make this kind of comparison whilst riding these bikes literally back to back just to see how they behave from one another. It is an excellent result. I didn't get much work done today really, but I had a very successful one none the same. Cheers.............Greg. [/QUOTE]
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