No worries on the old internals .. I assumed you'd probably be using them for something yourself .. just wanted to save them in the unlikely event that they were destined for the bin.
If they're S4 forks, that puts paid to my notion that early monsters were fitted with progressive springs, with linear ones reserved the sports/superbikes (both my two sets of forks have progressive).
Interesting that the preload adjustment is by shims.
Some might consider that a negative point because of the inconvenience but to my way of thinking its fine for a road bike because preload is something that you pretty much set up once and then forget about.
And shims are the tidier solution.
Personally, I love the blue/green frame of the early Paul Smarts.
I agree with you that it may not suit the monster frame so much though.
For me, the classic Ducati gold/bronze takes some beating on an older monster.
Mind you, Gazza's mate does powdercoating that looks just like polished ally.
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