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Old 18-12-2019, 06:59 PM   #46
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Hyperpro have suggested for my bike and weight their Streetbox option which consists of a rear shock, fork springs and oil for about €600
Does £600 inc VAT & fitting?

An average price of a good rear shock is £450, an Ohlins front fork spring £40 to £100, so with fitting that might be an interesting deal.
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Old 18-12-2019, 07:36 PM   #47
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600 Euros is about 500 of your English quids.
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Old 18-12-2019, 08:10 PM   #48
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"600 Euros is about 500 of your English quids."

Somewhat less since last Thursday - or is that too political for this forum?

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Old 18-12-2019, 08:13 PM   #49
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The Hyperpro fotk kit. Is it progressive springs. They didnt work too well in my fotks and difficult to tune because they're not linear. The valving in most forks is designed for a linear spring so adjustment can be a bit hit n miss.
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Old 18-12-2019, 08:23 PM   #50
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600 Euros is about 500 of your English quids.
Ah! Misread the Euro sign for a regular quid logo! Which probably means there isn't fitting unless you take the ferry?
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Old 18-12-2019, 09:25 PM   #51
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Includes VAT but no fitting. It seems to me with the forks that you either spend big or don't bother lol
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Old 18-12-2019, 10:31 PM   #52
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Includes VAT but no fitting. It seems to me with the forks that you either spend big or don't bother lol
You could be right! My forks will get a professional set up & oil change before I splash the bigger notes -thats for sure. Its about £40 around here, so if it works out its a major saving.
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Old 19-12-2019, 12:54 AM   #53
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You could be right! My forks will get a professional set up & oil change before I splash the bigger notes -thats for sure. Its about £40 around here, so if it works out its a major saving.
What are they doing for £40 is what I’d be asking- that’d be cheap for an hours labour and that isn’t long to strip, clean, check and refill a pair of forks even with them off the bike

The main reason forks cost so much to improve is because generally speaking they're so rubbish to begin with.

But even if you haven’t changed your fork oil for a couple of years or more you’ll probably notice some improvement just by doing that. But honestly, once they’ve been sorted properly you’ll wish (as I did) you’d done it years ago.

By the way, fork oil is really smelly when it’s old- why is that?
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"By the way, fork oil is really smelly when it’s old- why is that?"

I thought this an interesting question - and I could not find an answer but I did come across this which I thought was quite interesting and worth sharing.

http://www.mototribology.com/article...ension-fluids/
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Old 19-12-2019, 01:50 PM   #55
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What are they doing for £40 is what I’d be asking- that’d be cheap for an hours labour and that isn’t long to strip, clean, check and refill a pair of forks even with them off the bike
Sorry my post wasn't too clear... The fork oil will get changed and then the £40 suspension set up guru mystical magic happens! Though the magic is not guaranteed to happen, the potential savings on £500 to £850 forks has to be tried.
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Old 16-01-2020, 01:27 PM   #56
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Just for info (haven't read whole thread) I have some early 916 fork legs for my never started build which I have had anodised black and re-valved by Maxton who also supplied a new remote reservoir rear shock with total bill being £1300 inc vat. The other "mod" was boring the yoke and sourcing the correct diameter spindle for the forks.

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