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Old 20-Nov-2006, 22:51
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Originally Posted by weeveetwin
My own 888SP's (FG9050 Ohlins) are away at Maxton being rebuilt at the moment. During a telephone conversation with the boss (Richard Adams), he told me that these forks were designed to leak a little oil past the seals in order to reduce the effects of 'stiction', and thus give them a more supple/responsive feel.

Whether this is true of all Ohlins forks I don't know.

Ive read exactly the same thing in the past
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