mine was a 90' with Marzochi RWU forks and Marzochi rear shock, 17 inchers were std, handled great no problems at all...

My1989 888 / 851 has the M1R,s and I have no problems with them , I did notice in France that they dive a bit under really heavy braking but I've done nothing to them since buying the bike , so a rebuild and new springs are probably needed . I was thinking about going USD but if I'm honest its more for looks than trying to improve anything as the bike tracks through corners as if its on rails and even hitting bumps mid corner does'nt upset it :cool:

Where does he say it's an SP4?

SP4's are closer to double that.

Never mind.
It's probably a 851 instead of a 888.

beancounter's right.....no mention of SP4, my bikes just a humble nice condition 888 strada.

Alan...

Hi, "92 strada=851,"92 888=sp4/sps,"93 strada=888.
Steve

ah........see where your coming from now.
Just checked registration doc and bike was registered march '93 - 888 strada.
My apologies for confusion and also for inadvertantly hijacking this thread.

Back to original topic, Phil_h hope you get the bike your after

Alan...

At least I know there are quite a few idiots out there that can help with obscure info ;)

idiots?.........us?..........never!

idiots ???
well, there could be a slim possibility...