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Bikes: CBR 600F2-(Ishikawa), Blade RRS-(Baba San), 996s-(Tambo), 996R-(Tambo), MV f1000 312-Tambo
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Suspension......
I was talking to a suspension techie the other day. Very knowledgable bloke indeed. He was saying that basically although Ohlins have a great name, even the forks and rear suspension they do for the past and current superbike family are pretty shoddy. Better though now that OH are no longer owned by Yamahahahaha.
For example on the new 1198, the black coating goes no further up the fork leg than just above the cartridge. That OH forks are still built for the road and not track use and for people between 70 and 120 kgs.
However he did say that putting a track spring and valve kit in the forks was a really good and relatively cheap modification.
Rear springs ar also often to blame for problems beacuse the spring is not rated correctly for your own weight.
Suspension seems to play such an important part in a bikes performance, any other view or experiences?
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