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Offline Marc.com

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Re: Pic's, factory RM's only
« Reply #15 on: October 21, 2011, 10:16:43 am »
I asked "the man" when he was out here a few years ago about the link frunt, he said they were better everywhere but would somtimes bend of the big jumps so they stopped using them.

Leading links have the advantage that you can get away with much softer springs as they are not directly supporting the bikes weight through the fork springs, meaning they probably could track much better and have more effective dampening.

I would say they are also much more complicated = expensive to manufacture in production compared to teles

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Re: Pic's, factory RM's only
« Reply #16 on: October 21, 2011, 10:21:18 am »
Plus Ribi front end is not always aesthetically pleasing  ;D ;D

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Re: Pic's, factory RM's only
« Reply #17 on: October 22, 2011, 09:26:09 am »
Is that a sand cast works stand holding up Brads bike ??? .... ::)


I havn't seen USD forks with drum brakes before  :-\
You weren't following the GP's in '82 then..
Well in my defence I was only 5 in 82  ;)
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Re: Pic's, factory RM's only
« Reply #18 on: October 22, 2011, 12:31:14 pm »
Is that a sand cast works stand holding up Brads bike ??? .... ::)


I havn't seen USD forks with drum brakes before  :-\
You weren't following the GP's in '82 then..
Well in my defence I was only 5 in 82  ;)
Ha ha that's a good reason..