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Offline Tahitian_Red

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Simons Forks: What would you do?
« on: August 12, 2011, 03:30:20 pm »
I have this friend who has two sets of Simons forks, one set is 12" travel and the other is 10".  He only wants to keep one set, so which do you think he should keep?
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Re: Simons Forks: What would you do?
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2011, 04:00:24 pm »
Hi Jay.
 The only difference between them is the damper rod. Different lengths to get the different travel. I would keep the longer set and if you needed them to be shorter as I have with my rm125B, i had a spacer put in to shorten the stroke to be legal. That way you can swap to different bikes and just take the spacer back out to make them longer again.
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Re: Simons Forks: What would you do?
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2011, 04:03:05 pm »
Great advice Brad!  ;D
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Re: Simons Forks: What would you do?
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2011, 04:50:52 pm »
Welcome back Brad and thanks for the help offer on shipping my bikes Jay. I put a post up on Marks Swapmeet thanking the two other blokes and you......cheers.
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Re: Simons Forks: What would you do?
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2011, 05:33:33 pm »
Brads on to it
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Re: Simons Forks: What would you do?
« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2011, 05:52:17 pm »
On the Subject of Simons Forks, I Have a set thats set up for a Husqvarna, is it just a matter of getting another steering stem mechined up  to fit a Honda? { Bearing ID, Length etc} has anyone got one done thay want to sell , Sorry for the Thread Hijack ;) Birko.
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