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You'll need to put fresh oil in as well as taking the old oil out
![]() The stock springs are progressive, can't quite tell from the photo but I think those may well be standard ![]() Jambo
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They are? All the photos in the haynes manual showed linear springs with a huge spacer, but maybe I'm going mad and had a silly moment! Either way, they seemed to be doing ok for my weight for the time being, and hopefully fresh oil will help a bit more. My rear shock is kaput mind you, but that's on the list of things to sort.
![]() I did indeed, old oil out, new oil in (Bottle on the left is what's left of my fresh oil! ![]() On a different note, I'm going to have to drill out my front mudguard bolts as some muppet overtightened them so much the allen bolts rounded off instantly... ![]() Edit: Having re-read my original post, that is the most unclear thing I've written in ages...! Doh... Last edited by The RAM; 01-06-15 at 01:08 PM. |
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Pointy are progressive stock sort of
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Stock for the curvy are linear springs 0.7 rings a bell. Last edited by nutzboutbikes; 02-06-15 at 12:11 PM. |
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The items in your original post look very much like the standard ones I took out of my k4.
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Fair enough. Just that photo confusing me mightily! Still, took the bike out for a ride and the front feels pretty good. Rear is still shot, and I've still a 'lurching' problem when holding steady throttle at 20/30mph or so. Those two are next on the try to-fix-list!
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standard spacers on the pointy are 45mm.
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Yeah, just wondering about the manual though. Ah well. It's not particularly important. Just piqued my interest! The stock springs with 10w oil seem to be working pretty well for my weight so far. Cable tie shows I'm using almost all available travel under very heavy braking so pretty pleased!
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