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<blockquote data-quote="greg brillus" data-source="post: 78162" data-attributes="member: 597"><p>You blokes and your bits of broom stick................I can only imagine that the only reason for that was to gain more ground clearance, luckily for me I was able to do it in other ways. I seriously don't know how you guy's didn't kill yourselves........... I guess for every lucky one there was an unlucky one. Chris the other thing too is that the springs do settle somewhat after some use. I'm not convinced about the theory that you make the most of every mm of suspension travel by using overly soft springs. When you are getting along at speed and need to stop in a hurry, you still need some suspension travel in reserve or else the opposite happens to what we were trying to avoid in the first place. The suspension is never going to match a modern bike simply due to the lack of travel. But it can be made much better than standard, and the twins are never going to feel as good as the singles due to the extra weight of the machine, it is actually quite noticeable. Having said all that........I thoroughly enjoy riding my twin now. And I have two Shadows in the workshop undergoing the same surgery as we speak.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greg brillus, post: 78162, member: 597"] You blokes and your bits of broom stick................I can only imagine that the only reason for that was to gain more ground clearance, luckily for me I was able to do it in other ways. I seriously don't know how you guy's didn't kill yourselves........... I guess for every lucky one there was an unlucky one. Chris the other thing too is that the springs do settle somewhat after some use. I'm not convinced about the theory that you make the most of every mm of suspension travel by using overly soft springs. When you are getting along at speed and need to stop in a hurry, you still need some suspension travel in reserve or else the opposite happens to what we were trying to avoid in the first place. The suspension is never going to match a modern bike simply due to the lack of travel. But it can be made much better than standard, and the twins are never going to feel as good as the singles due to the extra weight of the machine, it is actually quite noticeable. Having said all that........I thoroughly enjoy riding my twin now. And I have two Shadows in the workshop undergoing the same surgery as we speak. [/QUOTE]
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