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<blockquote data-quote="greg brillus" data-source="post: 78623" data-attributes="member: 597"><p>I have 2 Shadows very nearly back on the road both with the new stem kits, both using the Kawasaki steering dampers, one has an original Koni up front and the other has an original Vincent shocker, but it is one of the new ones not a refirbed original, both had the bearing mod to the lower link. This gives me a total of 6 bikes with this mod carried out. My good friend with the Comet is still away, so I can't do any experimenting with springs till he returns, though Martyn will be out and about on his Comet very soon, and I know we will get some good feedback from him in due course. I feel that the current springs in my Rapide are probably fine for a light rider and riding solo all the time, as riding two up, I could feel it bottom on a particular sharp dip, that is going across a causeway and then sharply up on the exit, which is expecting a lot from any suspension. It is this kind of testing that will dictate a more accurate outcome, and I am very close to a final result. To answer Normans question about the alloy damper brackets, they work out to be about $60 dollars Australian, which is about 25 pounds give or take, and they can be made to suit left or right mounted dampers, they bolt straight on with no further mods. The cylinder head bracket is something I make up from a piece of 50 x 50 x 3 mm thick angle iron, cut and shaped to nicely fit the two left cylinder head bracket studs. It all works very well, and with a couple of extra details, it can be installed to clear a crash bar if one is in use. Hope this is what you were asking Bruce. Cheers...............Greg.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greg brillus, post: 78623, member: 597"] I have 2 Shadows very nearly back on the road both with the new stem kits, both using the Kawasaki steering dampers, one has an original Koni up front and the other has an original Vincent shocker, but it is one of the new ones not a refirbed original, both had the bearing mod to the lower link. This gives me a total of 6 bikes with this mod carried out. My good friend with the Comet is still away, so I can't do any experimenting with springs till he returns, though Martyn will be out and about on his Comet very soon, and I know we will get some good feedback from him in due course. I feel that the current springs in my Rapide are probably fine for a light rider and riding solo all the time, as riding two up, I could feel it bottom on a particular sharp dip, that is going across a causeway and then sharply up on the exit, which is expecting a lot from any suspension. It is this kind of testing that will dictate a more accurate outcome, and I am very close to a final result. To answer Normans question about the alloy damper brackets, they work out to be about $60 dollars Australian, which is about 25 pounds give or take, and they can be made to suit left or right mounted dampers, they bolt straight on with no further mods. The cylinder head bracket is something I make up from a piece of 50 x 50 x 3 mm thick angle iron, cut and shaped to nicely fit the two left cylinder head bracket studs. It all works very well, and with a couple of extra details, it can be installed to clear a crash bar if one is in use. Hope this is what you were asking Bruce. Cheers...............Greg. [/QUOTE]
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