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New AVO coil-over for B and C series, plus damper update.
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You can take my Rapide for a spin.............Might change your mind..........
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Can someone please give me the diameter of the spring on the coilover AVO unit. I just want to see if what I did before can be done on one of these. Thanks in advance............Greg.
I like those bottom adapters. Just out of interest what "weight" Spring do use?
Greg, The 350 lb/inch spring has an OD of 2.72" & ID 1.91". Length 8". The 275lb/inch uses thinner wire, so slightly smaller OD, but same nominal 1.9" ID & 8" length. They also can order 7" length springs, but they do not allow quite enough travel. Rob
In what way Greg? Are you trying to lure me to the dark side? If and when I bring my Shadow to Australia I may ask you to set up the front end or I may fit a set of BramptonsYou can take my Rapide for a spin.............Might change your mind..........
Hi there Rob thanks for the info, just trying to come up with a few idea's. Alyn, I am carrying out some substantial suspension upgrades based on the work I did on the race bike, though not as comprehensive and more stock looking, but will be most effective. This is to upgrade the handling characteristics of the Girdraulics, and the rear end as well. I am looking forward to it. Oh and a tad cheaper than changing to Brampton's.
Hello Greg, I think mine is the 275 lb Spring and I make it 2.65 ".
The total length of the unit, Eye to Eye is nearly the same as an old Koni, So I thought , Would it go on the front !!.
But the bottom of the unit, I think would be too fat ?.
I don't think at my time of life I want to change too much.
It is a smashing looking unit, And I think it would be a good man to not know it was a "D".
Can't wait to see if it will work for me, With the Norton forks being a bit stiff I have found with the "D" unit, If I unwound the spring too much it made the front forks move less ??, I don't know anything about all this preload stuff.
My bikes have always been a bit of a Bodge, But I like them. Cheers Bill.
The total length of the unit, Eye to Eye is nearly the same as an old Koni, So I thought , Would it go on the front !!.
But the bottom of the unit, I think would be too fat ?.
I don't think at my time of life I want to change too much.
It is a smashing looking unit, And I think it would be a good man to not know it was a "D".
Can't wait to see if it will work for me, With the Norton forks being a bit stiff I have found with the "D" unit, If I unwound the spring too much it made the front forks move less ??, I don't know anything about all this preload stuff.
My bikes have always been a bit of a Bodge, But I like them. Cheers Bill.
I looked at a similar idea a while ago and over here Hagon shocks can provide at least three different lengths of coil over dampers. The shortest of these is about the same
length as the Petteford set up. They are intended to be replacements for typical British bikes of 40 - 50 years ago but it seemed to me at the time that this might be worth following up. Now we have the Avo system that might be a better way to go.
length as the Petteford set up. They are intended to be replacements for typical British bikes of 40 - 50 years ago but it seemed to me at the time that this might be worth following up. Now we have the Avo system that might be a better way to go.
I have moved posts relating to Brampton forks/shocks to a new thread to make fork type focus more specific.
http://www.vincentownersclub.co.uk/index.php?threads/brampton-coil-over-damper.8316/
http://www.vincentownersclub.co.uk/index.php?threads/brampton-coil-over-damper.8316/