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  1. Suspension know how

    ... The majority of motorcycle suspension is based around a spring, which compresses and extends when a load is exerted or released. The rate of movement is tempered by dampers, which stop the spring from bouncing like a yoyo. These dampers are much like an oil-filled ...

    Tim Skilton - 10/05/2024 - 04:24 - 0 comments

  2. Kawasaki Z900 (2020)| World Premiere First Ride and Review

    ... is a set of 41mm USD forks with rebound damping and spring preload adjustability – the rear shock has the same level of ... Suspension: Front USD fork spring preload and rebound Rear Monshock ...

    Simon Hancocks - 25/03/2022 - 11:29 - 0 comments

  3. BMW HP4 Race – full details revealed

    ... 300 upside-down fork. Öhlins TTX 36 GP spring strut. Brembo GP4 PR monoblock brake calipers with 320 ...

    Visordown - 10/05/2024 - 03:49 - 0 comments

  4. VTR1000F Firestorm (1997 - 2006) review

    ... ‘normal’, so where the Suzuki TL1000S used a separate spring and a rotary damper, the Honda had a tried-and-tested rising-rate Showa ... Hagon or Maxton unit. Heavier owners simply get a different spring fitted. Firestorm Owner’s View Name: Keith Longley, 34 ...

    Ben Cope - 19/09/2018 - 03:49 - 0 comments

  5. R1200GS (2004 - 2012) review

    ... BMW Motorrad Telelever;stanchion diameter 41 mm, central spring strut, Suspension Rear Die-cast aluminium single-sided ... (travel-related damping), Adjustability Front Spring pre-load 9-times mechanically adjustable Adjustability Rear ...

    Ben Cope - 19/09/2018 - 03:49 - 0 comments

  6. Semi-active suspension coming to production BMWs soon

    ... ESA II went a step further and was the first to provide spring rate variation. The next logical step – semiactive ... and Paralever damping properties as well as the rear wheel spring rate or its "tightness", all at the convenience of pressing a button. ...

    rgo - 10/05/2024 - 04:11 - 0 comments

  7. Office for Budget Responsibility predicting fuel duty rise in 2023

    ... implemented by the then chancellor Rishi Sunak in the spring of this year. Fuel duty, the amount of tax paid on a litre of fuel, ... We will make a decision on that at the next budget in the spring.” He said. “That [increase in fuel duty] was just an assumption that ...

    Simon Hancocks - 22/11/2022 - 14:00 - 0 comments

  8. Benda LF-01 nearing completion as new design pictures show

    ... SINCE we first covered this bike in the spring of this year , the updates to the Benda LF-01 (previously called the ...

    Simon Hancocks - 28/09/2020 - 09:09 - 1 comment

  9. Adjusting the sag on your bike

    ... the amount of front sag we need to alter the amount of spring preload. Don’t confuse this with ‘stiffening’ the suspension, ... the fork springs are pre-loaded with tension – the actual spring rate will remain constant. To increase the sag figure we take preload ...

    James Whitham - 19/09/2018 - 08:01 - 0 comments

  10. Kawasaki Z900RS revealed

    ... 41mm inverted forks with compression and rebound damping and spring pre-load adjustability; and a horizontal back-link, gas-charged shock with rebound damping and spring pre-load adjustability. It comes in brown and orange, black or matte ...

    Visordown - 10/05/2024 - 03:49 - 0 comments

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