Fri, 12 Feb 1999 15:13:10 +0100
- Message No. 4988
From: "Marco Kost"
Subject: RE: Info tripmaster/suspension/brake's
Hi all,
Arne Lindgren wrote:
> I havent had time to investigate more, but this fall I was talking to
> one of the shock experts here in stockholm (He built the Ohlins dampers
> to a race car I parly own). He said that although Ohlins doesnt make a
> rear suspention kit for the latest models, it can still be custom built
> from parts, at a price not much higher than a kit. He is one of the
> roughly ten Ohlins approved shops in sweden. The skiteaching and racecar
> building period has stopped my work, but spring is nearing so I will
> check more for prices.
> I think I read in a mail that the Paris-Dakar bike this year had ohlins
> front dampers or springs or both...
>
Actually there is no front suspension available for the Twin from
Ohlins. Neither fork nor fork springs. The rear shock is available
for all rd07s till 1999 - but it is very expensive: here in Germany
~880 Euro! Thatīs much more than Technoflex or WP.
There are some Twins with different front forks loke WP Extreme or
Marzocchi Magnum. African Queens uses Marzocchi upside down forks for
their Rallye-Twin. SW motech uses the WP upside down fork.
There are also different forks available from Paioli, but I do not
have any information about that. Actually, even the German
distributor AlphaTechnik didnīt have any info when I met them at the
IMOT in Munich in January 99.
IMHO, why modify an expensive Ohlins damper - and thus make it even
more expensive, when you can buy a Technoflex or WP shock for less
money? Or buy a shock for the same money and a hydraulic height
adjustment is already included!
Ciao,
Marco
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