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Crikey a thread brought back from the dead :) I ended up with an Ohlins rear unit on my storm and it was much better than OE!...was still a bit hard for me but got it 2nd hand at a good price and was a definitive improvment :) Not as big a upgrade as getting my forks down by revolution, that totally...

I have just fitted my 2nd set of Dragon corsa's on my Storm, £145 delivered from SMD tyres...very cheap and helpful mail order 08000194035. The grip and feedback is very good and mileage not bad, i am hard on tyres as my Storm is pretty much fun/scratching use only so rears dont last long :). Had a...

Looking good Del, what sort of price are we looking at for these Carbon Beautys

Also have you got any pics of them fitted on bikes ?

Cheers

Ian

Yeez i cant believe it.... RIP Wayne...gutted

Ian

Fat! the cheek of it...all 11 stone of me

Think the header grinding is more to do with extreme angles of lean and bumpy cumbrian roads.... along with shite Honda suspension that is :8

Ian

Havent got a belly pan or lowers on my bike but i have had the exhaust headers down a few times 8O....i was gona get some lowers but i wonder if i should or if im gona just grind a hole in them...eeek Anyone else have a problem with touching headers down ?...i have a revolution fork tune and dropped...

Jonacol, I was going try that method as it worked on my old RVF but was recommended by Roger that its wasnt ideal due to the Storms weird needle taper....after he ran it up on Dyno he sugested a Dynojet kit...i got one from PDQ and i put it in with all settings as per instructions..but not that much...

Whey!!...Ohlins unit fitted and setup as per settings supplied by Blackstorm ( CHeers Phil )....very very impressed...if you have a standard shock on at the moment and you live anywhere that doesnt have billiard table smooth roads then you dont know what you are missing...upgrade that shock :) Next ...

Cheers for the info so far guys...any more info keep it coming...shock goes on tommorow hopefully...one thing i have noticed is no bearings in either mounting point on the Ohlins....i know the std shock has bearing at lower end..is this normal for the Ohlins unit ?

Cheers

Ian

Hi, I have just received my 2nd hand ohlins shock and am going to be fitting it this weekend, i could really do with a good set of standard settings to start with...anyone ???....also which adjustment is which....obviously preload ( also remote preload ) is straight forward enough but i have a black...

Phil,
Ive gone the Ohlins route and picked up a 2nd hand unit from Ebay for £270 so i guess i may well need them settings you mention to get me started

Cheers

Ian

Cheers for that Phil, still not sure which way im going to go but if its the ohlins route i will be after them settings

Cheers

Ian

Martin, I would be wary of just fitting a PiperX filter without dynojetting etc....read my other post in bike chat titled ' Revolution fork tune' which details the problems i had getting it to run right... although you may be alright with std cans....i would get some cheap second hand cans before ta...

Ok, ive had the forks done by roger@revolution and now i need my rear shock sorting out!. I know the Penske is the dogs danglers but to finish of this year i was thinking of getting something a little cheaper just to last me until next year...... firstly is the WP emulsion shock any good? and is it ...

Yer it certainly makes you jump alright...nasty.

Thanks for the offer Wayne but Geoff has sent me one up i believe, i thought you cancelled out the favours so far with not suppling that lug for the rear cowl hehe


Cheers

Ian