796 forks v harsh

07-05-2020, 08:09 PM

Looking in the manual it says

474 mm (right leg)
349 mm (left leg)

and are they Showa or Marzocchi or do i find out when i strip them :-)

Billy

Luddite · 07-05-2020, 09:07 PM

Showa forks have the maker's name on the inner surfaces of the fork bottoms:

A copy of the manual including Showa forks is here:

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/15...96.html#manual

P362 on covers fork refurbishment. The spec sheet says 500cm3 per leg. The detailed instructions say 500cm3 for one leg and 538cm3 for the other but it refers to both as 'left leg' so good luck working that one out! I can't imagine why the capacity would be different for each leg (unless perhaps compression damping is in one fork and rebound in the other).

07-05-2020, 08:09 PM	#1
billy 192 Guest Posts: n/a	Looking in the manual it says 474 mm (right leg) 349 mm (left leg) and are they Showa or Marzocchi or do i find out when i strip them :-) Billy

07-05-2020, 09:07 PM	#2
Luddite Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Southampton Bike: M1100evo Posts: 2,465	Showa forks have the maker's name on the inner surfaces of the fork bottoms: A copy of the manual including Showa forks is here: https://www.manualslib.com/manual/15...96.html#manual P362 on covers fork refurbishment. The spec sheet says 500cm3 per leg. The detailed instructions say 500cm3 for one leg and 538cm3 for the other but it refers to both as 'left leg' so good luck working that one out! I can't imagine why the capacity would be different for each leg (unless perhaps compression damping is in one fork and rebound in the other).