Evo 1100 rear shock - possible upgrade?

[Darren69]

The remote pre-load adjuster is a great thing to have and very handy if you do touring with luggage or pillion use but if you're looking at a s/hand Ohlins however then budget for a complete strip service and rebuild with a re-spring for your weight. Mine was a good buy but it was sprung for a 10st Desmodue racer and so I needed the pre-load added to make it ok for me for solo use and now the pre-load adjuster had stopped working, so it needs a lot of remedial work. Which will most likely cost a small fortune.

The Nitron is supposedly a very good alternstive option, if you can live with either a turquoise or black spring?

[Luddite]

Originally Posted by Darren69

...if you can live with either a turquoise or black spring?

Don't let spring colours put you off - Brook Suspension offer a postal powder coating service for springs for £30 (metallic gold, anyone ).

[Darren69]

Originally Posted by Luddite

Don't let spring colours put you off - Brook Suspension offer a postal powder coating service for springs for £30 (metallic gold, anyone ).

Yea, easy to sort I suppose, it's just more of a faff, but still cheaper than a new Ohlins. Just where the hell did turquoise come from though? Like that's a common colour for bike parts to be.

NITRON: - Please give the spring colour as an option by all means and offer the main primary colours, that I could understand. Why not pink or brown too, they're equally unsuitable for most applications?

[slob]

Originally Posted by Darren69

... Just where the hell did turquoise come from though? Like that's a common colour for bike parts to be ... Please give the spring colour as an option ...

I think that's exactly the point, you immediately know it's Nitron.

Ti-Black is an FOC option