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richieboy
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I'm 13 stone. Standard on the back at full setting. LeoV gets nowhere near the bodywork. I've got the SP4Y upgrade on the front and this works a treat. Handling is far improved over the standard.
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CheekyThomas
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| Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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| smirnoff wrote: |
Well fook me....sorry for having an opinion, novice rider that I am.  |
Easy tiger, wasnt meaning it in a nasty way...  |
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smirnoff
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| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 11:49 am Post subject: |
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| CheekyThomas wrote: | | smirnoff wrote: |
Well fook me....sorry for having an opinion, novice rider that I am. |
Easy tiger, wasnt meaning it in a nasty way... |
OK mate
To clarify though,I didn't say they spot on either, and Yes I agree with you about the spring being too hard for the damper. But I've had my PM break after hitting a pot hole and the Susp bottom out, and all that at 240 miles away from home. The SP4U springs are a compromise but I still Think the Scoot handles as well as it did with the standard ones with Big Old me on it. 
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CheekyThomas
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jetex
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Location: Liverpool
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| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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| richieboy wrote: | | I'm 13 stone. |
Lightweight !!!  |
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richieboy
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:55 am Post subject: |
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Aye, but I'm only 4 feet tall...
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mogeewogee
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Location: New Hampshire USA
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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this is all great input and as I said I am a "Fat Bastard" 390#
or 29 stone TWENTY NINE which means I ride TWO UP ALL THE TIME.
I dont have the fancy overpriced pipes to worry about.
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Gwilym
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Location: Tadley,Hants.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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Just back from Holland and due to unforseen circumstances(lambretta ) i had to do half the journey two up with all their luggage and gotta say the up rated springs worked great 
Dont think i could of done that on the standard springs. |
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suit scoot
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Location: Costa del Redcar.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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im 10st, and my arse is bounced out of the seat because of them.
it rides very well two up though.
i can still outbrake and corner better than carbon fiber lammy's.....
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Steven Inglis
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Joined: 15 Dec 2007
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Location: Sunny Central Scotland
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just read all the above posts on the subject of rear suspension & they give me some answers to my post - Rear Springs + Stuff / General Discussion Points 9/7/08.
However, were not all 17 year old yoofs with 30" waist any more ...mainly thanks to pints of Arthur G and Mrs Chicken Tikka Masala.
2 up my GTS is pulling 30 stones and for a new bike its suspension isn`t what i thought it would be. I see the different replies varing points but i`m now left thinking if heavy springs are the answer.
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smirnoff
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At the moment they are the ONLY answer and if you have, or are thinking of putting on, a PM pipe they are a must, otherwise you'll bottom out on the pipe and break something. And they are easy to change, scimilar to a px shocker.
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