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Post by madmax on Jun 13, 2010 10:23:01 GMT
...adattable to PK forks: Its for stage6 shocks but it should work for the bitubo too. It lowers the front end without any other mods. The big washers are to adjust the hight you want the front end. Here is the Link to the italian site that sell them.
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Post by scooteristforever on Jun 13, 2010 10:29:51 GMT
new and trick stuff arriving constantly nowadays....... ;D
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Post by MiNiKiN on Jun 14, 2010 17:56:22 GMT
I suppose if you fully lower the shock with this widget it'll "puncture" your v50 mudguard
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Post by madmax on Jun 14, 2010 20:49:48 GMT
I don't think it would Marcus. I have seen modified brackets that will lower the shock more than these ones and there are no issues with the mudguard.
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Post by smallyshane on Jun 15, 2010 8:23:53 GMT
Max, I like the look of that, is there any chance you could put a link to the right part of that site so that I can see what it will cost to get one? none of it makes any sense to me and I am sick of just clicking on links and getting stickers or TAG stuff....
Like the look of it though, only problem I can see would be the distance between the top of that cup and the top of the bitubo, which would probably site right in there and make the rubbers useless as it would almost be solid..... still you never know till you try now do you.
Cheers Shane
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Post by madmax on Jun 15, 2010 8:40:04 GMT
Hi Shane, the link I've put up is actually for the right page but for some reason it takes you to the home page? Anyway, type ammortizzatori on the search box and then accessori. I think the price is around 22 euros. ;D
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Post by smallyshane on Jun 15, 2010 9:42:34 GMT
Cheers Max, Found it, but its even harder to work out how to order one... Got it in my basket, but the postage options only seem to suggest Italy.... Now it could just be me, as you know full well how good my Italian is, but is this right?
Sorry to be a pain, but I am quite keen to try something like this over cutting the forks and original mount as I still think I would be introducing a weak spot, and especially seeing as the shock is a lot stiffer than a standard I assume the forces are going to be greater, but then Tony's is fine and I dare say the forces through his forks are a bit more than through mine....
Any help would be gratefully received. ;D
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Post by tony on Jun 15, 2010 9:46:08 GMT
I've got the uprated spring on mine too.. however i like the look of that.. do agree (for once!) with marcus.. some mods will be needed.. mudguard raised on fork and shorten the top of the damper bolt.. my rs24 is shortened there.
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Post by smallyshane on Jun 15, 2010 10:00:22 GMT
Tony, Pleased your still alive mate, how's your trip? whats the weather like? Not gonna bother askin about the footy as we all know how thats going...... whats your thoughts on this mount with a bitubo? do you think I would need to get a collar made to give me a bit extra to play with at the top of the shock? or just pack it down with the washers and sacrifice a bit of levelness?
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Post by madmax on Jun 15, 2010 10:07:17 GMT
Shane, I have sent an email to the shop about shipping to UK.
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Post by smallyshane on Jun 15, 2010 10:09:36 GMT
Shane, I have sent an email to the shop about shipping to UK. Max, If the world was full of people like you it would be a much nicer place to be. Your a star. Cheers Shane ;D
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Post by madmax on Jun 15, 2010 10:12:45 GMT
Max, If the world was full of people like you it would be a much nicer place to be. Your a star. ;D Well, don't know about that. Anyway, lets hope they reply! ;D
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Post by tony on Jun 15, 2010 11:03:27 GMT
Shane.. hi mate... have you a pic of the bitubo you are to use? What I think is that maybe the bitubo is too fat at the top to fit inside the new bracket. But not 100%. The stage 6 shock if you look has a tapered top part and this enables the adjuster up inside the mount a little.
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Post by sugarlump on Jun 15, 2010 11:49:05 GMT
If anyone figures out how to order can you get me one too and i'll paypal the money and split the postage costs etc.
thank you thank you
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Post by tony on Jun 15, 2010 11:56:24 GMT
guys.. just check your width on top of shocks first.. you may be wasting your money here as i dont think many will fit.
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Post by smallyshane on Jun 15, 2010 12:10:40 GMT
guys.. just check your width on top of shocks first.. you may be wasting your money here as i dont think many will fit. He could well be right you know.. It may make a little bit of differance but don't think that you would get full use of it. Even the LTH one could well be a problem too, as the bolts come through the mounts on the forks, and are only able to fasten due to the space there at the mo, much higher and you will have problems with the nuts catching on the top plate of the shock too.... Why are these things never simple....
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Post by tony on Jun 15, 2010 12:41:47 GMT
I just ground the nut down on my rs24 to get it to sit inside the fork prong.
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Post by tony on Jun 15, 2010 12:43:27 GMT
right... with bitubo you would need a shorter spring. and then get a collar spacer made up to loctate it of about say 25mm diamter or so. Then it would work.
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Post by swallow on Jun 15, 2010 12:50:56 GMT
This will not work with a bitubo shock at all.
The only way to make the bitubo shock sit lower (or higher as it might be better described) on the PK fork is to fit a shorter length spring and have an aluminium spacer/collar turned to fit through the "bridge" mount of the fork and then mount the top plate above the bridge using longer bolts and short sections of steel pipe as spacers.
You could just use the original spring but if you tried to squeeze the spacer/collar in there with it, the spring rates would be all wrong and you'd probably not achieve full travel.
I looked at this for a long time for mine and concluded its not really worth the effort - If its for the visual looks of it, just space the mudguard up a bit off the fork top.
If its for the handling aspect, theres not a lot wrong with a PK fork in a Vrange anyway, certainly not in my opinion. Steering is a little more relaxed than a v-range fork but still turns in very nicely.
A lot of faff for very little gain (in my opinion)
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Post by swallow on Jun 15, 2010 12:52:23 GMT
Ha - tony beat me to it ;D
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