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Old 05-09-2005, 12:31 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Old 05-09-2005, 12:41 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Scroll halfway down the page to get so some symptoms of incorrect suspension settings. The top half of the page is basically a plagiarism of the article above.

Another real good one

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Old 05-09-2005, 12:42 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Cool! Thanks Nut!
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Humm good stuff!! Anyone wanna come on down and help me adjust the sag in my rear end?? I'll spring for a 6 pack of your choice too!!

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Old 05-09-2005, 07:38 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Ewww!!
Oh did you mean the SV?
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Old 05-09-2005, 08:41 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Ewww!!
Oh did you mean the SV?
Yeah what did you think I meant???

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thanks Nut for the links. very good info.
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Old 05-10-2005, 04:25 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Humm good stuff!! Anyone wanna come on down and help me adjust the sag in my rear end?? I'll spring for a 6 pack of your choice too!!


If your talking about your bike............sure

If your talking about............uh nevermind.......call Gixxie
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Old 05-18-2005, 06:52 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Thread now a sticky.
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I thought it was sticky after Nexus' comment

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I've been looking for a syptoms list. Thanks.

The title of a thread made sticky should be more descriptive, dontcha think, mods?
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The title of a thread made sticky should be more descriptive, dontcha think, mods?
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Suggesting. It's a fine line, I know.
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Good reading.
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Tis the season to prep your ride. 'Nut provided some great suspension links in this old thread and they all still work.

I thought it was a good idea to drag it back in to the new post section.

Great stuff.
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Tis the season to prep your ride. 'Nut provided some great suspension links in this old thread and they all still work.

I thought it was a good idea to drag it back in to the new post section.

Great stuff.
and for that i thank you! i was just looking for stuff like this yesyterday...
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I gotta go through some of this stuff whenever it stops raining.

I think I also need to find some friends who will actually show up and help me out
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Old 04-30-2007, 10:59 AM   #18 (permalink)
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Yeah, I'll be doing the same here soon.

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looks like a few more days of sitting inside and not getting to fiddle with suspension stuff.
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Old 04-30-2007, 01:28 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Yeah, raining like an MFer over here. Lots and lots of rain. I'm glad actually.

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