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CB550 fork problem

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Dave M:
20mm sounds an awful lot of sag to take out.

As you say you won't know how it handles until you ride it but may find it bottoms out easily under braking due to the springs compressing fully and becoming solid.

Perhaps it might be wise to consider replacing the springs.

matthewmosse:
25mm sounds fine in my expirience- depending on how you intend to ride of course- last owner tells me my 500/4 has 6 inch spacers in it's forks to make up for the weight of a sidecar and luggage - have put 100 000 miles on it with most being on bumpy Welsh roads and at a fair pace and as far as I've noticed it's not bottomed out. I'd use something a bit more substantial than plasic pipe though. Alternatively Hagons can do fork springs to order and are sure to be able to match or inprove on original speck.

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