Quote Originally Posted by chruk bashre View Post
AXA- let us know how that springer fork rides. $600 for a springer front end. the change over is something i would like to try. i think the look would be great on an old style dfrtb.

ride your bike first before making mods to see what you like or not first hand. especially on the performance side of things.
congrats on your bike. very cool. looks good.
Im going to hold off on giving you advice on doing the springers or not...

After my first day riding truth is im kind of disappointed in the feel if not handling. While the hardtail is nothing, these front springers, at least the chinamoto version, are really rough. You can really feel all but the most subtle bumps. And bonafide bumps feel more like craters, and i dont even want to find out what a bonafide pothole feels like.
So Im still worried when opening up to grab clutch and brake, ill hit one and the bike will jump right out of my hands.

Im going to first do what is being advised and get some foam grips.
Then going to ride a while and see if as suggested I'm not just hanging on too hard.

But in the mean time, Im going to look and see if these things are adjustable or there are different set of springs that can be had... Then ill pass judgment.

Or perhaps if your a true bad ass biker, u dont worry about these things.