My new JH600

[Lao Jia Hou]

... I must say, that simply changing the springs (90 Euros) and the oil made a big, big difference.

Yeah, I'm really eager to get my dirty little paws on those springs - alas, Franki has disappeared & I think TA would ship me his wife before he'd part with his unmounted springs.

I think I might try just changing the oil viscosity, first, with the stock springs. Did you try that out? Would you have any recommendations for replacement oil? I've also thought about increasing the spacer size, to put a slight pre-compression in.

Hope you will post news on your modified "front-end" soon.

I suspect that I won't get any news for several months - my objective was to reduce the dive, and also have it adjustable. I'm lucky inasmuch as it is a relative that owns a group of performance mod shops back home, albeit primarily for racing bikes (those things I love to hate!). He'll set me straight, I think, for someone within a consumer budget (i.e., it doesn't have to be perfect for making 200 kph corners).