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Old 15-02-15, 12:02
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Cool tenere springs

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Originally Posted by Pleiades View Post
No, or rather it wasn't when on its stock springs. Mine was softish from new, and then got softer to the point where at just over 10K miles the spring on the rear shock had collapsed to the point where I was needing full preload with just me (at 85Kg) on board.
Thats interesting mine is a new 2014 model I wonder if they have uprated the springs? The chain tension i have set is very loose with no wieght on the bike and with wieght on the bike there is just 45mm slack so it isnt bowstring tight when loaded. I recently sat on a KTM 690 enduro at a dealers and this bike was much softer than my tenere. the rear shock on mine has a integral resevoir attached to it with the name SACHS on it. I assume this is normal?
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