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            Clunk mid way through fork compression 
             
           
             I was just sitting on my XTR in the garage wishing my legs were longer (!) and started bouncing the front of the bike, which I've only had a fortnight. I noticed that there's a clunk from the forks in the middle of the compression stroke. It's not a bang like bottoming out, and the forks do continue to compress, but there's an obvious clunk. Is this normal? I'm sure I've not noticed it on previous bikes... 
             
            
            
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             Are you sure it's not the pads shifting in the calipers. The pads shift fore and aft on their mounting pins a little and make a clunking sound which resonates through the fork legs and can sound like dodgy forks. My XTZ makes a noise from the calipers when you bounce it holding the front brake on. Try chocking the front wheel against a wall with a block of wood and bounce the front to rule out any clunking and clanking from the brake. 
             
            
            
            
            
            
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             That's not right.How many miles.?
              
            
            
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             Take it back mate. 
             
            
            
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