The front on my 06 XTR is a bit soggy, so I ordered up a pair of Hagon progressive springs, stripped the front down to find the new springs are 100mm (4")too short - oh dear.

According to the Haynes manual XTR 633mm, XTX 593mm, XTZ 580mm and the Hagon 532mm, I contacted Hagon and they are going to sort something out and I'm sure they will.

What I'm wondering is has anybody else had a simular problem, or have found another solution.

The soggy problem came up when trail riding down a steep track and the front showed marks of bottoming out, ok it's a heavy bike to do that but the front is a bit soft compared to my TTR250.

Thanks in advance

Just an up date, I looked up Hagon on their USA wsite and the same numbers come up, plus the right springs were in the box - so others could have the same problem.

Wilbers springs gives 600-0048-02 and 500-0048-02 with no spring length given, Hagon number was 400-0048-02 again no spring length. The same Hagon part is on the Wemoto site

Fortunatly the guy on the phones mate, knew of the problem so they have sorted out some springs and are making up a pair of 18mm spacers, and should be in the post soon.

Will let you know how it goes.

Update. I rec'd a new set of springs - for a Honda XL Transalp 600V PN 400-124-00 with a pair of 18mm spacers (progressive) shorter windings but a bit thicker wire. All fitted ok filled with 10w fork oil to 140mm air gap STD . Felt a bit firmer, took the bike out for a 70 mile local ride on lanes and for me it felt a lot better ride. Well pleased. I chatted to some pals who have had problems resolved by Hagon and they have built up a good reputation for good service.

Hi there
I have only just received a set of Hagon fork springs included were two spacers about 125mm long each and now I have just fitted them to my 2008 XTR I and am very pleased with the results. Before the front end seemed to very hash when the road surface is a little less than ideal and I was it would make my wrists painful, now going on the same stretch of road considerably better the front end feels a lot better and the fork springs are absorbing the shock and keeping the wheel on the deck giving far better feed back through the bars.
So all in all I am very happy with the results.

piccies are a must and a review after you've ridden it a while

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