I’ve got a Orange 5 aswell, but mine is 07 without a ‘5tune’ RP23 and i can definately tell the difference between the 3 PP settings and PP Off.

Dave, i know… ( the clue is in the name mate :-) )
Gary, cheers – food for thought. maybe i will fire it back at mojo after all then.

Gary,
thanks for that. you have an rp23 with the ‘5 tune’, low compression?
it’s not that big a deal but as i normally ride a single speed i’m well used to standing up, and i had thought that the rp23 would allow me to do that in a slightly more controlled manner than i am getting now. if i look at the frame when i do stand the movement is pretty minimal but of course you can feel it. understand that FSers work better sat down and am happy to do that most of the time, but when i get tired i revert to type!

curious.
i have a 2008 orange 5 with a ‘5 tune’ rp23. propedal in any of the 3 settings doesn’t seem to do very much at all. according to mojo ‘they’re all like that sir’ because the compression is low. kind of defeats the object of having an rp23 i would have thought but there you are. in fairness i think the fork makes the bike feel more bobby than the shock, no pro pedal or lockout on that, so i’m going to see how i go with the shock for now, and think about getting it tuned later maybe.

if i can do guildford to exeter in just over 2 hours salisbury to dartmoor is easy done.

and don’t think for a minute that a warranty is any indication that a given fault will be repaired…
treat the car with the scepticism you would apply to one from a private seller, if not more, as at least you get to size up the vendor in a private sale.