doh!! cheers muddypuddle i didnt scroll that far down. :D

yep i think i should hang my head in shame!! :( :oops:

a friend had a bike with those forks on and they were actually quite nice to ride on

i must admit they look better built up!

indeed carbon my arse!!!

just shows how much frame design has come on then !!!

to me it looked like a halfords 99.99 special

hey ive tried telling him that but hes having none of it!!

Really????

so i take it its notworth the money he is asking then??

id be interested in theframe if its large??

why you ask jimmy

how big does a 2.35 minion front compare against a 2.35 highroler??

my daily food intake used to be as follows……

breakfast
big bowl of cornflake with 3 sugars
slice of toast
glass of orange juice
cup of coffee with two sugars

mid morning snack
crisps
bar of choccie

lunch
4 sandwiches of somthing like ham,cheese and sald cream
crisps

afternoon snack
cereal bar

tea
anything my wife cooks
plus waht she leaves!!

i would also have like 5 biscuits in the evening.
lots of coffee and tea throiugh the day.

so it want too good??

now its as follows……

brekkie
coffee no sugar
orange juice
bowl of cereal no sugar

mid morn
youghurt
handful of raisons

lunch
soup
3 slices of wholemeal bread no spread

mid afternoon
cereal bar

tea
as before

no snacks now in evening

lots of water throiughout the day.

what do you reckon??

im 6 foot with 33″ inside leg and ride a normal white inbred in a 20″ and i find it tooo big to throw around but comfy for all day rides!

i have got a kenda small block 8 in the shed in 2.35 size , would this be better then either of the maxxis tires for a good summer rear tyre??

do they both make good rear summer tyres??

give tf tuned a bell!!

i use motorcycle oil 15wt. as recommended

thanks for that RicB , i havent had a crash on them at all to be honest but, i do notice that when i brake hard i can see from the top that the wheel pulls towards the brake side of the fork?? as though they are twisting??

the lowers go on fine past the wipers and foam rings but then get “stuck” a bit? i guess thats the bushes is it.

can bushes be replaced then?

cheers for that i ve took the lowers off and nothing seems amiss?? foam rings still in place and the only seals are the wiper seals which were not folded over etc?

took foam seals out and when i went to put the forks back together the lowers went on abit but then went really tight whilst trying to get them on full??

does this sound like a bushing problem??

rebound and air rods move up and down no problems and quite freely??

i also have a slight clunking/knocking when riding over rough ground?

i am stumped??

with no air in the fork the sliders are not moving very well at al??

seem to rmember the lowers were quite difficult to get on ??

whats going on like.

cheers

steve

i was going to put the hr on the front as i like the way it grips and put somthing faster rolling from maxxis on the back??

needs to be large air volume (not 2.4 advantge big though!!) to give my fat ass some cushioning

STATO i have a 20″ inbred frame if you fancy swapping out for your 18″ at all.

piccy of it mid re build last week……

cheers

steve

cheers all , going to try them from the caliper up!!

how much for the 5th element pete????

yep id tell him !!!

Mike ygm!

How much mike??

Hammer and block of wood!!

Bish Bash Bosh

rocketdog is that the camber run in your first piccy!

Job done!

cheers

steve

yep they went in quite freely until i come to torque them up and my tool just keeps slipping!!

cheers for that brant , its actually going into an inbred !!

im sure that as you have only had it a wek you are entitiled to take it back to the dealer and get your money back as its not of satifactory quality!!

or i could be talking bobbins?

how do you bleed them from the caliper up as ive got some 08 xt’s that are a bit spongy !!

oh great thats a good start!!!

coffeeking i know what yoiur saying but a 32 year old bloke twatting a 15 year old kid seems a bit wrong!!

felt like doing that but thinking about my 2 nippers at home and all this in the news about have a go hero’s changed my mind!!

starting to feel like a coward now!!

im liking the pace but have heard that the back end is very unforgiving!

is there anything a bit “different ” to have a look at??