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If I were you I would try dropping the oil to say, 160 or 170mm and see if you gain some travel, if you have measured the coil gap and you think it has the room for the 142mm travel the answer could be in the oil volume. I think Hyperpro springs are progressive not linear. There is a couple of...

In the UK, Brooksuspension.co.uk. I do not know if you can get YSS stuff in US but the part number is shown on the box in the second pic. Yes sorry 142mm of travel. It’s been a long day…..

Your spring will be binding up as it is too short there is not enough space between the coils for 147mm of travel. I went with 180mm air gap for oil as 440ml was very stiff causing hydraulic lock up at 3/4 travel.

KTM 390 adventure springs from YSS fit perfectly.. If you had asked I could have saved you some time…

Good work, the R1 has a linkage rear suspension which would explain the soft spring. Regards the spring rate my 23’ Svartpilens Nitron has a 140nm (800lb) spring for a rider only weight of 90-95kg. I like it a lot.

A member on this forum (Kkmann) did a spring swap on his 401 and used SKF seals. Here is a screen shot from his thread…. You can read it if you search fork spring swap whilst in the 401 section. Sorry I do not know how to do links etc. Hope this helps.

Sorry but I would put in a link if I knew how but I am not good on tech. If you are interested in the types of rubbish roads I ride and have some time to kill there is a video on YouTube, just type in “riding motorcycles in Suffolk” it is the one titled “do you always ride like that” or...

I only use first for pulling away or really slow manoeuvres in traffic which I barely ever drive in. I cannot think of a corner where I ride that second gear would be too high of a gear. We have no switchbacks here in my area of the UK. The last time I was out I noted the revs at 70mph in 6th...

Ohh!! Forgot my new Ergo seat. Much more of a firm ride, like “sitting on top of” firm not “sitting in” soft like the standard. Not sure if it is worth the £150 price but I will let you know after a longer ride, I could only manage 90 mins today as my hand was aching. Pics.. Material is not...

Quick update, I ordered a 42 teeth Afam rear sprocket a while ago and because I had some downtime after a hand operation I fitted it to test the difference. Well I like the slightly milder acceleration, it goes through the gears at a slower rate now. I always felt that the gearing was a little...

i had the same issue last week. I have not ridden my 2023 Svartpilen for 6 weeks as I have just had hand surgery. Last week I got dressed for a first tentative ride in a while, turned on the ignition, hit the starter, no start. It tried a few turns over but no start. hit the starter again, no...

I know how you feel about taking pics. That’s the last thing I’m thinking about whilst doing an oil change. Trying to remember all the screens and ‘o’rings and plugs and stuff is enough for my ageing brain. I did mine (Motul 7100) a couple of months ago at 3000 miles and it was a dark reddish...

I just put rear brake reservoir into eBay search and picked the cheapest. £4.91 here in u.k. people buy these from china and then sell on eBay so it came in a couple of days.

Just a little mod to remove the horrible rear brake reservoir, it was more the colour of it really. Anyway, a new tiny one from eBay and a new bracket and it blends in nicely. Same original hose but with the slightly larger clamp from the kit. I filed the hole in the lid holder on thing to...

Could you post pics of the filters and report your thoughts on the condition of the oil after this change please. Just curious, thanks.

Glad you got it sorted. 👍

I reckon that’s around 7mm of clearance between the handlebar cluster and the tank.

Headlight, rad cover, front mudguard, belly pan, exhaust (not just black but has a different end more of a slotted metal guard than the ring of ridges on the Svart) heel plates and handlebars.

Still think they would hit the tank on full lock unless you set them at the same height as the standard bars, then you would just have bars further forward. Years ago I thought I wanted lower bars on my Hornet 600, it already had low Renthals and the hand controls were already really close to...

Looking at the Vit and the Svart, I prefer the black exhaust, rad covers, heel plates and belly pan of the Vit. Also the front mudguard is more refined and the headlight at an angle suits the lines better on the Vit. The handlebars are slightly lower than the Svart but overall I prefer the...