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suspension upgrade
Like my former bike, the XT600E '03, which I had upgraded with Hyperpro springs front&back, my Tenere also got this upgrade at the last service(17.500km, this was a 20.000km service, prior to my vacation). Progressive springs at the front(and forkoil), one progressive spring at the back(shock stays original). I've done about 4.000km's since then and I must say, it's a big improvement: more smooth and better direct handling, much more control. The original setup was a bit soft to my liking and with experience of my XT600E I changed to the Hyperpro setup, fully adjusted to my riding-style(almost always with panniers, lots of backroads, mountains and highways, occasional offroad), my weight. I've done different kinds of roads to sse what it does: winding and twisty backroads&roundabouts, bad roads(Belgium!) with potholes, highways, bit of gravelroads(no hardcore offroad, mind you) and it performs mighty fine! And as y'all know it already handled very good, but now even better!! So, highly recommended(and that all for no more then 300,- euro's), especially for riders who ride with panniers and passenger. Third piccie of my Tenere, look for the purple spring.
Greetz, Hans.
P.s.: kitnumbers:
-forkspringkit:SP-YA06-SSA039
-shockspringkit:SP-YA06-SSB039
-combikit:SP-YA06-SSC039
Last edited by dallas; 17-06-11 at 17:39.
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