Ohlins forks? are these standard or rebadged Showa's?

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Ohlins forks? are these standard or rebadged Showa's?

Post by racingt »

Hi guys
I'm checking out an RVF for sale, it claims to have Ohlins forks - look exactly same as stock - how can I check this?
Could be Ohlins stickers on Showa forks?

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Re: Ohlins forks? are these standard or rebadged Showa's?

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Pics would help
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I've tried to upload pics - but can't make them work - how do you do it?
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Neosophist wrote:An object that cannot move by itself cannot "fuck itself up", as you put it.
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Do you mean Ohlins internals?
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Hi guys, don't know if this will work.
Perhaps just Ohlins oil?!

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Neosophist wrote:An object that cannot move by itself cannot "fuck itself up", as you put it.
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They look standard. A full Ohlins Front end would cost more than half the price of a good RVF.
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Re: Ohlins forks? are these standard or rebadged Showa's?

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Unless the seller can provide proof of any ohlins or non standard internals then assume they are standard and dont go paying a premium for the bike on the sellers say so.
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Re: Ohlins forks? are these standard or rebadged Showa's?

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They look stock forks, Ohiln's don't have stickers there.

I'd ask if there is any internal differences, not sure I know of any though
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