My NC29 suspension is way too soft. I have uprated the fork springs with stiffer versions and added a little more fork oil than standard, but the forks still dive very badly under braking.

Any ideas?

Also, can anyone recommend decent *cheap* rear shock upgrades to improve the back end?

Cheers.

Hi-am new to the forum and was going to ask the same question!apparently the rear shock from a cbr600f will fit and its worth doing.wonder if forks/front end will fit from other bikes?

good news: suspension can be upgraded/re-conditioned.
bad news: comes at a cost!

speak to Graeme France for parts. find his profile and send him a PM.
got a set of honda spec forks 2yrs ago just under £100 (i think) with exchange.
i had my mono shock re-conditioned 12 months ago and its buggered already! cost £90! now looking to save up and get a better shock/linkage.

Where did you get the forks from L.P? Sounds like a hell of a bargain.
The rear shock is a must and somebody will come along and explain what to do sometime soon but have you just added the fork oil into what was already there or have you put more in after a rebuild? Did you use a different weight of fork oil?

got the forks from GF. the price will prolly be different from when i bought them, cheaper if you return your old ones back to him. i asked for standard Honda spec on the forks, he can put all sorts of spring/internals/oil combos in for you.

mono shock had a full re-build, new internals/oil etc and only lasted a yr!
fork oil is 10w

leopard_pagan wrote: mono shock had a full re-build, new internals/oil etc and only lasted a yr!

1 whole year?!

Sounds like you got burnt...

at 14st and ridden every day down a very rough road........

Thanks for the info on the forks and shock - I might give GF a try, but cant find his profile on here though?

It's about time the poor thing had a stiffening up!

Try some 15wt or 20wt oil .

I'm here.

Just call or email - busy rebuilding some factory WP 600RR5 forks at the moment - Snetterton at the weekend.

franceandliasiatrading@tesco.net

Cheers

Graeme France
Tel 07778 628448