Before anyone starts throwing hatchets, I searched but am wondering if the stock front fork springs are progressive like the 929 and 954? The guy I bought the bike from said it had Ohlins cartridges. I was surprised and p*ss^$ to find stock Showa internals when I recently cracked them open. I'm not sure if the springs are stock and I know the fluid wasn't because it wasn't the normal red Pro Honda stuff.
Post some pics of the springs and the valves. Probably an Ohlins 20mm Kit instead of a Cartridge Kit. Cartridge Kits will have their own style of Fork Cap which is different than the OEM cap.
If they are Ohlins springs they will have part#'s or hash marks on one end.
Here are pics of the internals. I'm pretty sure these are stock springs for the 07 model. I couldn't find any markings on them and they aren't progressive.
Picks of bike. That's even more problematic if forks are 04/05. I found no indication of bike being wrecked and have taken it all the way apart. My guess is it had Ohlins forks and he took them off when he sold it and probably picked up some forks on Ebay.
With exception of not getting the Ohlins cartridges your thought were in the forks, any other issues? Maybe the seller wasn't the original builder and was told it had Ohlins when he got it. Maybe he paid for parts that he didn't receive. Maybe.....you can call him!
The rest of the bike is perfect. I don't think the guy i bought it from pulled the switcheroo but the seller prior did. It was still a great buy with the aftermarket goodies it has and a little over 6K on the bike.
Yes Jaybird, the seller contacted the previous owner and he had pulled off the original forks w/Ohlins cartridges and installed the 04/05 forks. The seller I bought it from was under the impression they were in there still. He acted in good faith though and returned $500 from the selling price for the unintentional mischaracterization of the bike. I've since bought some good used 06/07 forks and am planning to buy Ohlins cartridges once I get back from a military deployment.
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