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It has been one long wait, but finally my forks and rear shock are on their way back from DMr. He got backed up and then forgot to install the rebound valve upgrade, so that added an extra week on to my wait time. He was nice enough to toss in the rebound upgrade for free to make up for it. 1.1kg front springs and a 1300lb/in rear spring (heavy duty!) on the rear shock with it's rebuild and revalve. The heavy rear spring is partly because I am a fat giant, but also because I told him I do plan on trips with up to 80lbs of gear on the back. So I got told to turn the remote preload adjuster down to around 5 clicks for just me, and then as many up as needed when loaded (around 20-25 out of 31)
I honestly cannot wait to get this bike back together and see how it feels with properly tuned and sprung suspension. The stock suspension was like riding on marshmallows.
The Coffman's exhaust - I am currently waiting on the batch to come back from ceramic coating, and they will send me an invoice. I may end up regretting how loud the exhaust will be, but at $230, it's not as big of an investment as the DAM system. If I end up not liking it I can probably find another owner to sell it to to recover a decent portion of my money.
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