RUST magazine: Rust#14

Long Termers
FORKS
SP Kashima Coated Upper Fork Tubes -SP
DLC Coated Lower Fork Tubes -SP Fork
Revalving -SP Midvalve Mods -SP Fork
Pro Valve Pistons -SP Polished Fork
Springs -SP Pro Sliders -Billet Clickers -Air
Bleeders
SHOCK
SP Kashima Coated Shock Body -SP Pro
Valve Shock Piston -SP Bladder Kit -SP
Preload Collars -SP Shock Revalving -SP
Shock Spring.
Given that I only had the forks done the
cost from Stillwell came in at $1495.00 per
set. I would normally strip, package and
ship the forks to Stillwell (Arizona, USA)
and have them do the mods but given the
time constraints I asked Alan to source two
new sets of forks in the US for me and to
install their A-Kit upgrades. This is
obviously more expensive than shipping
your forks to them but I now get the added
bonus of having a spare set of forks for
each bike. I’ve quoted the prices for the
A Kit upgrades only – shipping from the UK
was around $200 per set. Oh, and since
Husky made only minor changes from 2015
to 2016 I asked Alan to source a set of
2016 forks for the 300 for me. This would
mean that I needed a 22mm offset and
front spindle to get the forks to fit.
To this set-up I added a Fastway linkage
guard. This is a really trick bit of kit that
was designed and built by Fastway in
collaboration with Alan Stillwell. The linkage
guard is fully adjustable and provides a
good deal of versatility in setup of the rear
suspension. There are four adjustments on
the linkage that can both lower the seat
height and adjust the geometry besides
providing protection to the rear shock
linkage in gnarly conditions. I chose to
stick with the standard settings for now.
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