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Quentino
Joined: 07 Aug 2021 Posts: 3 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2021 9:16 am Post subject: Paioli RSU 46mm compression damping adjusters |
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Hi you lucky Bimota owners. Greetings from Melbourne Australia. Just joined your forum in the hope that someone here might be able to help me.
I'm trying to source a pair of compression damping adjusters for some RSU 46mm Paiolis I sourced for one of my Laverda SF custom builds. The forks I have are equipped with rebound damping only, no compression damping adjustment, no spring preload adjustment.
I've done loads of research and from what i can discern the forks are basically the same as those used on Bimots SB6, SB6R, SB7, Vdue and maybe others.
There is a company in Germany that offers beautiful upgrade kits for just about everything that moves inside these forks (and even stuff that doesn't!), and they have upgraded comp damping kits but at a price pretty much equivalent to what i paid for these complete forks (248 euro + 59 euro shipping to Australia). I would have to buy them without any guarantee that they would actually work as a retrofit and no right of return and I'm not keen on that idea. I'd also like to know how the forks perform generally before I commit huge dollars to them.
So, if anyone can help me out, has parts from old or damaged forks they can sell at a fair price, or even offer advice, please reply here or PM me (assuming there is a facility to send personal messages?). I have pics I can post, but not sure how to do that in this forum - which is very new to me. Can anyone point me to info on posting small-file images.
Mille grazier in advance,
Quentino
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2bims
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7292
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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2021 6:32 am Post subject: |
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have you written or emailed paioli themselves in italy?
https://paioli.it/en/ |
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Quentino
Joined: 07 Aug 2021 Posts: 3 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2021 10:02 am Post subject: |
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Yes. First thing I did. I even wrote it in italiano! I think I contacted them before (in English) when i got the forks but got no reply.
We'll see what happens ... |
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icezeit
Joined: 29 Jun 2013 Posts: 21 Location: Germany
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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2021 10:42 am Post subject: |
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Hi Quentino,
I have good experience with Rudolf Graf of Bimota-Parts.de. I think it is the German company you mentioned. He earlier did an aluminium steering stem for my DB1. I also had my Paioli RSU46 rebuilt, updated and pre-adjusted to bike and my weight by him.
I can say that he is very interested in delivering perfect quality and also did so. He requested several details of me, my bike and the purpose to assure the best result. The forks had the complete update with DLC coating, Öhlins internals and Graf adjusters since it should be used on the track. Unfortunately I was not able to test them since the project is not finished yet.
It was a similar situation. I had bought the forks cheap (good condition but not suiting my needs) and put in more money afterwards but I am so far happy with the result. _________________ 2x SB3, Tesi 1D SR |
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2bims
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7292
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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2021 12:41 pm Post subject: |
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I second rudolf....and his work and parts... |
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Quentino
Joined: 07 Aug 2021 Posts: 3 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 2:21 am Post subject: |
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Rudolf's stuff looks absolutely first class. And yes, I've been in contact with him and will definitely engage him if I can establish that this model of 46 RSUs are suited to a straight retrofit of the comp damping adjusters. I just can't outlay the money if it's a dead end and i'm left with a pair of adjusters I can't use. That's why I'm initially hoping to source some std adjusters from damaged forks that are only good for parts.
If I'm unsuccessful I may end up having to set them up as best I can and ride the bike with the forks as they are and seeing if they are up to the task. |
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