Boing boing: fork springs?
The progressive fixing of long-term niggles in my XT continues ...
Next up, I get an annoying 'boing boing' feeling through the front wheel as I ride along at 100+ kph. It feels like the front wheel is oval, but its not (checked spinning both rim and tyre against a reference indicator). Head bearings are good (new'ish) and tight. I replaced the fork oil, checked fork air pressure, tyre pressure. I have a little super-moto style front mudguard, so that's not wobbling in the wind.
The only thing possible left (it seems to me) is that the fork springs have got too tired and can't control the forks properly any more. They are a *tiny* bit shorter than their service limit figure in the manual.
Anyone else had this problem and fixed it, before I splodge 100 Euros on new springs from Kedo?
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