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Originally Posted by kostisbezos
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Owner has changed the fork-suspension springs with harder ones.
My weight (85kg) is for 44( is this number a kind of hardness?) springs.
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Forks and suspension had a service when the current owner bought it but I don't know what does it means. What does include a fork/suspension service? Some oil change or what?!
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The 44 is the stiffness of the springs, aka spring constant. 44 is actually 0.44 kg/mm. Higher number means stiffer spring. If you are interested in the physics, take a look here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooke%27s_law
Fork and shock service usually includes replacement of oil, sliding bushings and seals, plus full cleaning of all internal parts. I do it every 40-50 hours or so. Ohlins states every 25 hours for some of their products.
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