Sachs Fork - For the record
I recently picked up a 2010 EC250 race edition, and came off a 2008 EC250 dealer edition.
THE SUSPENSION IS AWESOME!
After all the complaining about the fork I was concerned that I might not perform well. But, as I expected it works great.
Is it stiff? No! The first thing I did was put 4.4 fork springs in. The 4.2s are way to soft for anyone over 170lbs. I weigh 175lbs and like the 4.4s (yes that is for offroad). I think some of the people who are complaining about the for may be too far down in the stroke, causing harshness.
Now I am not saying the fork is soft either, but it really does work well, and I think it is much better than the Marzocchi. It does like to be pushed hard, and gets smoother with speed.
For the record I am a A class rider. I recently did the rockpile enduro and got silver both days in E2A(but was withing 30seconds of gold both days)
If you are at a similar skill / speed level I am confident you will find that the suspension is everything you expect from a gasser.
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