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Anybody installed Multistrada Ohlins forks?

Kek

Kek

Joined Nov 2016
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Texas
Howdy all y'all!

I joined the forum last year after I had my Multistrada in service for warranty work and the dealer loaned me a Hyperstrada.
Wow, most fun I've ever had on a bike (and I've owned over 26 bikes)!
I sold the Multistrada and (finally) bought a new 2016 Hyperstrada - took delivery a couple weeks ago (already have 700+ miles on it - headed to the dealer for its first service this week).
As with many others on this forum, I would like to upgrade the suspension and am NOT interested in spending $$$. So, trolling ebay for Multistrada Ohlins forks yielded a relatively inexpensive $1K delivered from a number of sources.
So, my question is "has anybody done this swap on their HyperStrada/Motard"?

Randy
 
Don't think anyone has done it. You likely will need a different axle and/or spacers, and hopefully the fender and ABS sensor mounts line up the same. And make sure the fork crowns are the right diameter to hold the tubes.

Much more common option is a cartridge kit which will cost you the same or more.
 
I'd love a plug an play fork option over the non-adjustable stock fork. I'll probably end up gong the cartridge route as well unless I get luck and find a take off from an older SP.
 
I had the same thought in the beginning and do think it is doable BUT...

Here's what I've looked at:
-Multistrada forks and trees measure up quite different (trees are further apart) and are longer in the forks, there's some room to slide the forks up but now what you need
-HM are almost 3" longer and forget about sliding up 3" in the trees
-Discussed idea of making HM SP forks shorter for HS with Dan Kyle (before his arrest), big money like Mupo and since it would be a first, impossible to predict cost out the door
-I think the 1100SP forks look promising but have not checked the dims

Good luck, curious to see what you find...
 
N4teTheGreat said:
I'd love a plug an play fork option over the non-adjustable stock fork. I'll probably end up gong the cartridge route as well unless I get luck and find a take off from an older SP.
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A cartridge would be a better option over getting SP suspension in my opinion. The cartridge could be ordered correctly sprung for your weight, unlike SP forks.
 
You can get Andreani inserts for well under $1K. It's still my first choice. Not entirely sure what the labor would cost as you do have to machine some parts of the stock tubes.
 
gatdammit said:
You can get Andreani inserts for well under $1K. It's still my first choice. Not entirely sure what the labor would cost as you do have to machine some parts of the stock tubes.
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in ebay.it they cost little more than € 500,--

have the andreanis and am very satisfied
 
Yeah, reality is I need to just go see evolution or someone and let them set me up. I guess coming from the MTB world, replacing the stock fork on most bikes was usually my first upgrade. Lots of aftermarket options that had better build quality and were generally stiffer and more adjustable than the stock options. I dunno what Marzocchi's rep is in the moto world, but in the MTB world they had a pretty good rep for making quality performance focused gear. They only got bad marks for weight, but I never cared about a little extra weight if it made roots and rocks disappear.

I suppose on a moto there wouldn't be as much different in the torsional stiffness between the stock forks and Ohlins or Marzocchi making is really more about the internals?
 
N4teTheGreat said:
Yeah, reality is I need to just go see evolution or someone and let them set me up. I guess coming from the MTB world, replacing the stock fork on most bikes was usually my first upgrade. Lots of aftermarket options that had better build quality and were generally stiffer and more adjustable than the stock options. I dunno what Marzocchi's rep is in the moto world, but in the MTB world they had a pretty good rep for making quality performance focused gear. They only got bad marks for weight, but I never cared about a little extra weight if it made roots and rocks disappear.

I suppose on a moto there wouldn't be as much different in the torsional stiffness between the stock forks and Ohlins or Marzocchi making is really more about the internals?
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Marzocchi died and is now owned by Fox shox.
 
kuksul08 said:
Marzocchi died and is now owned by Fox shox.
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That's unfortunate, I never found Fox's forks to be as solid. But who know's if that has changed, I guess I haven't been paying attention for a while now. Interesting to see Ohlins doing rear shocks for some MTBs now.