Staffo...good to hear that you had a great ride and are now safely home. Your reporting on the Intiminators has been spectacular and is much appreciated. As it's winter here in Canada, can't ride, so I am in the progress of updating my Speedies rear end. I have the Progressive 440's on the way which will replace the 412's I'm going to sell shortly. The 412's are a good improvement over the stock shocks, but from reading many posts on the Intiminators, the Progressive 440's complete the equation. The following is from the Rat Net....
"The Progressive 440's are made by Edelbrock under license from Ricor. The Ricor IAS (inertia active system) system was first used by Citroen in the '90s to dominate the Dakar Rallies. Citroen won every Dakar rally after switching to Ricor Racing Shocks. Mitsubishi also used the IAS shocks. Delphi Chassis (GM) took notice and engineered a 'street' version which is now the Edelbrock IAS shock for car and truck applications."
http://www.edelbrock.com/automotive_...cks_main.shtmlI have the Speedies front end set up with the Progressive fork springs and don't notice any dive effect, but would like to reduce the sharp jarring that my wrists take when hitting pot holes, etc. I was at the Toronto Motorcycle show yesterday and found an Amsoil Dealer, so asked about the 5W fork oil, and sure enough, he had some there. Said I was the second person inquiring about it and he was wondering why....tried to explain as best I could. Gave him a link to Ricor. As a side note here....Triumph was no where to be seen at this major Motorcycle Event.
So, as soon as I can get the new 440's on, I'll make a decision on the Intims and hopefully be out testing my set up in a couple months.
