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That good over the 412s? What would you say are the biggest differences between the two? I have to say I'm intrigued!!



I had the standard 412's. They are to soft, it was like riding a pogo stick. You didn't know what was going to happen whenever you hit a bump or a hole in the road. They say that riding for more than 50% of the time with a total weight of over 440 lbs. to buy the HD 412's. We found that riding with a total weight of 400 lbs. was near suicidal on bends.

With the 418's HD you can adjust the preload and also the rebound. I have found that on the lowest setting of preload it is OK for my weight. (83 Kgs.) On the 2nd setting it is OK for me & Jo (160 Kgs.) When we go away on a trip, we will have luggage so I can only assume (there are still 2 more harder settings) that we will bo OK. The adjustment on the rebound is just trial and error, but very simple to do with the key provided.

FrankW Ex Speedmaster rider, went to the Dark Side now riding an America.