Mille R

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Re: Mille R

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I'm not aware that Ohlins have or had their suspension made under licence, really can't see a company like them doing that.
The Mille forks were made to Aprilia's spec by Ohlins, They don't take much to improve but as std are better than the non R/factory model stuff. The rare Mille sp had higher spec Ohlins forks but that bike was around £20k, the mille R when first released over 12 years ago was £10200 otr not a budget bike and not with budget suspension.
06 onwards std mille's had a lower spec Ohlins forks than the factory model.

You could spend loads on the forks and shock, cartridge kits are available at big money but you'd need to be racing one for it to be worthwhile, you could upgrade to ttx shock but for road the Ohlins they come with are good enough and cheap to revalve/spring to suit if need be.
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Re: Mille R

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thumperslaw wrote:
But the point is there not the full sha bang ohlins

The new rsvr has real ohlins
The full sha bang ohlins are probably about £7500 upwards a pair, the new rsvr hasn't got them either :wink:
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Re: Mille R

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popkat wrote:
thumperslaw wrote:
But the point is there not the full sha bang ohlins

The new rsvr has real ohlins
The full sha bang ohlins are probably about £7500 upwards a pair, the new rsvr hasn't got them either :wink:
Well not the gass forks no. The brand new rsv4 has them
The full ohlins
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Re: Mille R

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not long to go on this one - looks a nice example :)

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