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                                                                                               else has done the engineering work to lower
                                                                                               the bike by around 30mm.
                                                                                                 That ‘somebody’ was HyperPro, a Dutch-
                                                                                               based company that knows an awful lot
                                                                                               about suspension. The new springs are
                                                                                               about 20mm shorter than the originals and
                                                                                               possibly a little more sophisticated in the
                                                                                               progressive manner in which they work.
                                                                                               They’re a straight swap so you don’t have
                                                                                               to muck around with new spacers at either
                                                                                               the front or back but there are some traps for
                                                                                               young players.

                                                                                               PULLING ON THE OVERALLS
                                                                                               Having spent around four hours at the rear
                                                                                               shock/damper end of the bike, I’m now of
                                                                                               the view that RE starts its assembly from the
                                                                                               actual shock absorber and builds everything


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