Nitron Tenere shock from the UK

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Nice find, those look decent.

Hopefully that's not the only spring color...

And what's up with the weight setting? STONES? I thought we in the U.S. were bad enough using lbs instead of kg... these Britons still use rocks!?! ::025:: ;)
 

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Looks good ! Price ?
 

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Looks good, color is a little strange. Price is on the next page, ouch!
 

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Tiger_one said:
Looks good, color is a little strange. Price is on the next page, ouch!
Looks like the middle one with compression and rebound damping adjustment, plus ride height adjustment is $688 USD. They mention hydraulic preload option. I don't know if that is included in the price.

Found a pound to stone conversion and my 185 pound weight would be 13 stone, plus 3 pounds.
 

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They are about 1.5 miles from my front door.

The Remote pre-load is extra, they work a bit like Wilburs and make shocks to order with remote pre-load and ride height adjusters being add-ons to the basic price.

I E-Mailed them when I bought my GS as they only offered a front shock and even offered to lend them my bike if they wanted to develop a front shocker to match - they never even replied to my E-Mail, so I got Wilburs from Germany instead!

In my experience most aftermarket stuff is far superior to the OEM stuff which is obviously built to a price (bought from cheapest chinese supplier the manufacturer can find) having seen a number of OEM shocks stripped it amazes me how well bikes handle with the OE stuff fitted, most look like the cost about £20 to build, and few last past 10k before the damping fades.

The Nitrons I have seen in the flesh do look amazingly well built, the one thing I would suggest for anyone purchasing from another country is can you get them rebuilt locally? This is why I have tended to use Ohlins and Wilburs in the past as there are a number of pecialists in the UK that can service them cheaply and parts are readily available (and will be for years to come)
 

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fredz43 said:
Looks like the middle one with compression and rebound damping adjustment, plus ride height adjustment is $688 USD. They mention hydraulic preload option. I don't know if that is included in the price.

Found a pound to stone conversion and my 185 pound weight would be 13 stone, plus 3 pounds.
I was looking at the next one, price on the middle one, not bad. I'm 12.8 stone.
 

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They are highly regarded in the UK Lotus/TVR owners circles being the suspension of choice for those if you have the coin. Think they offer white springs as an option if you don't like the turquoise .
 
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