Thruxton Thruxton 1200 Base To R Suspension

And I want to soften mine!!!

Why dont you look at replacing the springs/valves in the stock forks. I replaced my rear units with Bitubo and I know that the Matris kits for the front are popular. Got mine from Carpi Moto in Italy - good price and service.

 

Ohlins fork internals are perfect and revalved rear ‘R’ shocks with a harder spring and softer damping perfect fork internals £600.00 ish and rear shocks second hand £250.00 new springs and revalved £380.00 ish

 

As standard I found the front although ok, if you pushed it, seemed to bounce rather than track the surface.
The rear again ok, when pushed would tend to I can only describe felt like it was winding up and causing an oscillation.
I fitted the standard ‘R’ shocks and they were just way too hard and bounced off every bump regardless of adjustments

Once I purchased the Ohlins internals which transformed the front, softer in the way of bouncing but total control and feel.
The rear with harder springs and revalved damping also transformed the rear.

Now the bike absorbs bumps rather than bouncing and tracks perfectly.
I weigh just under 17 stone and the bike is really really good as opposed to ok before

 

I had similar issues front n rear with my Speed twin, new YSS rear shocks and dropping the front 10mm made a huge difference, i'm still thinking about some cartridges in the forks.

 

To be honest I’ve not ridden one with progressive springs and a preload adjuster, the difference the cartridges made was immense

 

Yes it's nice to have the adjustability, my previous bike had Ohlins forks n rear shock. I'm still undecided on the cartridge kit as the new rear YSS shocks really improved the bike.

 

It does take some justification for the cost but in my case it worked out way less than an R in terms of initial cost and I’m probably in a minority but I love the more traditional look

 

Totally agree about the traditional look as that was one of the reasons for swapping down to the Speed Twin as its quite retro, i still prefer my 69 n 70 Triumphs though

 

Just sold a BSA B50 SS I love em but hate riding them,