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Best replacement Suspension for a BV400 ?
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I'm going to find something better but wondered if anyone has already ?
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I'm afraid you're in uncharted waters here.

I'd look at fiddling with fork oils to change damping characteristics, or maybe look at modding the spring and damper rod to allow for a Gold Valve.
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Bitubo sell rear shocks for a bv400

https://www.bitubo.com/
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Thanks I had Bitumo on my 350 an improvement but not as much as there can be especially the rear shocks. I know that the forks are not really capable of much improvement so I'm really looking at rear shocks and some springs for the forks .
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Ordered Bitumo shocks and fork springs will be a big improvement I'm sure ! Jeff at Red Plate Suspension is my go to guy for these parts I tried a bunch of other people and he is the guy to get Scooter Suspension from .
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