Hi. I have a 95 Techno with Paioli USD forks. Just replacing my fork seal on the right fork leg and noticed a damping adjuster underneath the leg by the axle clamp, I always thought they only had the top ( rebound ) adjuster on the right fork leg. Is this normal????

are you sure it isnt the oil drain screw

Definetly an adjuster, It has a blue anodised allen headed bolt with a brass flat head screw within it, the screw turns with noticeable clicks as you turn it.

Edited November 28, 201312 yr by rgvlc

It doesn't sound familiar to me. Maybe you've got some factory prototype forks?

I think it is a preload adjuster.

Preload is on the other ( left ) leg.

Huh, mine just has a little drain screw

So yours has no damping adjuster on top?

Some photos First one is the underside of the right leg showing the adjuster

bottom of right leg showing drain screw

top of right fork leg

top of left fork leg this is preload adjustment

Edited November 30, 201312 yr by rgvlc

Any one elses like this????

Doesn't look like mine that's for sure

I'm still thinking you got factory forks there bucko.

It would be nice if they were, although the rest of the bike seems very stock.

Since they were going with "right side up" forks the next year any prototype USD forks would likely just get bolted to a production machine once the decision was made on the '96. My guess is you got one of those, "Hey, Mario, wadda ya want to do with these prototypes?" "Bolt them to a bike. We've got no other use for 'em."

Oh yeah, that does make you the cool kid on the block.

Since they were going with "right side up" forks the next year any prototype USD forks would likely just get bolted to a production machine once the decision was made on the '96. My guess is you got one of those, "Hey, Mario, wadda ya want to do with these prototypes?" "Bolt them to a bike. We've got no other use for 'em."

Or is it more like "Hey Luigi, where the hell did my cool factory race forks go?, they were here on the bench with all the standard forks a minute ago"