@cosie:
Yeah, I realize I was a bit contradictory in that statement, but if you compare it to, say, the B44, then you'll see a clear difference. The plastics are better, screws are better, ease of wrenching is far better and handling is better.
The things I described is minor, easy and fairly inexpensive to replace. The parts are easily sourceable aswell.
The B44 is shit to work on, screws are utter crap, old style dampers are crap (or the very least very difficult to build correctly), front shock tower is weak and can contribute to the breakage of the upper front deck and tower mount if broken, plastics are astoundingly poor, but the handling is good.
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