Thanks Charles, I've had the forks apart and re-oiled them as good as I could, getting the balance between rebound and hydraulic lock right. Felt pretty good but its fairly soft.

I've just bought a pair of racetech springs and I may well get one of their emulator kits although they only list for the mc28, do you know if the '18 and '28 share similar internals?

Paul
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