If it's got aluminum sliders, it should have dampers. If it has the old steel sliders with the chrome trim on top, they're undamped.
GF
I wonder if thats why my 1974 model with the disc brake bottoms out easily and clanks at full extension on the front end? I've noticed this since I bought it, and figured the damper cartriges were shot...now I wonder if they're even there at all and I have the old-school front suspension? Chris in NC
From: Greg Field <gfie-@pop.mindspring.com> Reply-To: Loopfram-@topica.com To: Loopfram-@topica.com Subject: RE: 1975 build plate and signing in Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 09:56:04 -0800
It gets worse: There may even have been some 1974 models with the old undamped forks with a disc brake. I have a 1974 parts catalog that shows one, all decked out in police gear. Of course, it may just have been a factory mock-up, but maybe not.