Front fork refurb/rebuild: Situation & options.

[PieEater]

Sounds like you've truly had a good go with the damping and preload and haven't been able to find a setting that works so it would just be getting a second opinion from someone that knows about suspension, not necessarily about the Fazer, but do give a bit more rebound damping another go just in case. Where abouts are you based maybe you could meet up with another Foccer to compare notes? Some folks like me don't seem to have too much of a problem with the forks after having new springs / bushes / oil & seals, or are at least happy enough with their performance, but others like yourself don't seem to be happy with them at all. I don't know whether some Fazer forks are better than others or some folks haven't had recent experience of decent modern forks to know the difference between 'OK' and 'good', which I'm happy to admit may be the case with me as I've not really ridden anything other than my Fazer for the past 7 years, although I've previously owned sports bikes with USD forks. Just to reiterate I'd be careful about having the 'internals serviced' without knowing exactly what this consists of, if you want anything to change noticeably you'll want them replaced with aftermarket parts like the K-Tech kit rather than the OEM kit cleaned up and refitted with new bushes.

According to this thread the OEM progressive springs are 8.0 at the top end and 12.5 at the bottom - http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,3598....l#msg29436 - I guess you could try Hyperpro progressives to see if they are less prone to kick back on you. I'm not overly enamoured with their suggested settings though which is to run without any compression damping, I'd have though that compression control would be more important with progressive springs than linear.....