What is the most beefy / bulletproof year and model of either the 66 or 888?
Here's my motivation- I have an '02 Monster(still going strong) and an '01 Super T on my '02 and '05 bikes respectively. I love the Monster and will never get rid of it. The Super T, on the other hand, needs a rebuild again but I'm frankly tired of doing so and plan on retiring it from active duty. What I now need is a 6"-7" fork, single or double crown, with 35mm stanchions, TWO coil springs(to be replaced with heavy ones) and hopefully no annoying air anything. If I HAVE to have any air functions, I plan of setting the fork up with an oil weight and height that will allow me to not have to use them. I don't care about the weight or a lockout or all the bells and whistles. I just want a fork that allows me to set it, forget it, treat it poorly and maintain it infrequently...kinda like I do with my Monster T. Short of downloading and reading all the damned technical manuals for every year of these models, who can help me out? What I'd find, ideally, would be a 35mm stanchioned '02 Monster T with dual heavy springs, 10wt - 15wt Spectro and no need to carry around a stupid little penis pump for my fork.
Here's my motivation- I have an '02 Monster(still going strong) and an '01 Super T on my '02 and '05 bikes respectively. I love the Monster and will never get rid of it. The Super T, on the other hand, needs a rebuild again but I'm frankly tired of doing so and plan on retiring it from active duty. What I now need is a 6"-7" fork, single or double crown, with 35mm stanchions, TWO coil springs(to be replaced with heavy ones) and hopefully no annoying air anything. If I HAVE to have any air functions, I plan of setting the fork up with an oil weight and height that will allow me to not have to use them. I don't care about the weight or a lockout or all the bells and whistles. I just want a fork that allows me to set it, forget it, treat it poorly and maintain it infrequently...kinda like I do with my Monster T. Short of downloading and reading all the damned technical manuals for every year of these models, who can help me out? What I'd find, ideally, would be a 35mm stanchioned '02 Monster T with dual heavy springs, 10wt - 15wt Spectro and no need to carry around a stupid little penis pump for my fork.