I see lots of calls for the KYB SSS, and from all reports it is a very good fork. I'm thinking that it is somehow proprietary to Yamaha? Otherwise, I don't see why the smaller Euro brands (Beta, GG, Sherco) wouldn't use them. Were the KYB forks on the Italian Huskies the SSS variant? What about the KYB on the TMs? Anybody know? If the SSS is not proprietary to Yamaha, why not spec them? Could it be the cost?
Beta has gone with Sachs front and rear, and the new Sachs CC fork on the race edition. Shercos in NA come with WP OC forks and WP shock, and after a re-spring I'm pretty happy with them.
Should be interesting to see what GG specs for 2017. If Rod says it's not Sachs, maybe it'll be WP ... ha ... that speculation should stir the nest ...
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