You are not alone. Fortunately ppl feel like the GG and feel it is worth the effort to buy. Unfortunately there are not enough suspension experts that have had worked on them with the 45' and most will not tell you what they are doing to make them work better.
A few of us were not getting the help we needed and said screw it, I'll do it myself. I was forced into it, I didn't want to do it. In many ways I am happy I did because now I know considerably more, which may not be saying much. I generally ride A and AA class, do ok in both for a old guy. So it is very critical I have a suspension that gives me confidence. Right now the forks are very good compared to stock, but they are not great. Great forks is what I want and frankly, demand.
The common theme on this fork seems to be rebound and mid valving issue's. I am not impressed with internal quality components but that is not something I change yet or I would have installed gold valves and been done with it. However, if you feel adventurous take the forks apart and start playing with the rebound stack. IMO- there should be a absolutely huge difference between full hard and full soft on a set of forks. Unfortunately these only have 10-12 click range so the margin is narrower. There still should be a noticeable difference. If I am wrong someone should correct me.
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