Motorsports is a passion for me. Race Tech enjoys a reputation for producing quality products, so I thought. I purchased a pair of front springs for my Tenere 700 from Race Tech. The OEM front spring length is 420 millimeters. The front springs provided by Race Tech was 360 millimeters and included with the front springs was a 16 inch aluminum pipe. I called Race Tech and a really contentious (rude) woman responded to my inquiry. This amazingly rude woman told me I need to cut the aluminum pipe to make-up for the missing 60 millimeters of missing coiled front spring. Thinking I was crazy, because I know reducing the number of coils in the front spring with an aluminum pipe will reduce the amount of travel, I checked their web site and no mention of the 360 millimeter reduction to the 420 millimeter OEM front spring. The kicker here is, this very nice lady on the phone told me they do this to ALL Tenere 700's, even the Tenere's they prepare in their shop! As should be apparent, Race Tech has scammed me in the sale itself and I am certain they will try to scam me again when returning their unusable and substandard front fork springs. Simply stated,Race Tech front springs do not meet OEM standards necessary to maintain the minimum amount of travel provided by Yamaha's OEM front fork springs. Buyer Beware. read more