on replacing the tires, i had leave to examine the suspension, rotors etc. There are rubber bits on the front suspension connected to a "Y" shaped plate upon which the spring sits, those rubber things were quite badly deteriorated and would explain a deterioration of ride quality i have noticed.
They look very much like the subframe mount bushings in the fastlane online catalogue, yet this thing exists only for the rear (which are fine)...what is the name of these "fratastats"? there are 4 of them in fact, two tandems on each side.

thank you,