Suspension for fat people

[Aahzap!]

Hey people

I was talking to a mate of mine who rides a Harley (or a Massey Ferguson if you ask me) he had a good point about suspension.

My bike being a Japanese bike would be designed for some one Japanese perhaps 60 - 70 kg. I on the other hand am 110kgs, I'm not fat just big boned!

Is there a place that specializes in this or at least does it - that is modify suspension for heavier riders?

i live in Brisbane

cheers

[red_dave]

Standard suspension should be able to be adjusted to suit you...

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Good luck

[ttc]

The absolute best person to speak to in Brisbane is Steve at Suspension Improvements.
I doubt your bike would be too soft, Kawasaki's tend to be on the hard side (but I don't know about 9's )

[Nelso]

What about around Wollongong or Sydney? Who's good that can set up a Z thou for a 120kg rider?

[hoffy]

What about around Wollongong or Sydney? Who's good that can set up a Z thou for a 120kg rider?

Zenodamper - On sponsors page. Based at Taren Point I think. Tee it up, suspension mods are worthwhile mods, especially if ure a fat bastard like me

[snowymountainsmick]

Proven Products in Albury/Wodonga manafacture IKON Suspension which is a play on words (word/letters??) for KONI. KONI went out of the motorcycle shock absorber business about the year 2000 and Proven Products bought all of the machinery from them. I have always used KONIs in the past (because they were rebuildable, but I nevr kept a bike long enough or the bike never survived long enough to actually need a rebuild) with complete success. The guy there has built me a custom single shock with heavy everything ( I weigh150KG!!! ) for my BMW R80ST and a custom set of front fork springs, etc for the princely sum of $730-750, I can't remember exactly, but heaps cheaper than anyone else. He exports custom shocks and springs all over the world.

My mechanic Carl advised me to try and set the standard shocks up properly on my ZRX1200R before spending anything on special stuff. He reckons the standard stuff is ok if set up properly.

The BMW stuff should be here soon

[Slow and wobbly]

What he said Ikon = Koni. and at 150 if they can sort his suspension then surely your not beyond salvation.