by gixxerdave » Mon Sep 27, 2004 10:47 pm
chris,
hows the suspension on your bike now?
would you be interested in getting together to compare suspension settings, maybe even a bike swap for a short ride to see how the other bike feels?
madkaw noticed a few months back that my right fork was (at a guess just by looking) 1mm higher out of the steering head clamp (or whatever it is you call it) than the left.. it took me a while to do something about it, but i did get round to it eventually, like the weekend before last! that was when my front tyre was completely rooted - 4000km or so in the middle - and almost smooth on the sides, phil can attest to this, having had a look at it when i dropped off his ohlins shock the other day... anyway, i did the forks, it didnt exactly do wonders what with the front tyre being shagged bigtime, the steering got heavier and heavier til it became a right chore just to ride the 10km or a bit less to work in peak.. my front discs were stuffed as well, had been for 10,000km, with a bad wobble and they almost were on the serviceable minimum of 4.5mm.. damn the place i bought the bike from!
so.. after a few discussions with phil, i bit the bullet last weekend and laid out the dollars for a set of reco ZX12R discs (yes they fit an 02 9r!) and a new diablo corsa... whacked everything back on the bike, wound the preload out half a turn, turned the compression in 1/16th.. took it for a spin.. and then i just kept riding.. it felt like it bloody well should!!!!! like it had power steering and could read the road, tipped in even better than before so i'm attributing the newfound steering joy to the fork adjustment and new tyre...
phil, i'd be interested to see how your bike feels with the ohlins on it and with how you've set it up as well. still doing the nasho on the sunday of the coming long weekend? looking this far ahead, i should be able to make it altho i know it'll be a nice and relaxed pace...
thanks phil for your advice and info, and madkaw for pointing out the fork adjustment in the first place - its all going into this little pea brain of mine!
chris, get back to me sometime.