What did you do to your bike today ??
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ??
Took it into the garage for a service. However he wasn't in!! so one of the other garages in the area said I could pull the bike up into their garage for safe keeping so they can give it to my mechanic tomorrow! I'm happy about that and thought it was a nice thought!
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It would have been one of the dullest rides into work, had it not been for a tw@!! in a white 4x4 Nissan who in Brum city centre decided to swing from a slip road across two lanes and almost wipe me out. Thankfully I saw him coming so I managed to hit the throttle, but it still needed him to spot me at the last minute and stop steering into my lane to avoid an accident.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ??
I own a white 4x4 Nissan... but I don't drive in Brum, so it wasn't meKwacky wrote:It would have been one of the dullest rides into work, had it not been for a tw@!! in a white 4x4 Nissan who in Brum city centre decided to swing from a slip road across two lanes and almost wipe me out. Thankfully I saw him coming so I managed to hit the throttle, but it still needed him to spot me at the last minute and stop steering into my lane to avoid an accident.
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Picked her up. Fresh oil and filter, checked the coolant and Gary said it's absolutely fine no need to change it yet, brakes cleaned and bled and air filter cleaned he said that the air filter had lots of crap in it but after a blow down it was like new so no need to replace. It's prefect hoping to get out on Sunday with the IAM lot.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ??
got thr TC light flashing when i pulled away from the lights on the M6 slip road
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ??
Out accelerated a few bikes today, and embarrassed a few with my filtering skills.... ON THE PUSH BIKE..... Lol....
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ??
Washed both the bikes today, the 999 wasn't too bad but the multi was absolutely filthy.
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Warm and dry this morning. Best make the most of it I guess.
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Yesterday went out with the advanced lot. Before I went out they had the suspension guru there and he asked me a few questions about what type of riding I do etc and off he went adjusting it. He was saying how stiff the suspension was and how I must of been aching after I had rode it...I didn't really realise just how much it was in need of getting set up. When he had finished he said it will be more comfortable, have a quicker turn in and feel easier to ride and that i would love it...literally pulled out onto the main road and I could tell the difference it had made. Feels incredible road some really rough roads and some nice smooth ones and the bike just felt planted and comfortable.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ??
They can be a bit skittish on the road with the factory settings. It doesn't take much to make them better behaved though.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ??
I found I took a little compression off the front but the rear was just terrible. Increase sag by 5mm and upped compression (increased sag for plushness but then it kept bottoming on bumps) and it was just woeful.
Still blistering fast but not comfortable haha
Still blistering fast but not comfortable haha
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I've got the compression 3 turns out and I'm still hitting the bump stops. Definitely needs more damping, but then to be fair it's 6 years old and probably still on the original oil. Roll on next spring and a trip to MCT.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ??
Yeah get it done. It makes a big difference. I feel the guy I took it too was a little conservative - on closer inspection I'm almost bottomed out on my suspension travel midcorner at Catalunya
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ??
Doesn't that mean it's working right...using all the travel??
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ??
Funnily enough you're right Daz, no point having 150mm of travel and only using 130mm, but iirc most forks have a rubber end stop inside that stops any metal to metal contact if the front does try and bottom out, so you think you nearly bottomed out, but in truth you probably did.D41 wrote:Doesn't that mean it's working right...using all the travel??
Fwiw nearly all road bikes have compromise suspension, as they have to carry a pillion and be safe. Respringing a bike and reworking the damping for track work is a big plus - especially if you're fast, it's not as hard as you think to find the limits of the bike are holding you back.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ??
That old shock oil smells delicious when it comes out. Yack.
I usually use a zip-tie around the stanchion to see how much travel is being used.
I usually use a zip-tie around the stanchion to see how much travel is being used.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ??
The BPFs have a small spring not a rubber stop and they rattle your fillings out!
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