So I've ridden to work almost every day this week... getting ready for my 3+ hour winter commute for school....
Well I figured that taking the same road twice a day would be a good way to let me shake out changes in suspension for the good or bad.
So the other day I decided to jack up my rear a bit. When I bought my bike the adjuster was completely collapsed with no threads showing on either end (it's an '03).
So I raised it about a 1/2 inch (quarter inch either side of the adjusting rod).
The next day I took it slow into work feeling for how it would turn in different, I noticed though some turns I was able to take much faster without feeling any instability.
So on the way home I let her rip a bit. It was like she was on rails. I normally have to ride damn near on top of the gas tank to get any stability in the corners. Now it feels like the front is just glued to the pavement. I just kept giving it more and more throttle to see when I would feel that instability I felt before... It just never came. I finish this little are (for the locals I was coming down 24 from the Caldecott Tunnel).. I get down to the flat area and I was doing around 110-115 indicated.. I was like "HOLY SHIZZA!"...
So the only bad thing I've found about this so far is that I can carry way more speed through turns and I have to watch myself a lot now to make sure I don't get excessive with the throttle....
But all around great mod so far, and I hope I have a similar result from the twisties this weekend.
Well I figured that taking the same road twice a day would be a good way to let me shake out changes in suspension for the good or bad.
So the other day I decided to jack up my rear a bit. When I bought my bike the adjuster was completely collapsed with no threads showing on either end (it's an '03).
So I raised it about a 1/2 inch (quarter inch either side of the adjusting rod).
The next day I took it slow into work feeling for how it would turn in different, I noticed though some turns I was able to take much faster without feeling any instability.
So on the way home I let her rip a bit. It was like she was on rails. I normally have to ride damn near on top of the gas tank to get any stability in the corners. Now it feels like the front is just glued to the pavement. I just kept giving it more and more throttle to see when I would feel that instability I felt before... It just never came. I finish this little are (for the locals I was coming down 24 from the Caldecott Tunnel).. I get down to the flat area and I was doing around 110-115 indicated.. I was like "HOLY SHIZZA!"...
So the only bad thing I've found about this so far is that I can carry way more speed through turns and I have to watch myself a lot now to make sure I don't get excessive with the throttle....
But all around great mod so far, and I hope I have a similar result from the twisties this weekend.