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I want to be able to change the weight distribution of me and my S4 combined, to move more of it more FORWARD.
I say this for 2 reasons:
1. The bike wheelies very easily with my 14/42 gearing (I like this gearing a lot, so don't suggest toning it down!)
2. On high speed sweepers, the tail end is not as secure as I'd like, and aomeone else with an S4 told me he solved that exact problem by putting more weight on the front via clipons and rearsets adjustments.
I realize I can probably do this via clipons and rearsets, but here are my OTHER wants that need to be met simultaneously:
1. I want to retain the ability to bring along a passenger occasionally, so want to keep a passenger peg capability
2. I have the Termignoni carbon high pipes, and have only 5.5" of room between the center of the swingarm pivot and the nearest point of the high exhaust pipe
3. I want to be able to replace the existing stock top triple tree plate with a nice CNC one (e.g. CycleCat), plus ADJUSTABLE clipons (again like the CycleCat ones)
Given those constraints, I'm looking for advice on:
1. Specificslly HOW do you determine how MUCH weight you need to shift?
2. Specifically HOW do you shift the weight? For example, it seems intuitive that moving the bar grips forward and down would seem helpful to get the weight more forward, but the rearset pegs have to move BACK don't they? (Otherwise you probably shift some weight from pegs to seat and move the weight distribution backwards rather than frontwards).
3. What bad things happen if you shift weight forward too much? I want any change I make to give predictable results for safety purposes.
Can someone out there educate me a bit?
JIm G
I say this for 2 reasons:
1. The bike wheelies very easily with my 14/42 gearing (I like this gearing a lot, so don't suggest toning it down!)
2. On high speed sweepers, the tail end is not as secure as I'd like, and aomeone else with an S4 told me he solved that exact problem by putting more weight on the front via clipons and rearsets adjustments.
I realize I can probably do this via clipons and rearsets, but here are my OTHER wants that need to be met simultaneously:
1. I want to retain the ability to bring along a passenger occasionally, so want to keep a passenger peg capability
2. I have the Termignoni carbon high pipes, and have only 5.5" of room between the center of the swingarm pivot and the nearest point of the high exhaust pipe
3. I want to be able to replace the existing stock top triple tree plate with a nice CNC one (e.g. CycleCat), plus ADJUSTABLE clipons (again like the CycleCat ones)
Given those constraints, I'm looking for advice on:
1. Specificslly HOW do you determine how MUCH weight you need to shift?
2. Specifically HOW do you shift the weight? For example, it seems intuitive that moving the bar grips forward and down would seem helpful to get the weight more forward, but the rearset pegs have to move BACK don't they? (Otherwise you probably shift some weight from pegs to seat and move the weight distribution backwards rather than frontwards).
3. What bad things happen if you shift weight forward too much? I want any change I make to give predictable results for safety purposes.
Can someone out there educate me a bit?
JIm G