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12-23-2010, 03:04 PM | #1 |
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Yeah, I threw appropriate fork springs and 20wt. oil in the forks, then added an Ohlins type 4 shock on my old Bandit 1200S, then enjoyed playing with Gixxer squids in the twisties
I think that suspension is the better way to spend your money on a street bike. Go ahead and tweak the CBR. You won't regret it
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12-23-2010, 08:25 PM | #3 | |
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When you buy a bike it's made for the "average" rider, with all sorts of compromises made. They use things like progressively wound springs, rather than a straight-rate spring of appropriate rating. I don't really believe in progressively wound springs. In many cases when you set the proper sag for your weight, you'll end up using up almost all of the lowest spring rate anyway. Unless you weigh 150 pounds the odds are that your suspension isn't properly set up for you, on a sportbike. It tends to be set up on the plush side, rather than the performance side of the equation. Having springs that are better suited to your weight, whatever it might be, can only help. Aftermarket shocks also tend to have better damping control, as the stock units are made to a cost. Many have little or no effect from adjustment. So I spend less than $7500.00 on the bike, then toss $2000.00 at it in suspension components, and get a bike that handles better for me than the one for $3-$K more would. Horsepower is largely immaterial, on the street.
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