Ohlins

[HenryDorsetCase]

there are certain things I miss like agreeable looking girls wearing hot pants but I dont miss the grim suspension that motorcycles had at that time.

Get thee to the Sunshine coast in September. all the hot pants you can handle.

It seems to be (i digress) the fashion now to have high waisted, tight cutoff jeans in a certain fashion demographic Like Daisy Duke, say (not Jessica Simpson, the far superior first one). We used to call them mumble pants.... as in "I can see her lips moving but I can't quite hear what she's saying"

annnnyway, back to the matter at hand, eh?

[blackdog]

Get thee to the Sunshine coast in September. all the hot pants you can handle.

It seems to be (i digress) the fashion now to have high waisted, tight cutoff jeans in a certain fashion demographic Like Daisy Duke, say (not Jessica Simpson, the far superior first one). We used to call them mumble pants.... as in "I can see her lips moving but I can't quite hear what she's saying"

annnnyway, back to the matter at hand, eh?

Are you blind? If they didn't talk would you really go for Catherine Bach?

Apart from the fact that she's probably 66 or so years old now.

[AllanB]

As stated previous I've put some Gold on the Hornet.

I do not track ride -road only and purely for pleasure. On group rides I'm a mid-packer so I have no grandeurs of being a racer.

It started after a few shitty Earthquakes and I thought bugger I'll try some fork springs - Mr T sorted this and I fitted them. The difference was impressive and the short comings of the rear shock became very apparent. No amount of twiddling could get it near the front end.

So A e-mail to Robert and he built me up a very well price piece of gold for the rear end.

As before the bike is transformed regardless of the speed. Braking is vastly improved with the better front end.

Life on the motorcycle is considerably better and that's all I need to be a happy man.

[Robert Taylor]

Seeing Robert's here - what's the best thing to do with an FZ1 (old model) front end?
Apart from chuck it, that is......

Send me an enqiry to my regular e-mail address quoting the model year and your personal stats.

[puddytat]

Im continually amazed at the amount of Riders who cant even get it together to set their static sag.....

[Maha]

Im continually amazed at the amount of Riders who cant even get it together to set their static sag.....

...I had a look at my static sag the other day...not a pretty sight..

[Pussy]

Im continually amazed at the amount of Riders who cant even get it together to set their static sag.....

Exactly! It aint rocket science, and you sure don't have to go to great lengths to do it.

[Coolz]

When I was young and dumb I walked into a bike shop in Greenlane and asked the old codger behind the counter what could I buy to make my bike go faster.Spend your money on brakes and suspension he told me.Of course I scoffed at that,any young fella knows you start by hotting up the mota. The next time I went to Greenlane it wasnt the bike shop I was visiting,it was the emergency department of the Greenlane hospital....Maybe that bloke in the shop knew a bit more than me afterall...His name was Len Perry.

[Madness]

Len Perry.

This makes for interesting reading. Appropriate considering the thread subject.........

The NZ Grand Prix held in Easter 1948 attracted between 10-20,000 spectators while the NZ TT was won by Len Perry on a Velocette in 2hrs.10min and 33 secs. Perry also won the junior title at the same event. The Hamilton 100 was also held in front of 10,000 spectators and had a field of 97 competitors while the NZ Beach Championships open title was collected by S Winterburn aboard a Norton covering the 20 miles on Muriwai beach in 17min. 21 secs.

Bikes which had been minority marques gained a new lease of life after the war with the development of fast, reliable, twin cylinder engines, typified by Triumph, Norton, and Velocette – which kept a large loyal following. Mr. Phillips 350cc Springheel Velocette draws special mention in the records of the annual report. This machine is one of the first ever to have more than simple marque and capacity recorded. Almost certainly the model is recorded by virtue of its being an unusual and innovative machine – one of the first motorcycles to reach New Zealand with 'real' suspension.

[Maha]

The front fork solution that I have offered you in fact primarily involves reshimming only, oil will be Ohlins.( which is brewed mainly by Statoil, a state owned Norwegian company )

So basically a systematic method of adjusting the shims followed by the addition of some heavy weight oil will be job done?

[Robert Taylor]

So basically a systematic method of adjusting the shims followed by the addition of some heavy weight oil will be job done?

Primarily shims and engineering out ''uncontrolled bleed''. The aim is to be able to run as thin an oil as is possible because its viscosity ( and therefore fork action / speed ) will vary less with temperature shift.

[pritch]

I came late to this and missed the fun basically because it started in a thread which included "FZ8" in the title. The road test of the FZ8 I had read was such that I have no interest in the model and consequently missed all the excitement.

Not far from where I live is a road less traveled, and hopefully thus, a road also less patrolled. Sadly, but not surprisingly, this also means that it is a road less maintained. Seriously bumpy in fact.

The surface was so irregular that it limited the speed at which I was prepared to punt the Hornet along. The bike was leaping all over the place requiring constant steering corrections. Too thrilling by far!

One day Sensei advised me that there was a suitable Ohllns for sale on Tardme, so I went after it and bought it. The difference was amazing. The bike would track perfectly straight over the same bumps that had previously proved seriously unsettling. This at considerably higher velocities than formerly. Some preload had been dialed into the forks, but otherwise the only difference was the rear shock.

I'm at the stage in my motorcycling career where I'm more interested in comfort than speed but my last three bikes have had Ohlins, and the next one definitely will too. The only reason I haven't put one in the Triumph is that I wasn't sure how long I was keeping it, and it really isn't too bad as is.

Were I to squirt the Triple at warp speed down that same road less traveled though, who knows?

[Maha]

I came late to this and missed the fun basically because it started in a thread which included "FZ8" in the title. The road test of the FZ8 I had read was such that I have no interest in the model and consequently missed all the excitement.

Not far from where I live is a road less traveled, and hopefully thus, a road also less patrolled. Sadly, but not surprisingly, this also means that it is a road less maintained. Seriously bumpy in fact.

The surface was so irregular that it limited the speed at which I was prepared to punt the Hornet along. The bike was leaping all over the place requiring constant steering corrections. Too thrilling by far!

One day Sensei advised me that there was a suitable Ohllns for sale on Tardme, so I went after it and bought it. The difference was amazing. The bike would track perfectly straight over the same bumps that had previously proved seriously unsettling. This at considerably higher velocities than formerly. Some preload had been dialed into the forks, but otherwise the only difference was the rear shock.

I'm at the stage in my motorcycling career where I'm more interested in comfort than speed but my last three bikes have had Ohlins, and the next one definitely will too. The only reason I haven't put one in the Triumph is that I wasn't sure how long I was keeping it, and it really isn't too bad as is.

Were I to squirt the Triple at warp speed down that same road less traveled though, who knows?

The whole point is missed on so many...
No body has said (ever) that Ohlins is anything but what it is..excellent gear.
Personally..and this is just me, I will never need or use the full extent of what Ohlins suspension has to offer.
I dont do trackdays, I ride basically within the speed limit...
I am sure it says so in the first post (maybe said differently)
I ride between 100-120...thats it.
Thats what I enjoy doing and fitting top of line suspension aint going to change a thing.
You (or anybody else for that matter) wont change my view on that.

Most of you dont even know me or how I ride and I cant explain that any clearer.
I just like changing my bike every two-three years...why the fuck would I want to spend all that money of something that I wont get the benefit of?

This bit makes me laugh...its my view point on the FZ8..couple of years down the road, and I'll be up for another new bike...again.
''The only reason I haven't put one in the Triumph is that I wasn't sure how long I was keeping it, and it really isn't too bad as is''.

[Owl]

Were I to squirt the Triple at warp speed down that same road less traveled though, who knows?

Unless there's a major difference between 05-09, I'd imagine pretty bad. Mine was certainly a shocker (excuse the pun).

In saying that, I've just got off a Bonneville SE that had Ohlins fitted to the rear yesterday by RT. Light years ahead of the OEM, in fact far better than I expected. Hitting bumps mid-corner has turned from "Oh Jesus" to "Cooooool". Even much more stable in higher wind and doesn't want to dart all over the road like it did before.

[Robert Taylor]

Unless there's a major difference between 05-09, I'd imagine pretty bad. Mine was certainly a shocker (excuse the pun).

In saying that, I've just got off a Bonneville SE that had Ohlins fitted to the rear yesterday by RT. Light years ahead of the OEM, in fact far better than I expected. Hitting bumps mid-corner has turned from "Oh Jesus" to "Cooooool". Even much more stable in higher wind and doesn't want to dart all over the road like it did before.

Thanks Al, and the rider is typical of many Ohlins customers. She doesnt neccessarily want to travel faster, she wants suspension that will absorb bumps, not deflect off them! Plus more surefooted chassis control. That is a main salient point that is lost on many who think its just about going faster.