Yay!

[Clivoris]

Only if you replace the headlight with a basket and put some streamers on and get some playing cards for the spokes.

AAAAARGHH. The curse of a powerful imagination.

[Fatjim]

The Tuonos seem to be murder to set up for front end feel. I had 207rrs on mine, crashed and got rid of them. I've never got on with Dunlop road tyres though. They seem to take too long to heat up and get too unstable at speed or hard acceleration. I need to review the set-up on my Ape but had it out at Manfield tuesday last week. The Rosso felt bloody great. Even though I wasn't get enough feedback to confidently push it, I was getting the knee down on some of the right handers. It felt really wrong too, while sitting behind those moto-x bars. I've backed off the preload a bit on bothe ends and raised the rear ride height to help the steering. I'd like to refine that and work on the rebound settings. Maybe we should have a Tuono suspension set-up clinic in the new-year? I'm very keen to make the best of what I have and am convinced that there is better handling to be had. Yours should be handling like a scalpel mate.

Yeah, but jim2's right. Too much weight on the arse end. Funny thing is the demo I rode from TSS about a year ago was superb, and I mean absofuckinglutely amazing. I'm not too happy with mine, may have to get rob to look at them when I'm feeling more fiscal.

I too get a lot of rear tyre squirm under accelleration. I put it down to not enough compression damping in the rear through, as I've upped the spring rate and the rebound to no effect.

I also find it tough to turn in past a certain point and hard work to maintain lean. Maybe I just need some more time on the tukas and out the back of Martinborough to get used to those bars.

Things being tight though I can't afford to prematurly replace reasonable rubber. Not had too many moments, just a little bit of the rear letting go under power, but nothing too alarming.