Don't try to alter the instrument display readout as you approach a roundabout at 100km/hr (it's a rural roundabout not urban)...
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Grumpy Old Bastard
Don't try to alter the instrument display readout as you approach a roundabout at 100km/hr (it's a rural roundabout not urban)...
. “No pleasure is worth giving up for two more years in a rest home.” Kingsley Amis
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Thanks, I'll keep that in mind...Originally Posted by slofox
Don't try to alter the instrument display readout as you approach a roundabout at 100km/hr (it's a rural roundabout not urban)...
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OK, I give up....... You didn't scratch the Vixon did you?????
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Grumpy Old Bastard
Oh no - no damage or grief - nothing that a quick change of undies didn't fix...just found myself right up on the roundabout still at full speed...how stupid is that? Couldn't fucking believe I could be that stupid...OK, I give up....... You didn't scratch the Vixon did you?????
Still, I can rest in the knowledge that the brakes are pretty good...
. “No pleasure is worth giving up for two more years in a rest home.” Kingsley Amis
Hardcore Biker
Did a similar thing few years back, came up to round about and pants were bunched up.
Up on pegs with a bouce to shake pants down a bit, got the rear brake a bit too hard ended up with squashed nuts on tank. Spent rest of ride to work lying on tank trying not to puke.
Hardcore Biker
Well, lucky you didn't upgrade to the Thousand then...
Did something similarly stupid the other night. Got annoyed with my very hard damping on Scarlet, so wrote down the settings and eased everything off the damping, and boy, what a transformation! Way more comfy.
Anyways, so while I was out test riding, I decided to try a ripply section of road which always causes the back to spin from bouncing up and down. Went over the bumps with a bit of gas. Next thing I know the back hooks up so much better and shoots me forward up the road much faster than ever before, bugger, theres the turn!!! Hop on the fronts and brake hard and make the corner - phew - Suspention working? Check!
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Grumpy Old Bastard
How much did you ease off?
. “No pleasure is worth giving up for two more years in a rest home.” Kingsley Amis
Hardcore Biker
Lots. It was about 1 or 1.5 turns out from full damping on everything. So I eased off everything and started turning them in till the bounce was eliminated and it still felt like it would give some absorption.
Put a cable tie on the front forks as well to monitor travel so it doesn't go towards bottoming out.
Ride seams much better now, gone from feeling like riding on a stiff plank to a more compliant beastie.
If you do fiddle with Vixen, take it cautiously at first as a little change goes a long way.
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