Ohlins YA052 rear-set for an FJR1300

[Finn]

As Finn points out though, it's my own fault for not being rich enough to avoid tax altogether.

You make me sound arrogant. I'm not, I'm just fed up with NZ. Your comparison between Norway and NZ is perfect. Sweden (which Labour likes to base it's social engineering policies on) tried the same. Unfortunately they don't have any oil so it's failing big time, much like NZ.

Paying tax in NZ is pointless and if you can legally avoid it, do so. Even Winston Peters who paid back NZ First's $150k of stolen tax payers money directly to Starship doesn't trust Michael Cullen with it. Why should we?

[James Deuce]

Who are you and what have you done with the real Finn?

Tongue FIRMLY in cheek, old bean!

No slight was intended. Not even that other famous midget, Aaron Slight.

[RantyDave]

Oh god, now look what I've done.

[Hitcher]

Oh god, now look what I've done.

http://www.minbu.connectfree.co.uk/dwarf.htm

[sAsLEX]

What would get my vote would be manufacturers like Kawasaki giving up entirely on in house suspension manufacture, because they just can't do it.

KTM do it. Use suspension from their specialist suspension company.

[Robert Taylor]

KTM do it. Use suspension from their specialist suspension company.

Answer this then, what suspension components do KTM use on their works 125 and 250cc world championship road race team bikes , also their top spec ATV?

And who is Wim Peters working for?

[Robert Taylor]

KTM do it. Use suspension from their specialist suspension company.

Its not actually in house with the Japanese bike manufacturers, They alternate between Showa and Kayaba as subcontractors, throw in Soqi as a further option in Yamahas case. Its all about price, price and price.

Although ( for example ) Yamaha Motor Co has the majority shareholding in Ohlins AB Sweden it is just too expensive to fit top shelf components to every model as it reflects in significantly higher prices, even though the benefits are very real.

Companies such as Ohlins are still relatively small companies and just havent got anything like the production capacity neccessary for mainstream high volume mass market models. And that end of the market is not really what they are about.

You only get what you pay for. ALSO, although all countries have roads that are bumpy I suspect that we have a much higher percentage of bumpy roads than the mass market European and North American markets. I.e, vehicles there will spend a much greater percentage of time on smooth roads. Our predominace of bumpy roads ''cocktailed'' with the budget suspension fitted to most bikes arguably makes us more attentive to suspension shortcomings.

[James Deuce]

....with the budget suspension fitted to most bikes arguably makes us more attentive to suspension shortcomings.

Maybe 5% of people more attentive. A lot of motorcyclists I talk to haven't even begun to consider that suspension can wear out, let alone be improved upon.

[Robert Taylor]

Maybe 5% of people more attentive. A lot of motorcyclists I talk to haven't even begun to consider that suspension can wear out, let alone be improved upon.

Thats probably a very accurate comment.

[Hitcher]

And reminds me that I need to follow up and get my front suspension done...