Suspenders, confusing init?

[smoky]

any one can answer my question, please.

What has wind stability to do with suspension set up?

The better the suspension - your tyres grip and stay on the road better, more planted, the bike should be more stable in all condition

[homer]

Has someone got some idea of the settings for the 1200 bandit
i have the rear set on the number 4
and the front on the third mark on top the shocks
it seams fine to me but it could be better i guess

[martybabe]

Hey congrats Marty

Always great to get something like that sorted out so easily. Sorry can't think for the life of me why such adjustments would make that kind of difference.



We have a ride on tomorrow night 6pm leaving from the Caltex on Eliot street if your still fizzing & need to stretch ya legs

Love too but the weatherman he say the sky shall be pissfull if not should be there.

[martybabe]

The better the suspension - your tyres grip and stay on the road better, more planted, the bike should be more stable in all condition

That makes sense actually, it felt like the wind was steering the bike rather than trying to blow it over, so if the fronts more planted on the tarmac, and it is, it's going to be less liable to the forces of evil init. Thanx mate.

[boomer]

How on earth can anyone have a sore arse after riding a 1400?

teh seats big enough both in depth and length to accommodate king lateefas ass.. let alone Dans.


Harden up ya poof.

[martybabe]

How on earth can anyone have a sore arse after riding a 1400?

teh seats big enough both in depth and length to accommodate king lateefas ass.. let alone Dans.


Harden up ya poof.

Piles, thanks for asking.

[AllanB]

When I was looking for a naked the Suzuki dealer said the 1400 was the fastest accelerating bike to 100ks Suzuki made! Never rode one - too large for my taste, and the plan was to go naked and slow done a bit.

Are they really that quick!

[xwhatsit]

Are they really that quick!

Thinking about it academically, they've got shit-loads of torque. Below 100kph, fairings don't do very much. And being a naked, I'd guess that it's geared lower than a faired bike?

So maybe not out of the question. Then again, that awful naked Hayabusa has been released, it's probably taken over now.

[martybabe]

When I was looking for a naked the Suzuki dealer said the 1400 was the fastest accelerating bike to 100ks Suzuki made! Never rode one - too large for my taste, and the plan was to go naked and slow done a bit.

Are they really that quick!

Once you adapt your ridding to get the most from the muscle, it is spectacularly quick. not frantic though like some, just a seamless rush of grunt. It's never a question of wringing it's neck like a two stroke, it just delivers massive forward momentum with apparently no effort at all.

Strange but exhilarating and sooo satisfying.

[jrandom]

Are they really that quick!

To 100?

I'd say. Yup. The litrebikes don't out-drag me until the speeds get into the illegal-on-the-road region.

You can get on the power really early on a GSX1400, too - standard practice for me on the track and in the twisties, now that I'm starting to get the hang of the bike, is to hear the howling of sportbikes crawling up my arse as I brake ponderously into a corner and they excitedly swing out and line up for the pass, only to hear the noise fade away again as I find an apex and 120Nm flings me up the road...

Then again, that awful naked Hayabusa has been released...

Well, yes, the B-King's definitely faster. I mean, like, duh. I didn't like riding it much, though. It makes going really fast far too easy.

And it is not as comfortable as a GSX1400.

And it's $8,000 more expensive.

And the pillion accommodation is crap.

Surely I'm not the only guy who considers, when choosing a bike, whether people (and by 'people', I mean chicks) are going to enjoy riding on the back?

[kiwifruit]

The litrebikes don't out-drag me until the speeds get into the illegal-on-the-road region.

[jrandom]

Yes, I figured you'd pick up on that.

Last time we did roll-ons, though, if I recall correctly, the R1 didn't have an obvious edge until it was from 100kph, with engines already on the boil?

I'm not suggesting that a 230kg, 98bhp bike is faster than a 150hp, 160kg bike, but you know how the difference in torque output affects the way a bike rides on the road, so that'll be enough from you, Mr Smartypants.

[boomer]

bwahahahhah i was just gonna quote him when i saw you beat me to it!!!


classic Mr J Random.. Classic

[kiwifruit]

Last time we did roll-ons, though, if I recall correctly, the R1 didn't have an obvious edge until it was from 100kph, with engines already on the boil?

couldn't help myself,

in top gear, from 70 odd kmh, where we'd expect the 1400 to pull, yes, there wasn't a great deal in it

on the boil? hmmmmm.... by the time "a litre bike' engine is on the boil a gsx1400 engine HAS boiled and has begin the evaporation phase, etc etc etc

[boomer]

..............now that I'm starting to get the hang of the bike, is to hear the howling of sportbikes crawling up my arse as I brake ponderously into a corner and they excitedly swing out and line up for the pass, only to hear the noise fade away again as I find an apex and 120Nm flings me up the road...

lollies.. did you have an implant too..??