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« on: 03 May 2012, 03:47:52 pm »
Collected my fazer on Tuesday and rode it to Hull ferry that afternoon, then on to home in the Mosel, Germany, on Wednesday (torrential rain and poor visibility almost the entire way). I've had two first gen fazers before.
It seems to be as good a bike as I remember it to be (hence buying another), but I've a few questions I hope you'll help with:
- the suspension has been 'sorted' (previous owner's words) by Ktech. The front end feels a little firmer than I remember, but still a little 'bouncy' (especially compared to my blade). The rear seems ok. I can't recall the standard shock at all, visually. This has a red spring, a cylinder (excuse my ignorance), remote resevoir?, with blue adjustment collars and a blue end 'cap' on the right side of the cylinder. What have I got? just the Ktech spring or a complete unit?
- the ride height seems higher than I remember and looks jacked-up. I read the thread on dog bones and it would appear that mine are shorter than standard, explaining the height. My legs/hips seem to ache sooner than I remember on my previous bikes. My question is, does having shorter dog bones and subsequent raised ride height, affect the relationship - in terms of distance - between foot peg and seat? I ask because I've just measured it on the fazer and on my blade and they're about the same, which is interesting, because I got the fazer because the blade was causing aches in my legs. Coul be that I'm just getting old and stiff of course! You can see where I'm going with this .... if the leg position is more-or-less the same, I'm wondering if I should just fir higher bars to the blade (cnc comfort kit), as it's - in my opinion - a better handling bike. If there is a relationship between dog legs/ride height and distance between pegs and seat, then maybe I can sort it by returning it to standard.
- Is there an easy way (ie for a mechanical numpty) to tell if the exup is working as it should be? I was told that the previous owner serviced it every year, but the collector box is quite rusty and I don't know if this is significant regarding the exup?
-The tyres are Bridgestone Battlaxe, with an 015 on the front and an 023 on the rear. Is this an acceptable or commom combination?
Hope you don't mind me asking so many questions, being relatively new to the forum, but as they say in my native Northumberland, 'shy bairns get nowt'! Thanks in anticipation.
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