(02-02-15, 12:55 PM)JoeRock link Wrote: [size=78%]Personally mate, I reckon you've made the right decision![/size]
Now, as to your list:
Forks - I'd recommend taking the springs out, and checking them first. They'll have a code stamped on them. Find out what rate it is, and what weight that's good for, and then replace if its not right. Seems a bit pointless doing the oil - if you're not using all the travel the spring just isn't right for your weight at all - thicker oil would make it seem harder, but won't affect the travel.
Shock - I would also imagine if the front is too stiff the rear may also be. Take it off, send it to Nitron. Will cost about £100-£150, they can service it, respring it and revalve it for your weight, and then it will be completely sorted. Also worth noting you don't actually need dog bones - your shock is ride height adjustable. Better to use that first as it won't alter the linkage rate like dog bones will.
Grips - Soft renthals!
cheers Joe, I hope it pays off as it's quite an outlay, fingers crossed.
I need to confirm a few things but I see what you mean about the springs and I totally hadn't realised that the different fork oil wouldn't change the travel so I think in that case it's best to just get looking for a set of springs now. I see K-tech banded around quite a bit these days.
& ref the shock im pretty sure the ride height is already up towards the max but i'll investigate that, I,ve got some free leg clearance so for £20 for some jack ups it'll be nice for a bit more.
I got the serial number off the shock spring and enquired at Nitron and they reckon that it is what they'd recommend for my weight which makes me wonder why the previous owner then went so extreme with the front springs...bit of a dodgy uncalculated move I think.
agree with some nice Renthal grips, easy decision. 8)
Easiest way to go fast........don't buy a blue bike
Had an ebay splurge this morning....items purchased:-
Renthal Bars in Gold
R&G bar ends to fit Renthals
Carbon top yoke cover
Renthal grips, black ones, i just couldnt live with the soft ones being a horribly light grey or beige or whatever they are
Race fasteners for the Tank cover thing
Decals....jury is out but were cheap so ill see.
5 litres of WD40 lol....you can never have too much.
Devilsyam..........after all your advice ive went & got some FZS1000 risers in black to try out.......regards the Renthals......i pissed about for ages on the Renthal site & i was very close to getting the 755's...........but at the last minute i thought foc it lets try something different......so in the interest of experimentation ive ordered some Renthal High 756's......i just liked the looks of them....but dont worry ill shame myself if they are shit and i should have got 755's.....i can send back for replacement no probs.
Easiest way to go fast........don't buy a blue bike
Its Jekyl & Hyde in my mind......there's the real me.....& then there's the noggy me...........noggy me always focs things up & does things the hard way :lol
Real me - yeh get the 755's, devilsyam has them they are proven, easy peasy.
Noggy me - oh what are they...ohhhh.....shit i just clicked buy now foc you noggy me :b
I am cuffing it and yes i can see them being sent back but hey ho like i say curiosity got the better of me......if i was a cat id be foccin killed.
But here's a question for yous - what's the most significant dimension when it comes to brake hose stretch?........i would say that overall height rather than the Rise is.
If so then the 756's are only 15mm taller than the 755's & if I use FZS risers which look shorter then that could negate the difference.......possibly.
Rise is quite different between the 755's & 756's .
Easiest way to go fast........don't buy a blue bike
09-02-15, 09:31 AM (This post was last modified: 09-02-15, 09:32 AM by Andy FZS.)
Ok so with all this talk of renthal bars I've still got some cash from Christmas I NEED to spend, what is best option for a gen1 thou, what's the benefits and I really don't want to have to change brake pipes etc as I haven't finished fitting them yet, brakes are sat on the bench covered in red rubber grease.
(09-02-15, 09:31 AM)Andy FZS link Wrote: Ok so with all this talk of renthal bars I've still got some cash from Christmas I NEED to spend, what is best option for a gen1 thou, what's the benefits and I really don't want to have to change brake pipes etc as I haven't finished fitting them yet, brakes are sat on the bench covered in red rubber grease.
I think 756's in gold are what you need.....you wanna buy some Andy?
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(09-02-15, 11:49 AM)Andy FZS link Wrote: 2nd hand ones are usually less than half price if I'm not mistaken. ..ok so what are the benefits other than gold ones being cheaper
Jus a bit more of a personal touch really, they look the biz etc.
Id only really consider them if you had something that you didnt like about the current bars. I got 758 s on my 600 but only after i crashed and bent my standard bars, they were an economical replaxement that happened to feel a bit better.
I dont like the flat bars on the Gen2, i can understand clip ons and i can understand bent bars but i just cannot get on with flat bars it's like im operating a tiller or some kind of strange device rather than riding a bike :lol
[/size][size=78%]We'll see who's laughing when my mahoosive 756's arrive tomorrow[/size] :\ [/size][size=78%] [/size]
Easiest way to go fast........don't buy a blue bike
Ok so what's the difference between 755, 756 and 758 and if you say 1 and then 2 I'll ignore it. What site did you buy them from, I've looked on the renthal site and it just seems to list crossers / off road bikes.
Cheers
Andy
09-02-15, 11:25 PM (This post was last modified: 09-02-15, 11:31 PM by noggythenog.)
(09-02-15, 11:06 PM)Andy FZS link Wrote: Ok so what's the difference between 755, 756 and 758 and if you say 1 and then 2 I'll ignore it. What site did you buy them from, I've looked on the renthal site and it just seems to list crossers / off road bikes.
Cheers
Andy
Try this Andy and work through the key which lists all the different measurements of each of the bars.
Theres a pic of some blue handlebars on a bike, jus above it is some option buttons, click on the one that sayss "spec" & that'll bring up the pic with the A to F key to match with the other A to F listings at the bottom of the page.
In the end i just went on ebay and got the cheapest ones i could see.
Mind they dont come pre drilled to accept all the switchgear like standard bars, you gotta file down the plastic lugs of the switchgear so they sit flush on the bar and then use some decent tape round the bars for the gear to bite into instead of locating in holes.
Easiest way to go fast........don't buy a blue bike
