03-07-12, 08:18 AM
you cant compare a GS to a fazer ...the paralever set up gives a totally different feel.Plus its a totally different spring / damping set up as its a semi off road bike.
my advice would be to take your fazer to a trackday if possible and experiment with settings. For me its the best environment to see what the bike can do, and improve your cornering skills.
I also would comment that our roads are deteriorating very fast and firm suspension settings will tend to give you the " chatter" you describe..its godawful road rippling much of the time. Again , if you take a bike like a GS with its supple damping on such roads it will automatically feel much more stable.
I have been experiencing some issues with my K tech suspension , but in truth so much of it is the poor road surface in so many areas.As you push yer fazer faster and harder , it will start getting noticed.After test riding over half a dozen bikes recently , I came back to my fazer realising the sussies aint that bad after all ! Sometimes you do need a fresh perspective.
I also would say that a fazer probably wont handle as well as a fireblade, particularly at speed, so maybe dont have too high an expectation. Similarly , on several occassions, on my fazer I have been gobsmacked at a GS roadholding. Just cos we love our fazers, dont always mean they are the best out there at everything !
my advice would be to take your fazer to a trackday if possible and experiment with settings. For me its the best environment to see what the bike can do, and improve your cornering skills.
I also would comment that our roads are deteriorating very fast and firm suspension settings will tend to give you the " chatter" you describe..its godawful road rippling much of the time. Again , if you take a bike like a GS with its supple damping on such roads it will automatically feel much more stable.
I have been experiencing some issues with my K tech suspension , but in truth so much of it is the poor road surface in so many areas.As you push yer fazer faster and harder , it will start getting noticed.After test riding over half a dozen bikes recently , I came back to my fazer realising the sussies aint that bad after all ! Sometimes you do need a fresh perspective.
I also would say that a fazer probably wont handle as well as a fireblade, particularly at speed, so maybe dont have too high an expectation. Similarly , on several occassions, on my fazer I have been gobsmacked at a GS roadholding. Just cos we love our fazers, dont always mean they are the best out there at everything !