11-09-14, 09:31 PM
Hi All
Just an update on my suspension riding problems, perhaps all of you know what i have found out and i am teaching grandmother to suck eggs, as i have stated i am a somewhat road biker virgin and same with being a fazer virgin having only had mine 6 months. Changing the suspension settings on my fazer made a great deal of difference the bike felt alot more in tune with me and the road. However since i bought the bike i have felt uncomfortable with it in that it feels like it skips when going over road seems lines etc. Being a bike virgin and talking to non bike virgin i was advised that some skipping as i call it was normal. So on i plod i did have the bike in a local garage over something else and he had a quick look and said it all looked fine to him so on i continued with a hop skip and a jump, i have become very good at avoiding the seems and paintwork on the road.
Anyway took the bike to a garage thats only 100 yards from work they do bodywork so i was just wondering if they could touch up the minor scratches it has, i have never pimped a car but i have already got ordered a beowulf radiator grill and side covers in stainless steel what the hells going on with me, i have washed this bloody bike more times than my past 3 cars.
The mechanic seems a nice guy and races bikes he even suspects he had the correct r6 shock as he used to race them... interesting. As soon as he looked at my bike he said i bet thats misbehaving on the road specially on the seems. I first thought someone had worded him up and he was taking the p**** but no he was genuine. He pointed out my front tyre was completley goosed even thought its new last year according to the receipts, goosed in the way its misshapen and even goes to a point in the centre. The guy said put a new tyre on the bike and it will feel like a new bike, 311 miles later and wow, i thought i was just a slow rider coz i am past learning and should have tamed the midlife crisis but no all along my lack of confidence in myself was actually myself telling me something was not good. As a bike virgin what did i have to compare my knowledge with, now my bike feels solid on the ground and does not fuss what it goes over in terms of seems, paint ect Now after so many months of being despondant i can go out and enjoy the ride more without the worry of the bike sticking to the ground. oh the tyre was a bridgestone 23 something if anyone was curious.
F
Just an update on my suspension riding problems, perhaps all of you know what i have found out and i am teaching grandmother to suck eggs, as i have stated i am a somewhat road biker virgin and same with being a fazer virgin having only had mine 6 months. Changing the suspension settings on my fazer made a great deal of difference the bike felt alot more in tune with me and the road. However since i bought the bike i have felt uncomfortable with it in that it feels like it skips when going over road seems lines etc. Being a bike virgin and talking to non bike virgin i was advised that some skipping as i call it was normal. So on i plod i did have the bike in a local garage over something else and he had a quick look and said it all looked fine to him so on i continued with a hop skip and a jump, i have become very good at avoiding the seems and paintwork on the road.
Anyway took the bike to a garage thats only 100 yards from work they do bodywork so i was just wondering if they could touch up the minor scratches it has, i have never pimped a car but i have already got ordered a beowulf radiator grill and side covers in stainless steel what the hells going on with me, i have washed this bloody bike more times than my past 3 cars.
The mechanic seems a nice guy and races bikes he even suspects he had the correct r6 shock as he used to race them... interesting. As soon as he looked at my bike he said i bet thats misbehaving on the road specially on the seems. I first thought someone had worded him up and he was taking the p**** but no he was genuine. He pointed out my front tyre was completley goosed even thought its new last year according to the receipts, goosed in the way its misshapen and even goes to a point in the centre. The guy said put a new tyre on the bike and it will feel like a new bike, 311 miles later and wow, i thought i was just a slow rider coz i am past learning and should have tamed the midlife crisis but no all along my lack of confidence in myself was actually myself telling me something was not good. As a bike virgin what did i have to compare my knowledge with, now my bike feels solid on the ground and does not fuss what it goes over in terms of seems, paint ect Now after so many months of being despondant i can go out and enjoy the ride more without the worry of the bike sticking to the ground. oh the tyre was a bridgestone 23 something if anyone was curious.
F