02-07-15, 10:08 AM
Hiya fellas,
Looking for some advice on my trusty battleship.
When new, the fork dive on the Tiger ('98 carbs) was described as excessive and still is compared to the Fazer or indeed a modern day adventure style bike like a V Strom thou. This was probably due to the manufacturing era of "these bikes ARE dual purpose". Now whilst I like the fork dive to a degree, mainly because it ensures maximum tyre compression and contact area under a hard panic brake, the dive is excessive and you do get thrown forward a fair degree, not to mention the braking is down on the Fazers ability (110 section tyres, EBC HH pads and braided hoses on both bikes - bur smaller discs on Tiger with additional 40kg weight). Currently over road imperfections it also feels a bit harsh on poor rutted surfaces so wouldn't want to increase this.
Not sure if I have progressives fitted (doubt it) but the oil certainly hasn't been changed in around 30k miles so requires changing soon. The fronts are also non adjustable apart from choice of springs/spacers and oil weight.
The question is - will I gain more braking efficiency if the front is tighter or not. If I won't gain braking power then will leave the springs as is.
Any advice as always much appreciated
Cheers
Looking for some advice on my trusty battleship.
When new, the fork dive on the Tiger ('98 carbs) was described as excessive and still is compared to the Fazer or indeed a modern day adventure style bike like a V Strom thou. This was probably due to the manufacturing era of "these bikes ARE dual purpose". Now whilst I like the fork dive to a degree, mainly because it ensures maximum tyre compression and contact area under a hard panic brake, the dive is excessive and you do get thrown forward a fair degree, not to mention the braking is down on the Fazers ability (110 section tyres, EBC HH pads and braided hoses on both bikes - bur smaller discs on Tiger with additional 40kg weight). Currently over road imperfections it also feels a bit harsh on poor rutted surfaces so wouldn't want to increase this.
Not sure if I have progressives fitted (doubt it) but the oil certainly hasn't been changed in around 30k miles so requires changing soon. The fronts are also non adjustable apart from choice of springs/spacers and oil weight.
The question is - will I gain more braking efficiency if the front is tighter or not. If I won't gain braking power then will leave the springs as is.
Any advice as always much appreciated
Cheers
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