23-09-15, 08:21 PM
Yes, cracking post. More! Anyone else tried a Tracer?
As for budget suspension - you do wonder why the Japanese keep doing this. The Suzuki GSX1000F has been criticised for budget suspension as has the MT07 and 09. Seriously, it costs 400 quid for a really decent aftermarket job, so you'd expect a manufacturer to be able to get a similar quality shock for a say a hundred less, knock off a couple of hundred saving on not using the useless original which means getting a decent quality shock should only cost a hundred or so extra? Why don't they? Baffles me. Answers on a postcard.
Even if it added 400 quid to the cost of the bike, it'd be worth it. But then again, how many Japanese bikes use top quality correctly sprung shocks? Not many, is the answer. Even some of the top sports bike are sold with badly set up suspension which is why MCT, etc are in business.
As for budget suspension - you do wonder why the Japanese keep doing this. The Suzuki GSX1000F has been criticised for budget suspension as has the MT07 and 09. Seriously, it costs 400 quid for a really decent aftermarket job, so you'd expect a manufacturer to be able to get a similar quality shock for a say a hundred less, knock off a couple of hundred saving on not using the useless original which means getting a decent quality shock should only cost a hundred or so extra? Why don't they? Baffles me. Answers on a postcard.
Even if it added 400 quid to the cost of the bike, it'd be worth it. But then again, how many Japanese bikes use top quality correctly sprung shocks? Not many, is the answer. Even some of the top sports bike are sold with badly set up suspension which is why MCT, etc are in business.
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