11-12-15, 10:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-12-15, 11:02 PM by pilninggas.)
(11-12-15, 09:30 PM)noggythenog link Wrote: [quote author=pilninggas link=topic=18881.msg218623#msg218623 date=1449865346]
Isn't the slow turn in partly, but significantly due to the very wide rear. I'm almost tempted to try a 180 section on the rear to see if it makes it turn in a little quicker.
Im with you on that pillingas....my woes with my fz1 are well documented & of course ill get a ribbing now for being a fanny but i think you could be onto something......combined with the weight i think it makes you doubt the bike at times & youve really gotta hustle it at times.......im much happier on my trx modded with a 180 rear it is so flickable........ok it wheezes out i could do with more hp.......but it corners quicker on most b roads...........on larger sweeping well surfaced a roads the fz1 excels itself as imo turn in speed is less relevant even at quite decent speeds.
Let the flames commence :b
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It isn't slow enough to annoy. I've hussled mine through over a hundred mountain passes (literally), but like most bikes with a 190 section rear, it can be harder to get over on it's side than bikes with narrower rears. To some extent the steep rake at the front makes up for it, but probably not enough.
Plenty of bikes of similar power output 'make do' with 180, so I guess Yamaha went with 190 in the interests of aesthetic.