14-03-17, 02:17 AM
I must be a bit weird as having read all the posts about how awful the standard suspension is and not having a huge budget at the moment, I bought a BMW S1000RR rear shock ready to start improving the handling on my bike at an early stage.
Well so far I've been surprised that the stock suspension seems to work pretty well although I appreciate the roads are still cold so I'm not pushing as hard as I will be doing in the summer. The rear suspension was on very soft settings when I got the bike and the front quite firm. I've upped the damping on the rear shock to just a click above the stock settings and so far it's been fine.
I'm getting new top hat bushings machined by a friend for the BMW shock this week and he'll drill the bottom fork at the same time so it will be ready to fit if I feel the need, as for the front I'll look at upgrading that if I do change the rear.
I have standard rubber hoses on my brakes and they work fine, they're actually much stronger than the brakes I had on my GSXR1000 K8, though the Gixxer brakes are renowned for being weak.
Well so far I've been surprised that the stock suspension seems to work pretty well although I appreciate the roads are still cold so I'm not pushing as hard as I will be doing in the summer. The rear suspension was on very soft settings when I got the bike and the front quite firm. I've upped the damping on the rear shock to just a click above the stock settings and so far it's been fine.
I'm getting new top hat bushings machined by a friend for the BMW shock this week and he'll drill the bottom fork at the same time so it will be ready to fit if I feel the need, as for the front I'll look at upgrading that if I do change the rear.
I have standard rubber hoses on my brakes and they work fine, they're actually much stronger than the brakes I had on my GSXR1000 K8, though the Gixxer brakes are renowned for being weak.