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Thanks but I thought the glad wrap was much cleverer!
(I had to write something though 'cause it seemed like "glad wrap" was
gonna' just whoosh!)
Clem

 

I'll have to get my '87 CBR1000F running again soon[1], so I can go
and park it next to a CBR1000RR. ;-)


BTH
[1] The new motor is sitting on the shed floor next to it, we're
halfway there!

 

....at least the bike will soften it up for ya.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

You could park a 1989 GPX250 next to a 2004 GPX250,to see how much they've
evolved...

Postman Pat

 

check out the BNG

 

Obviously Pat will be representing "creation" in the upcoming Scopes
Monkey-bike trial!
Clem

 

I'll have to get my '87 CBR1000F running again soon[1], so I can go

I have CBR1000F and regualry hoon with a guy with a new CBR1000, just
totally another world. I feel like I'm on a 7 fiddy when I ride with him

 

? huh ? Soft front makes it easier to get it up on the throttle. wind up
to about 2/3rds of max rpm (or around the peak torque point) chop the
throttle off and back open and the weight sinking down and then pushing
back into the forks makes it heaps easier

Well, that's my experience YMMV, interested to hear if anyone has
experimented with it

Now that's definitely dodgy - the low tyre pressure is gunna make the
tyre walls all floppy and sloppy and it's gunna be less stable

Yeah OK, I'll buy that.

Yeah, particularly if you're fat or its underpowered or both

JL
(hope you don't mind Gary, stealing your sig or a variant thereof)
--
http://www.johnhowardlies.com/
The lie:
"We won't just automatically click our heels and follow the Americans."
John Howard, September 2002
The facts:
But one year earlier John Howard offered George Bush a blank cheque just
two days after September 11, 2001 when he said: "I've indicated
Australia will provide all support that might be requested of us by the
United States in relation to any action that might be taken."

 

I agree but preload doesn't really make forks any less "soft".... Just
reaises the ride height (which kinda' puts you in a more wheelie-ish
position).

I think 2/3rds max is too high to start with. (But I err on the side of
caution....) I think 1/3rd for starters and then increase it a little each
try until it works.
(Also, I earlier said "close the throttle..." but it's really just a flick
off-power followed by a flick back on)
~

Beyond by skills to discern but I'd pick "hard" rather than "soft".
~

Damping is adjustable now?!!?
~

Get fucked Littler!
Clem

 

More tips to make things easier:

N. Make sure your suspension is well set up not just for take-off
but for landing too! There's nothing more embarrasing than
following a long, floating wheel-stand with a frantic tankslapper

N+1. Other, possibly, than being booked for doing it outside your
daughter's school.

-----sharks

 

I rode a mate's Diversion yesterday and, naturally, I gave it a shot.....
It came up beautifully to a nice floaty balance-point but then my big
stupid foot knocked it into neutral!
We crashed back to earth rather awkwardly......
~

Get fucked Moore!
Clem
(and it was outside her "young women in business" seminar..... at least a
kilometre from the school!)

 

Alright, you are indeed correct in that by preloading it you shorten the
travel before a variable rate spring gets into it's primary working
zone. Which feels softer to me - maybe that's a bad wording then.

Point is you *want* the travel, the weight shift back and forth is what
makes it easier on underpowered bikes.

You really wouldn't bother on something like an R1, there you set it up
correctly for general riding and just open the taps any time you want to
lift the front.

OK Clem, just for you

JL
--
http://www.johnhowardlies.com/
The lie:
"We won't just automatically click our heels and follow the Americans."
John Howard, September 2002
The facts:
But one year earlier John Howard offered George Bush a blank cheque just
two days after September 11, 2001 when he said: "I've indicated
Australia will provide all support that might be requested of us by the
United States in relation to any action that might be taken."

 

Adding slabs of beer on the pillion seat, as required, is easier....
and, you can later drink the beer.

regards,
CrazyCam

 

Johnnie5 wrote

Do you *have* to keep talking in obscure three-letter acronyms?
Whatthe fudge is a BNG? Something that holds the liquid inside a
44-gallon drum?


BTH

 

Everyone should be doing it!

Gary

--

"My Government will always seek to be truthful and open with the Australian
public."

John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia

"According to Hitwise, JOHNHOWARDLIES.COM is the number 1 Australian
political website visited by Australian Internet users as of 16th July,
2004."

http://www.johnhowardlies.com/

 

Well, I *could*, if I owned a 1989 GPX250...


BTH

 

Great idea...

Doug Cox.
Work to ride, Ride to work...
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http://tinyurl.com/3rs6x

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<grin> On ya Dougie !

JL
(always happy to have robust debate, shame how Liberal AND Labor are way
to keen to dilute the media ownership rules - the pair of 'em have been
bought and sold by Murdoch and Packer)

--
http://www.johnhowardlies.com/
The lie:
"We won't just automatically click our heels and follow the Americans."
John Howard, September 2002
The facts:
But one year earlier John Howard offered George Bush a blank cheque just
two days after September 11, 2001 when he said: "I've indicated
Australia will provide all support that might be requested of us by the
United States in relation to any action that might be taken."

 

Well, I *could*, if I owned a 1989 GPX250...

'88 is definately the year to own. (Especially the RII model, with the twin
discs! - Even if it is only operating 7 valves at the moment)

 

I rode a mate's Diversion yesterday and, naturally, I gave it a shot.....

So I should make sure my very clumsy left foot is held well and truly away
from the gear lever until I get the hang of it all then.

BTW, I just dropped the bike off to get rejetted (so I rode to work today,
just won't be riding home). I am gradually getting there, I think. Am able
to do more little bunny hops now. Have a whole weekend of practicing open to
me though. <grin>