Subject: RE: Wirth and Ikon - a review
Author: John Ulrich
Date: Mar 3, 2005, 3:27 PM
Post ID: 1718488339
Greg Bender wrote:
| The bike handles much better with slightly quicker steering and I really appreciate the additional ground clearance |
Something else dawned on me that others more articulate on suspension
dymanics can help me with.
- The V11 sport pilots will talk about how dialing in more rear
height/preload will make their bikes handle quicker or they drop the
forks 1/2" higher into the triple trees on the EV's for quicker
response.
Greg might have accomplished that with the slightly higher than stock
rear shocks.
I found when I put too heavy of an oil in the forks that the firmer
forks ...also made the rear end feel like a buckboard even though I did
not touch the rear shocks.
Scary thought....race tuning loop suspensions. I'm sure Greg Field, who
pilots his at 100mph+ can educate us best on his findings.
Later,
JU