Scraping pegs while hanging off?

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  1. reg71

    reg71 Poser Staff Member

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    well, I bought a penske for the rear and upgraded the front with .95 racetech springs and gold valves. It wasn't cheap, but if you are gonna run a VFR hard, it needs it. I actually rode RW's bike and liked the way it tracked a line through bumps at triple digits that I knew I had to upgrade. Next time we meet up, remind me and you can try my setup and see how it feels to you...
     
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    +1. Supersports have higher pegs, too, making them less likely to touch down in tight turns.
     
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    By the way, I was quoted about 400-500 in parts for the front (springs, gold valves, and oil) and about 3-4 hours of labor. I don't know if this is something I want to take on myself, and my mechanic is really good at suspension work. Did you do it yourself?
     
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    Talk to Lee at Traxxion. He quoted me a respring, revalve, oil WITH labor for sub 600 for my FZ1. I don't know if Traxxion has all the parts for a VFR though.

    EDIT: Though obviously, traxxion is out of state. This means you'll need to get your forks on/off yourself, but it's fairly easy.
     
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    This bike is trick! Isn't this the one from VFRD that has an R1 front end? Sweet ass bike. I wouldn't even mind having the VTEC on that bike!:biggrin:
     
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    Well spotted it is OzVFRs zRoYz from VFRDs old bike which he modded to the max, he is also very fussy in his motorcycling requirments so was letting you know like your mechanic he preferred a Wilbers rear over an Ohlins, the front '04 R1 forks were much modified internally. :cool:
     
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    The easist place to fine the Wilbers shocks are Thurn Motorsports out of Germany.

    Go to their website and they have three choices in shock models.

    I know a guy who has a Wilburs on his FJ1300 and he knows his suspension "stuff". Appears to be a good shock for the cash.

    It would be nice to see your hang off style in pics. That can also say alot.

    BZ
     
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    upper body off more (elbow on tank filler), preload +max
     
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    You will find that even w/ suspension set up the pegs still hit.
    $500.00 to sato for rear sets will eliminate this problem.
    If anyone else knows of another company that sells rear sets please chime in.
     
  11. jaimev34

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    Good idea; will try to get some photos up today, after work though since it will take some time (since I've never done it before on this site). Upon a cursory review of some of my pics, I'm not hanging off too much; this is a public road after all. I see some of the other pics of guys riding this mountain and they are completely off the bike to the inside of the turn, and they are scraping knee. I don't want to scrape knee and don't think I need to for the speed I'm riding up and down this mtn.

    Preload is already to the max in the front; that's what it took to get my sag right.

    Changing the rear sets would def help, but at 6'4" I don't think my knees would like me too much if I did this. I'm looking to correct this by tweaking my technique and/or upgrading the susp. (as I planned on doing the susp. upgrade anyways). Like you said and squirrel before you, I think this is normal due to the geometry of the VFR. Thanks for the input, though.
     
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    Thurn Motorsports makes "adjustable" pegs for the 5th gen it looks like.

    BZ
     
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    Maybe I should show him "the monkey":biggrin:

    BZ
     
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    please do:thumbsup:
     
  15. jaimev34

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    Riding form

    Here are some photos of my form. Please be gentle!!

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    Damn, it didn't work. The photos are in my gallery. When replying, I hit the mountain icon and inserted the addresses of the pics, but no-go. Will try again later.
     
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    your head needs to be where the mirror is, lower body is fine, upper body needs more "off"

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    Your body position isn't that bad brother.

    If a few of the pics the immediate things noticed are:

    1. You are barely off the seat.
    2. Upper body needs to be more into the turn like betarace suggested.

    It takes practice, practice and more practice.

    Not bad brother, you are looking through the turn, which is really good. That's alot of te battle.

    BZ
     
  20. Bubba Zanetti

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    I knew your smartass was going have two cents to say:wink:

    When I see you Monday at Thunderbolt I got a penny in change for your thoughts!

    You are just jealous the CR's like my 'style':biggrin:

    Remember betarace, its not how fast you go, but how good you look doing it :cool: LOL!

    BZ
     
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