Re: Hurrah for new tyres!
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Originally Posted by BigApe
(Post 1441874)
Suspension yes, brakes no. OK they are no six pots from a supersport. But then the SV is no supersport. The stock brakes are fine. My question was a leading question to find out if the suspension was stock or not. My SV handles just fine. But then I have changed both the front and rear bouncy bits. Was wondering Nigel, it you think it's such a bad handling bike, why have you not done something about it. :?:
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The brakes on the SV are absolutely fantastic - just the slightest tickle on the lever and it's like someone's shoved a broom handle through the front wheel. They're far superior to the 6-pot Tokicos I had on the 7R, though they were in a horrendous state and I think they ended up in a skip when I stripped the bike down.
But, as great as they are, it's hard to make much use of them because the front end's so awfully vague. All the suspension is stock, albeit with the preload (about the only adjustment there is) wound up to the top to try and get some semblance of stiffness - before I did that it was like riding a high velocity hammock. I would get it sorted, but the SV was only intended to be a stopgap measure while I rack up some NCB and wait for the points to come off my licence. I needed something for long distance runs and plans B and C (supermoto and a silly two-stroke) weren't going to fit the bill. If I had any plans to keep the SV, I'd consider throwing some time and money at it to sort the springs out, but the moment insurance on something more interesting becomes reasonable, the SV will be gone, gone, gone. It's just taking a while because insurers (understandably) hate me.
Anyway, who's Nigel? |
