Right! I have been out and thouroughly hammered the bike all over the place in a quest to discover the handling improvements of my bike. So...
First of all accellerating in a streight line is much better than stock thanks to stiffer setting on the rear shock and the different size chain and sprocket kit.
On tight corners I have noticed a great improvement. This is due to the settings of the front and rear shocks, the fancy fork springs/oil and the ubersticky tyres that are fitted. My definition of great improvement here is that I find it much much easier to get round tight corners quickly.
Medium/fast corners. Nothing amazing here just a greater sense of control and feedback. And strangely an improved sense of stability.
the greatest improvement is chicanes, in which I was able to move the bike much quicker. Its great fun and quite a buzz to be able to ride an SV like that.
The only downer Ive noticed are that I manageged to lock the back wheel up yesterday on a down change in the wet. A slipper clutch would fix this but at £500 a shot plus fitting I have decided to be more careful of my downchanges.
Note: At no point during my ride today did I manage to bang the forks off of the yokes, which leads me to the conclusion that cronic obesity is rife within our community. :P
Just kiddin!
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