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cyberface said:
Right - now I've calmed down a bit : 'properly' having read up on lines, countersteering, weight transfer etc.
What is with people and countersteering? its not a mythical magical trick of the GP gods, it's just science. If you did not do it you will crash. I reckon you were just ragging the @rse out of it, be smoother and look ahead, you have to use "roadcraft" on a bike far more than in a car to stay shiney side up!
Hooli said:
just thought of another one, has anyone said put some fork oil in it? at 60k i'd expect the forks to be empty or just full of water. its pointless sodding about with the adjusters till the forks have proper oil in.
It has a full service history, and was serviced before I bought it. I guess it's an assumption to think that the service would have kept the bike in good shape, perhaps I should take it to the local bike mechanics to specifically refurb the suspension front and rear.Alternatively, since the old bike was a 'toe in the water' and I'm absolutely loving it, I may just wait until next spring and buy a brand new CBR600, and not worry about worn out components. Unfortunately I don't have a garage or parking space so can't do my own maintenance... and since the bike cost well less than two grand, I'm not desperate to spend £500 on labour servicing the thing when I can get a brand new one for £7k. Think a newer bike may be on the cards next year
cyberface said:
California superbike school sounds like fun but the price is out of my league
cyberface said:
I'm not desperate to spend £500 on labour servicing the thing when I can get a brand new one for £7k. Think a newer bike may be on the cards next year
Go here and spend a couple of hundred on a new shock and new fork springs http://www.hagon-shocks.co.uk/main1st.htm and get some training.
Having had three track days days (evenings!) at Cadwell on my 70,000 mile mark 1 CBR600 on touring tyres, I was surprised just how capable it was
Edited by Momentofmadness on Tuesday 23 September 19:54
Momentofmadness said:
cyberface said:
California superbike school sounds like fun but the price is out of my league
cyberface said:
I'm not desperate to spend £500 on labour servicing the thing when I can get a brand new one for £7k. Think a newer bike may be on the cards next year
Go here and spend a couple of hundred on a new shock and new fork springs http://www.hagon-shocks.co.uk/main1st.htm and get some training.
Having had three track days days (evenings!) at Cadwell on my 70,000 mark 1 CBR600 on touring tyres, I was surprised just how capable it was
Just done some research. I read about Keith Code and the California Superbike School 10 years ago when it was being run in, obviously, California.
Didn't know that it had become a global organisation with training across the world, and that I could do the same training 10 miles from my front door at my favourite circuit
I thought I'd have to go to California which, including cost of time off work, would be financially prohibitive...What a muppet I am sometimes.
cyberface said:
Hooli said:
just thought of another one, has anyone said put some fork oil in it? at 60k i'd expect the forks to be empty or just full of water. its pointless sodding about with the adjusters till the forks have proper oil in.
It has a full service history, and was serviced before I bought it. I guess it's an assumption to think that the service would have kept the bike in good shape, perhaps I should take it to the local bike mechanics to specifically refurb the suspension front and rear.Alternatively, since the old bike was a 'toe in the water' and I'm absolutely loving it, I may just wait until next spring and buy a brand new CBR600, and not worry about worn out components. Unfortunately I don't have a garage or parking space so can't do my own maintenance... and since the bike cost well less than two grand, I'm not desperate to spend £500 on labour servicing the thing when I can get a brand new one for £7k. Think a newer bike may be on the cards next year
when i got my 14, it had 7.5k on it & 6 years old with a full history. the fork oil was basicly dirty water when i had it all apart. so far i've owned 4 bikes & everyone has needed fork oil replacing when i got it.
if your ok with spanners changing the oil yourself isnt that hard, you just need a way to hold the front of the bike up as you do it. its a good time to drop the steering head out & regrease (or replace) the steering bearings too.
cyberface said:
Momentofmadness said:
cyberface said:
California superbike school sounds like fun but the price is out of my league
cyberface said:
I'm not desperate to spend £500 on labour servicing the thing when I can get a brand new one for £7k. Think a newer bike may be on the cards next year
Go here and spend a couple of hundred on a new shock and new fork springs http://www.hagon-shocks.co.uk/main1st.htm and get some training.
Having had three track days days (evenings!) at Cadwell on my 70,000 mark 1 CBR600 on touring tyres, I was surprised just how capable it was
Just done some research. I read about Keith Code and the California Superbike School 10 years ago when it was being run in, obviously, California.
Didn't know that it had become a global organisation with training across the world, and that I could do the same training 10 miles from my front door at my favourite circuit
I thought I'd have to go to California which, including cost of time off work, would be financially prohibitive...What a muppet I am sometimes.
When you enter a corner, get your head down and look round the screen, shift your bum off the seat as well...the weight into the corner will help you out a lot.
Make sure you're looking round and through the corners.
Get those tyres matched - mismatched tyres will really upset the handling.
Check all the bearings for play (headstock, swingarm, wheel and fork bushes)
Tempting though it may be, DO NOT race other vehicles - you WILL die.
Make sure you're looking round and through the corners.
Get those tyres matched - mismatched tyres will really upset the handling.
Check all the bearings for play (headstock, swingarm, wheel and fork bushes)
Tempting though it may be, DO NOT race other vehicles - you WILL die.
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