You must be on a Mac huh...or something that auto corrects, lol mine always does that to me too. ":thumb up:"
Winter Boredom has given me the Modding Itch...
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Love my Mac too, but "Damn you autocorrect!" ....sometimesYep, just got a new macbook pro earlier this month
You have the right attitude there Millhouse...I was just being a jerk......sorry.
I've been too scared to push my bike any further too as I have liability only too and finally have a properly working rear brake as of yesterday and I'm still fiddling with the suspension. I totaled my FZ6R and don't want to crash again. I'll probably keep these strips for a long time.
lol you clarified my question there... i was like wtf are chicken strips... then i saw ur pics.... now i get itYou have the right attitude there Millhouse...I was just being a jerk......sorry.
I've been too scared to push my bike any further too as I have liability only too and finally have a properly working rear brake as of yesterday and I'm still fiddling with the suspension. I totaled my FZ6R and don't want to crash again. I'll probably keep these strips for a long time.
and i agree.... you can call me a chicken but im not going to throw my bike around and risk trashing it just because of some fresh rubber on the sides lol
SampsonNation
Member
Where did you get your real spools???
Did you have to do much to get them on? I've been dying to have some, I really wanted to remove the ones I have from my swing arm.
Lemme know
Thanks!
Did you have to do much to get them on? I've been dying to have some, I really wanted to remove the ones I have from my swing arm.
Lemme know
Thanks!
Umm... Spunky has a Triumph Daytona (990i I believe?), so his spools would do you no good. Sorry.Where did you get your real spools???
Did you have to do much to get them on? I've been dying to have some, I really wanted to remove the ones I have from my swing arm.
Lemme know
Thanks!
SampsonNation
Member
Awww that's too bad...
I find it a pain to have spools on the swing arm. #1 because they are ugly. #2 I have to take one side off in order to remove my silencer tip on my Two Brothers.
I find it a pain to have spools on the swing arm. #1 because they are ugly. #2 I have to take one side off in order to remove my silencer tip on my Two Brothers.
I have a single sided swing arm and a 1999 Triumph Daytona 955i.
The spools are totally useless but fill the hollow titanium axle in the rear.
They come off in about 10 seconds if you have a pair of 10mm sockets and wrenches.
I think they look better than a hollow axle that you don't have on the FZ6R.
I looked into spools for the FZ6R and the only ones I saw needed a hole drilled into the swing arm and no way was I going to do that!
The spools are totally useless but fill the hollow titanium axle in the rear.
They come off in about 10 seconds if you have a pair of 10mm sockets and wrenches.
I think they look better than a hollow axle that you don't have on the FZ6R.
I looked into spools for the FZ6R and the only ones I saw needed a hole drilled into the swing arm and no way was I going to do that!
Its all good. I think the bike needs a different suspension setup for me to push any harder in the corners. For some reason when I corner hard it feels like the front wheel is going to wash out before the back will slide out. I only have 2500 miles on the bike and the front tire is already cupping on the sides. Minimal wear on the back tire so that tells me something is wrong, just not sure what to change to fix the issue.
Try loosening the front triple trees one side at a time a little and allow the fork tubes to come up a little through the tree. Maybe 2mm and retighten. See how much better the bike enters into a corner with the front end lower by 2mm. I was having to push the rear of my bike into a corner until I adjusted the preload to get the front end a little lower than stock. You don't have a preload so lowering the front end a tad essentially does the same thing. Some people replace the springs and spacers in the forks, add a "Gold valve" and change the fork fluid weight. You can play with tire pressure too and that might help.