[vader56]

Last week I did a one-day riding school organized by a Greek mag (0-300).

Most of their instructors are qualified by the California Superbike School so I had the chance to get some great feedback throughout the day (i.e. "mate...you need to give it even more throtle... etc." )

Anyway...

Currently I have two "issues" with the bike.
1) Brake fade
2) Suspension setup

To deal with no.1 I'll probably have to fit braided hoses since on brake-intensive tracks my brakes fade a lot after 5-6 hard (for my riding standards) laps... Do you guys experience similar problems?

Up until now I haven't fiddled with the suspension at all. And, truth be told, I have started playing with it just for the experience of it. Plus there is another trackday this Sunday and I can test things out there. Weighing about 100kg (Must.. Not.. Eat..), I find the front a bit soft. Great feedback, but soft.

So I started with measuring and adjusting the sag (http://www.sportrider.com/tech/146_9508_tech/)

These were my initial measurements:

Rear
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Completely Extended: 52mm
Supporting the bike's weight: 51mm
With Mr Lardy onboard: 47.1mm
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Static Sag: 2.95mm


Front
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Completely Extended: 125mm
Supporting the bike's weight: 85mm
With Mr Lardy onboard: 69mm
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Static Sag: 48mm

The rear appears (and feels to be) quite ok. I gave it 2 more clicks and it feels good. The sag became 2.45mm, a bit on the low side...

The front however is a different story...Trying to set the front sag, I almost went all the way to the hardest setting of the preload (minus half a turn) just to get 38.5mm of travel. It seems too much... I think it would be better to fit new springs than having to work with a real stiff suspension... I dont want to have a mess as a front-end ...

I'm in a mess... my head hurts ... and I'm pretty sure that I will end up with the default settings...lol

I could definately use some foresight on this (Abtech?, anyone?.. )

Cheers

[SuperDave]

Wow, those are some great shots of you out there! That was your first trackday? Your riding position looks great. I won't even pretend to help with the suspension, I'm clueless as well. My 929 stock brakes weren't that bad as far as fading, and now that I have the braided lines I don't notice any real fade either. Then again I'm not one of those fast guys on the track. Excellent pictures, congrats. That's some serious lean angle there.

[vader56]

Thanks it pays to have a professional photographer on site...

No, ofcourse not, this wasn't my first track day (must be the 10th or so)... you don't want to see the pics from then... full upright... and I thought that I was about to fall from my "extreme" lean angles..hehe

hiya