Sig Change

'Hog says...

They are 65mm and won't fit straight on, but the better 4 pot Tokico
TL1000S ones will. They make those in 65 and 90 mm spacing, be sure to
get the right ones. Don't bother with Tokico 6 pots, they are shite.

 

Well I agree but I have them so....
Do you think the 9R and the Gixxer 6 pots will be effectively the
same?

'Hog

 

Bear says...

The ZX-9R front end is perfect, the Bandit is weighty enough to make it
work. An R1 front would be too soft and too short to do it properly. The
caliper mounts make for a greater choice of brakes too.

 

Bear says...

Which part of "standard motorcycle" don't you understand?

 

'Hog says...

Pretty much, yes.

 

<sets eBay search to AP>

'Hog

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear

<raises eyebrow>

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear

Disagree. I love the "WTF's holding that *on*?" look from the RHS.

And I have *exquisite* taste in motorcycles as a quick glance at my .sig
will confirm.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

'Hog wrote

Absolutely.


--
steve auvache
750 VT Shadow (something for the weekend)
Bindit 600 (was lost and now is found)
GS500E (small but perfectly formed)
mongvan (dehydrated)

 

Bear says...

It's a nice and compliant, well damped and fully adjustable upside-down
front end with capacity for stonking brakes to be fitted straight on.
They look really good and they work well on heavier bikes. Perfect for a
Streetfighter.

They're not the same as the forks on your old 9R, this is from the
previous model. It's always been reputed to have been better but dropped
from the 9R for reasons of cost.

 

'Hog wrote

Kinnel, just as well you weren't giving it full beans then.


--
steve auvache
750 VT Shadow (something for the weekend)
Bindit 600 (was lost and now is found)
GS500E (small but perfectly formed)
mongvan (dehydrated)

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear

<raises other eyebrow>

<flicks vees at Kiran>

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

'Hog wrote:

[B12 + stuff]

Indeedy. It's suitably "look at me", but not over top "OI!" on the
noise front. Well done with it - it's a nice bike and no mistake.

 

The B's had USDs? Why did they go back to non-USDs for later models, then?

FWIW, I think the non-USD forks on my 9R give me more feedback than the
USDs that were on the Falco, which were meant to be very good indeed.

 

Eddie says...

Cost more than anything else.

All depends on the bike and the forks. Stuff like Paoli or Marzocchi
suspension is notoriously hard as standard, yet Showa is usually quite
soft.

 

"YOU'VE HIT A CAR ... you daft fucker!".

--
AndrewR, D.Bot (Celeritas)
Kawasaki ZX-6R J1, Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo
BOTAFOT#2,ITJWTFO#6,UKRMRM#1/13a,MCT#1,DFV#2,SKoGA#0 (and KotL)
BotToS#5,SBS#25,IbW#34, DS#5, COSOC# Suspended, KotTFSTR#
The speccy Geordie twat.

 

They were all talkative during the "you're braking too hard, you're
losing grip" stage, but went strangely quiet after that. Incommunicative
Italian shite, obviously.

 

I've gathered that.

Well, yes. The main problem on Falcos is the extremely cheap and nasty
rear shock, which is never going to help you get the best out of
whatever's fitted at the pointy end.

<fx: blank look>

So, what's a ZX-9R E2 fitted with, then?

 

Eddie says...

I thought Aprilia used Sachs shocks.

Kayaba, aka KYB IIRC. They seem to make most Kawasaki suspension.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Lozzo

#My Lord, Kayaba,
#Oh Lord, Kayabaaaa....

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000