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Originally Posted by shreddr
hey Jeffie, how are you gettin on with that SKRR?
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well, funny you should ask.
it took a little while to get used to the new powerband and riding style.
but its doing great, its fast and the handling is getting better as i get a handle on the preload on the frontend,(still bottoming out on heavy breaking and wheelies).
Here is what i've found:
SPROCKETS
bike needed to gear down. droping one tooth in the front and it made all the difference in the under 50mph corners. the gearing is so wide in second and third that i would be below where the useful powerband,(8-13k). i may put a 2 teeth bigger sprocket on the rear soon. their is no need for me to go over 160mph
FRONT END
where to start, the major problem for the bike. Rebound is usually set at 9 or10,(firmest setting), by everybody from 120lbs to 300lbs. spring for me is week and most riders put 25 or 30mm ohlin cartridges in the bike,( i'm putting an ohlin front forks and rear shock on this one). raising or lowering the forks helps.
TRACTION CONTROL VS TIRES
this got me confused for a few months until i figured it out.
traction control is gentle on tires. the wear patterns were always perfect. their would be no scuffing or cross hatching of the tire, nothing. the life of the tires increased to ungodly mileage. i was using bridgestones 030 the softest compound for the street they make. the rear got 3500 miles of hard riding. on the other bikes it would have been 2000-2500 miles. the front tire caused problems because i didn't know how to deal with it. for 2 month the front end felt 'funny' and i didn't feel confinadent going fast. then i started looking at the profile of the tire from the top rather than the wear. instead of being round it had seven flat stripes looking from the top. what i surmised was the shape of the tire will wear out before the trie. the tire had 5000 miles on it. the most i have ever had a soft front tire get was 3500 miles. I put a new set of pirelli supercorsa dragons on the bike and the bike kicked arse.
I still haven't needed to touch my knee on the ground to keep up.
over all this bike is a keeper.
jeff