First ride: 2015 GSX-S 1000 It isn’t often that you get the chance to ride a new model and set it up for someone. Steve had worked with a year ago in Wellington on a suspension tuning ride to Akaroa and wanted me to sort out his new ride. [...]
When a new bike comes out that is born from a clean sheet of paper – there has to be a lot of excitement in the motorcycling community. Rather than redesign a new bike every two or three years (a massively expensive undertaking) why not improve the electronics and put existing technology on the bike [...]
When this bike was unveiled in 2008, there was that emotional “oooooo” when looking at the bike for me internally. The design moved me. That turned into a very visceral experience when I set the demo bikes up for Marin BMW Aprilia and was cemented after a long test ride to get chassis geometry and ergonomics [...]
My daily ride needed to be unleashed and the V4 allowed to breathe. I acquired the twin Leo Vince slip on cans that took about 20 minutes to install while fighting around the license plate holder which we were too lazy to remove (the stock exhaust was quickly off with just a couple of bolts [...]
As with any job to be done, prepare a clean area to work in, aggregate the tools needed and TAKE YOUR TIME. As components come off, put all the bolts in place so you know where everything goes during the installation process. NOTES: the threaded clips move up and down on the mount tabs, [...]
What does the slip on sound like? Inserts in: http://youtu.be/Gof1c9MQDgA Wide open! http://youtu.be/_2YrVjhbOLo Applications to date: 8815L 8185B - SBK YAMAHA YZF R1 (07-08) 8816L SBK YAMAHA YZF R6 (06-12) 8817L SBK SUZUKI GSX-R 600 (08-10)/ GSX-R 750 (08-10) 8818L SBK SUZUKI GSX-R 1000 (07-08) 8819L SBK SUZUKI GSX-R 1300 HAYABUSA (08-12 8911L [...]
