Session by session on the first day does not have to be this particular protocol that I provide below. This protocol is honed from decades of testing for myself and with riders, so you can use it as a baseline. You can build your test day any way that you choose so adapt the test plan [...]
Thursday March 6th A slow and steady drive to Buttonwillow on Thursday evening got me to the track at 9.30pm. I emptied the Ford Transit and set the cot out for a good nights sleep. I was to coach Stacy Menas on her return to AFM all day on Friday and that would be my [...]
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Freemium Article. Enjoy. To view Premium content, please Subscribe or Login. UPGRADING THE SUSPENSION ON A YAMAHA MT/FZ07 – SUMMARY For a solo rider with a net body weight of around 90 kg (200 lb.) and a ready to ride weight of around 100 kg (220 lb.), I would suggest the following settings for [...]
Freemium Article. Enjoy. To view Premium content, please Subscribe or Login. With version 2 of the Nitron shock prepared by KSS being ready, I rode to New Plymouth to install the new shock. Valving was changed as was the needle taper and a 15nm/mm spring was installed with 12mm of preload. Front pressure was [...]
Premium Article Excerpt. To read the full article please Subscribe or Login. More testing with suspension, geometry and tyre pressures on yet another long haul ride from Cromwell to Nelson over Arthur's Pass and via the Buller Gorge. As the forecast was much warmer weather, this was a great opportunity to acquire [...]
Premium Article Excerpt. To read the full article please Subscribe or Login. Given the forecast or torrential rain in The Southlands, I decided to make the trip from Nelson to Invercargill in one go. Not the longest ride I have done but certainly one of the more physical and mental stress tests [...]
Premium Article Excerpt. To read the full article please Subscribe or Login. The OEM shock on the GT Tracer was not going to last forever and with a guesstimate of around 10,000kms - the rear tire wear showed it was time to retire. Thanks to Nitron in providing a prototype shock built [...]
Freemium Article. Enjoy. To view Premium content, please Subscribe or Login. Thanks to BBJK’s Jesse Koeller, the bike was stripped down to THE bare essentials. Bodywork was put into bubble wrap, other parts put into zip lock bags with labels and I was left with a tank to hold fuel, a seat to put [...]
