In case anyone is still here....

First time up north with an inline and first time 2 up as well. She just started riding with me 6 months ago. Found it a bit hard to move my body around when 2 up. This was the middle of last week. TN highway patrol was out as soon as you crossed the state line.

Ohlins shock did wonders! Looking at one of the pics my forks will be the next to upgrade.

 

Sweet! She like it?

 

awesome pictures!!!! im guessing killboy took those pictures.

 

Hell yeah she did. It was her first time in the mountains. Killboy snapped two of the pics and the other 4 are from two other photographers.

 

How do the forks perform when not two up? Are they dialed in to your weight and 2up is pushing that limit? Or are the forks just something that's always been on the list? Not questioning you, because you could outride me backwards. just curious.

 

My forks aren't really dialed in at all and may even be on or close to factory settings. I tried to get a hold Chad Wolf before my trip but he's been under the radar.

Regardless, the factory forks are sprung for a rider under 200 lbs so I am under sprung.
Between the pilot pures and new shock my confidence is up but now I can feel the softness in the front.
I can still push some as long as its not too bumpy.

My original plan was to get ohlins cartridges so i could keep my black fork tubes. I don't want much gold on the bike. However they stopped making them for this year. It probably would of been overkill for me as its primarily my street bike with maybe 1 trackday a year.

So now my goal is ohlins springs, oil, Supersport 20mm valve kit, GP suspension Compression Needles and micro polish the fork tubes.

Unless your a hardcore racer searching for every tenth you won't notice a difference with this set up.

Suspension and light weight wheels is the most bang for your buck mod you can do for your bike.

Another thing I will mention is this bike is overkill in the mountains. The moment your on the gas you have to let off and brake because the next corner comes very fast. Super moto, 600's or vtwin superbikes ftw up there.

 

Yeah that's what I was saying about my bike, I'll do some stuff like regear it and exhaust/tune...but when I can actually ride the bike to it's potential is when I'll worry about suspension and wheels, etc.

I can definitely see it being too much bike up there. The R1 is definitely overkill in my neighborhood lol, I can't wait to take it out!

 

never to much....bunch of pussies. bike looks good z

 

Your mother's pussy.

 

Your a smaller guy so you will be able to get away with the stock stuff. Just have it set up for you and your riding style. Do you still have the Oem dunslops tires?

Thanks Mike. I have a couple thousands in it since the last time you seen it. It almost where I want it to be.