Old Aug 23, 2006 | 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by RubberBerner
that looks nice. good mods...thats one of the reasons i just decided to stay supersport...i really didn't like the stock suspension on those. How much better is it? have you gotten it all dialed in to the new weight and stuff?
Well turns out the stock suspension isn't all that bad to be honest, when I bought the bike I had some pretty bad front end dive & part of the problem was leaking seals,,, I didn't know it till I tried to have them upgraded. When that didn't fall through I went for the 636 suspenders front & back...

The bike is much better with the 636 suspension, so far I have yet to really try it by myself, but been riding with the wife & it is much better behaved, can't wait till I am solo on it to really dial it in if it needs it.

Where the bike really suffers is on top end... no aerodynamics means 600's pul away above 130mph... but I rarely get my squid on so it's really no biggie...

The bike is a real bargain... I got it for $4500, a full exahust system is about $800 (titanium or Carbon) & the 636 suspension swap another $500-600. PCIII $300 & the rearsets about $600 so for $6500-$7000 it looks the way it is & it makes 70ft lbs torque @ 8k which is 20-30 more than a middleweight makes above 10k... so needless to say, it is extremely friendly no matter what you are doing (comuting or sport riding)...
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