... otherwise? ... well. ... Don't ... Gel does not make the seat really more comfy. That's the task of the comfort polstering, the foam. The main task of gel...
i'll call'em this week. me and my girl weigh 550 lbs. so i guess i'm supposed to get a stiffer spring but to tell you the truth i'm not sure why. the bike is...
... Cool. I'm in the middle of mine right now. I've got the valves out, but can't swap shims until the shop opens Tuesday. I have one intake and one exhaust...
The Bridgestone Trailwing seemed to be for me a decent tire for at least the first half of their life span. No slimy grip, or wheel spinning, or anything like...
... I had a custom seat on my Moto Guzzi which utilized a gel pad insert. That stuff holds heat like a very efficient storage battery. I learned to cover my...
... As I recall, the promotional stuff from Suzuki said the DL is "re- tuned" for better low and mid-range vs. the TL series. This likely means that the cams...
... You need to be in 5th or even 4th @3K. You are lugging the engine and this is resulting in the chudder or shudder. Forget 6th gear before 60MPH at least...
... That pretty much sums it up, doesn't it? *ONCE* since owning the bike I inadvertently applied some throttle with the engine at least two gears higher than...
I've always been a big fan of Metzeler tires. On my last street bike (Da Guzzi) I ran ME880s front and rear, with the exception of the last front tire I put on...
On the net I found BHP and torque numbers higher than the DL. The question is, if this is true, how can I get the TL numbers on my DL? ... You can't without...
... we got a separate gel pad to try on top of our seats. i hate it. my wife uses it, but under a sheepskin -- i'm not sure the gel is adding much. for...
... bike ... say, ... it's ... Strom ... Hubert, I have them on my bike, currently have 6200 miles on the set the rear has 3.5mm tread left & I have been to...
... (SNIP) ... (SNIP) Its been mentioned before, but the wooden beads are great (for my butt, anyway.) Inexpensive, and especially good in the rain. Water ...
... poisoning/riding ... something I ... 289 ... the middle ... a good ... leaking brake ... replaced ... nearest ... top it ... and ... on the ... doing the ...
... Strom ... I have had the Tourances on since the bike hit 8300 miles, it now has 17018 miles and the Tourances are holding up great. I'm thinking these will...
Mo-Tek centerstand, fractured casting. My Vstrom was equipped with a Centerstand. That is until a recent encounter with a set of railroad tracks in the coal...
... road ... and ... I have my original front Trailwing still on my bike with about 19,500 km on it, with a replacement Tourance on the rear. The front still...
... DL? People seem to have picked up a fair bit of power with the Renegade air box modification and filters, and replacement exhaust cans, in concert with a...
... I noticed first in low speed 30-50 kph corners, that the rear would step out as I exit the corner. I thought is was tar strips from road repairs. I've felt...
... I hit a brick shaped rock (4-5 inches high {102-127mm}) at about 40 mph (65kph) a few weeks after I bought my Strom. I was following a truck too closely...
On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 10:21:26 -0400 Roger Sposili wrote: ; as I approached and as I crossed the first set the rear Pirelli Scorpion broke traction and howled a...
... I'd take that with a huge grain of salt ..:))) The DL has smaller throttle bodies, smaller valves, and less lift and duration on the cams. Intake and...
.10 for intake, .20 for exhaust. To me that's tight since it only needs .01 mm to be out of spec. If a valve is not considered tight until it's out of spec,...
... ... it feels like a hinge at the swingarm pivot. It is as if the rear wheel steps out 75-100 mm when I start to accelerate. I've never felt it more than...
