jess24845030
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Hi Have been waiting a while till i have something worth posting .
i,v had my fz8 10 months now its not been a great riding season and only have 2500 miles on her .
first thing to go were the tyres at 800 miles i swapped the for michelin pilot powers which i have liked and used before on other bikes they are old tec now but i trust them , may try something else when they are done.
put on R&G crash protection rear stand bobbins.
next akropovic end can and took of the rear pegs and put on the R&G hanger and blanking plate the other side .
as i took of the rear pegs no need for the rear seat so i have replaced that with the yamaha cover looks good not sure its worth the money though .
that was it for a while untill a week ago i decided to do a big upgrade on the suspension front and rear .
the front got MATRIS F05 RKC folk internals made for the bike and are preload adjustable. as i have been asked they cost £453 .
the rear is a NITRON Track/fast road model NTBKY 06T built to order for the bike and my weight . which is fully ajustable and cost £548
these were fitted today and had a quick setup for me by the local machanic at the yamaha dealer fantastic guy who used to set up race bikes .
i,v only had the ride home but what i can say even in the wet and not really pushing it it feels so much better , i used to get a lot of rocking forward and back when i opened the gas up and braked its nearly all gone now you just open her up and off she goes .
lots of work to be done on the setup which he is going to help me with when we get some dry roads .
i will try and post pictures of the bike tomorrow as it was dark when i got home.
still to do is to fit a gear indicator , i have the akrapovic front collectors on order should be here next week and a power commander 5 waiting to be fitted when they arrive .
i,v had my fz8 10 months now its not been a great riding season and only have 2500 miles on her .
first thing to go were the tyres at 800 miles i swapped the for michelin pilot powers which i have liked and used before on other bikes they are old tec now but i trust them , may try something else when they are done.
put on R&G crash protection rear stand bobbins.
next akropovic end can and took of the rear pegs and put on the R&G hanger and blanking plate the other side .
as i took of the rear pegs no need for the rear seat so i have replaced that with the yamaha cover looks good not sure its worth the money though .
that was it for a while untill a week ago i decided to do a big upgrade on the suspension front and rear .
the front got MATRIS F05 RKC folk internals made for the bike and are preload adjustable. as i have been asked they cost £453 .
the rear is a NITRON Track/fast road model NTBKY 06T built to order for the bike and my weight . which is fully ajustable and cost £548
these were fitted today and had a quick setup for me by the local machanic at the yamaha dealer fantastic guy who used to set up race bikes .
i,v only had the ride home but what i can say even in the wet and not really pushing it it feels so much better , i used to get a lot of rocking forward and back when i opened the gas up and braked its nearly all gone now you just open her up and off she goes .
lots of work to be done on the setup which he is going to help me with when we get some dry roads .
i will try and post pictures of the bike tomorrow as it was dark when i got home.
still to do is to fit a gear indicator , i have the akrapovic front collectors on order should be here next week and a power commander 5 waiting to be fitted when they arrive .
