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Good question, probably just a reflex when I hear somebody has some new stuff that interests me.
Yea I guess , I'm the same.I'd love to say Branch or worked SE or a specially ported set of heads but nada.
It's just a fresh set of heads from a114 for when I gain some cubes.The new 119 SE pistons with a set of barrels bored to them is what I have .
I don't need or want the most powerful bike I can make it into.
I need plenty of left side grunt for the range/twisties I ride, I have a RS468 probably the best or one of the best left side cams out there.
Just need enough grunt to short shift going up the straights between corners, more cubes and that cam will be plenty..
I went for a spin last night .The bike is more settled and holds a line better.
Less brake dive and more stability braking. I forgot what a set of springs can do , the front and rear are in harmony now .I could spend more on emulators/gold valves and a shock re-valve but for now it's way way good enough for slow old me.
This is how the bikes should come from factory , a decent ride but with a few mods go better..
Brakes next anyone know a light weight single disk set up for the front or brake pads with more bite at the back.
The bike sits higher now with more clearance , it still scrapes most everything but I don't have to hang off the side so much .I just lean way in now , with my head as a counter weight lol.
This pic is why I run 36lb's in the front , if I run at the 32 the manual says it rolls over and understeers , at 36 there's more sidewall and better mid corner feel , yes it feels stiffer riding around but it works in the twisties which is what counts.
OK It didn't lose weight but I like it .It's the first thing I did after nearly 3 days without supplied power from the cyclone we just had helping neighbors chainsaw **** and stuff.. I had a gen set so I was ok but it was wet till today
My mate bought a spring seat off a guy on here , a stand up dude, THX to said dude he knows who he is. I was the middleman for some reason I always am cause I had a shop right . He was too heavy for it, so he sold it to me at full whack because somehow I owed him? I am heavier than him so I bought the right springs now I have a spring seat but am about 5lbs heavier. BUT I can now take the rear fender and struts off for a net loss gain of 10 or 15lbs. Ok monologue over, pictures incoming.
Photo's of original springs with seat , swapped out after.
Immigration = Infiltration. Isn't that an understatement. Goobers shoved into one border hole while drugs & enemies pushed in through multiple others. Caution statistics not from CNN propaganda. As of a week ago 120 tested positive for Covid then dispersed into our population but don't open up small business for risk. Just depend on and obey socialist politicians & policies oh and stop testing the undocumented voters. Tactic straight from the "playbook" Alinsky's rules for communist radicals. Create problems and government dependencies then provide false solutions and use it to gather misguided support for legislation that has "fundamental transformation" as its purpose, opposite of the title and stated cause for the bill. Its been working in all our democrat socialist run bankrupted cities for 60 years straight. Those poor are poorer less educated and more dependent on government than ever before. Right where progressive government dems & RINO republicans want them/us. Don't worry about the government killed small business they got computer coding work and shovel ready jobs for some of the displaced. No food for your baby can't make rent. Gov put you on the doll in gov housing feed you gov dictated food and someday put you on Amtrak to take you to do gov work. Just put coexist & equality of outcome stickers on your subie feel better & turn a blind eye. After all both sides lie, right? 30 million other duped Americans also voted for it last fall.
Sorry for the rant Agoober. No more from me. I'm thinking my American owned and mostly made Harley Davidson softail needs one of those cool as fok Harley adventure bikes to go with it in the stable. Probably with the weight saving screaming eagle exhaust.
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