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For me, the combination of the tendency of the Yamaha to dive in the middle/edit of the corner, plus the grunt of the motor, made it not very fun to ride. When you nail a turn on the Yamaha, you are just "rewarded" with the engine spooling up and having to shift very quickly. I get that I can just short-shift it, but, in a lot of circumstances, it's not worth it as you are close to the entrance on the next turn or a jump.
On the Honda, it stays super balanced and turns great, so you can roll on the throttle early (and it doesn't have a monster bottom end that will mess up your turn), so I am always always in that nice mid-range exiting the turn, and then it really comes on and the motor really pulls from mid to top.
He is spot on that you give up some comfort on the Honda versus the Yamaha. I do like the action of the Showa stuff, but it is just harsher, and honestly going softer on compression for me just sacrificed performance without giving me any more comfort. I am going to send my suspension to Enzo at about 15 hours for a revalve and some coatings.
Is anyone having an issue with the forks twisting easily in a crash? Even when properly torqued and using solid cones for the clamps. The bars are not twisting, the forks are. I don't want to up the torque and flex the tubes...............
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From the factory my triple clamp were way too lose, never had an issue again when I torque them properly.
Supposedly the triple clamps were changed for the new model. Does anyone know what changed?
I see the optional stiffer springs are 52N/mm for the shock and 5.0N/mm for shock, but question is, are they needed for a 185lbs rider?
(answer is, go out and ride, but will not ride for a month now unfortunately so not an option, but could have new springs installed in that time if my 185lbs will need it)
If anyone around 185 (or close) have any experience I would greatly appriciate the feedback.
My buddy just got a 2022 and he's 180 pounds and found the stock springs to be pretty damn close to where he needs to be. He used the keefer settings and actually backed off the compression 2 clicks on the fork to soften it a bit. He's a decent b rider.
Yeah, forgot to mention that, skill level but your feedback sounds very good! Thank you!
Then again, Sag sets right at 105 at the moment, but as I'm not a suspension tuner expert, is it possible to achieve correct sag and still the springs be to soft when actually riding?
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@COAL-TRAIN : Is your skid plate available to purchase by peasant like me or only a factory team part? Available in matte finish or even dry carbon?
I had the exact same problems on my sxf 2016 and zera aluminum mounts fixed the problem
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