Alright so I had my first ride on the bike on Saturday out in Club Moto in Livermore, CA in the miserable 102 Degree heat, but that was not what my head was focused on that day... It was focused on how this bike rode with this very special suspension on it! My first couple of motos were a little hectic due to the track being very crowded and me not being used to the power of this beast! After I started to get a bit more comfortable I was able to really think and feel how the suspension was working... I didn't even touch the clickers or any of the settings for the first few motos just to get a baseline, and just wow!
It was unbelievable... I am a suspension guy which I stated earlier in the thread and I have never ridden anything quite like this stuff!! It was pretty stiff at low speeds and through bumps in the parking lot, but once I learned just to let it plow through the chop and all the nastiness on the track it really started to shine. There was no harshness, the stroke was buttery smooth and seemed like it was impossible to bottom. I even took crappy lines and over jumped some stuff on purpose just to see what it would do and it just seemed to keep wanting more!!
I can't wait to really go out and try this stuff on different tracks (maybe even hit some trails with it) and try to learn more about how it acts and test how versatile this setup can be made. I have started to talk to JGR's race team suspension tech Jonny Oler and am trying to learn about the history of these components and hopefully try to track down some parts, because I plan on using these things like they were designed to do!! Or maybe just a bit slower than they were designed to actually... Haha!!
