nitroheadz28
Junior Member
Just curious, I've been practicing with some locals here in NYC. The guys who participate ride as follows:
FZ-09
Gen II SV650
EX500
KTM 450? (Not sure, its a single cylinder and looks dirtbike-ish haha)
The Fizzer is definitely the heavyweight of the bunch. The last time I was riding with them we had a pretty big course set up, I was getting up to 30mph before braking. I feel like the suspension was less damped than I'd like, I also slid the rear end at the beginning of the apex a couple times.
So far I've just lowered my rear brake a few mm and set my preload on #4 (I'm 180lbs geared up). I haven't had a chance to try any other courses since, but for regular riding the rear feels more planted.
Considering that you get down to under 5mph on some of the tight corners, the jerky throttle at those speeds makes it a little hard to be smooth. Otherwise its a lot of fun, that is before my wrists start killing me from wrestling this beast around (I have weak wrists in general, trying my best to stay light on the bars and let them do their thing).
I'm also nervous about dropping the bike even though I have frame sliders. I wish there were some kind of race rails available but I haven't found any. I've been pushing the bike pretty hard lately so I feel that its only a matter of time :spank:. The Fizzer is definitely not the best tool for the job but its such a great all purpose bike that I have no intention of ever letting it go.
FZ-09
Gen II SV650
EX500
KTM 450? (Not sure, its a single cylinder and looks dirtbike-ish haha)
The Fizzer is definitely the heavyweight of the bunch. The last time I was riding with them we had a pretty big course set up, I was getting up to 30mph before braking. I feel like the suspension was less damped than I'd like, I also slid the rear end at the beginning of the apex a couple times.
So far I've just lowered my rear brake a few mm and set my preload on #4 (I'm 180lbs geared up). I haven't had a chance to try any other courses since, but for regular riding the rear feels more planted.
Considering that you get down to under 5mph on some of the tight corners, the jerky throttle at those speeds makes it a little hard to be smooth. Otherwise its a lot of fun, that is before my wrists start killing me from wrestling this beast around (I have weak wrists in general, trying my best to stay light on the bars and let them do their thing).
I'm also nervous about dropping the bike even though I have frame sliders. I wish there were some kind of race rails available but I haven't found any. I've been pushing the bike pretty hard lately so I feel that its only a matter of time :spank:. The Fizzer is definitely not the best tool for the job but its such a great all purpose bike that I have no intention of ever letting it go.