pascal1973
Junior Member
I used 10W.
I used 10W.
i really want the adjustablity of preload in the front!:shakehead: right now im just running hyperpro progressive springs w/ 15w oil theyre pretty good but i doubt its as good as the r6 forks! i check my sag 4 days ago while the bike was cold and in the front its 27mm way to tight unless i measured wrong
After another ride I'll have to admit that it takes a tad more effort to turn in. I thought it was me but now I'm pretty sure the nose is higher than with the saggy springs and I likely need to push the forks up 4 to 8mm so it falls in nicely. This could compromise high speed stability tho and its butter smooth at 85. Perhaps I'll wait for the new tires to be mounted (BT-16s)?! Although its easy enough to slide the tubes.
It also depends on tire size. The first day I did my swap I used the fz stock size 120/70R17 but would not fit with r6 fender so I changed to a 120/60R17. That was a huge difference in turning so much faster.
You have it wrong 60 is the height not width it means 60% of the width to make height of tire so tire is smaller in overall diameter.
Agreed!Update; I've fiddled with it more and God if Yamaha had released this bike with these forks there woulda been many happy riders out there!
I should probably sell my stock forks/brakes someday too.I've slid the forks up and down and settled upon 8mm. 10 and 12 is too much but 8 is indeed the sweet spot. Nimble, turns in nice, predicable, stable at XXX and I just couldn't go back so the FZ forks will be leaving to find a new home.
I believe that I'm the only one who experienced the inner pad wear problem, and I'm not sure it was excessive, since both pads were worn down do far. With my new pads, I'm not feeling any noticeable drag.Also; I'm fairly hard on my brake and have put maybe 1,300 miles on them since the swap so it may be too soon to say but I see no favoring of inner pad wear after doing this swap. I'm not sure why others are chewing up the inner pads.