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- Oh, the usual... I bowl, I drive around...
Other considerations down the road for the ZRX forks is a fork brace, and have the forks tuned. I found the stock valving and springs to be kinda harsh on mine. I recently had them reworked by Matt Wiley at Racetech with new springs, compression gold valve, and HFR rebound valve and it rides sooooo much better. Way less skittish during WOT, and much better road holding in general.
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Skidmark wrote: My take would be to have the face of them pointing directly at your face while in the rider position, to avoid any glare while riding. Having them parallel to the upper triple could allow reflection to prevent you from reading them.
You mean I'm supposed to look at the gauges when riding :whistle:
Good call though, I'll angle them up a bit. Probably something that I wouldn't have noticed until the first ride :pinch:
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calum wrote:
Skidmark wrote: My take would be to have the face of them pointing directly at your face while in the rider position, to avoid any glare while riding. Having them parallel to the upper triple could allow reflection to prevent you from reading them.
You mean I'm supposed to look at the gauges when riding :whistle:
Only after you see the red and blue flashing lights....:woohoo:
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DoctoRot wrote: Don't forget the stock kz triple has about 1.25" of drop .
Other considerations down the road for the ZRX forks is a fork brace, and have the forks tuned. I found the stock valving and springs to be kinda harsh on mine. I recently had them reworked by Matt Wiley at Racetech with new springs, compression gold valve, and HFR rebound valve and it rides sooooo much better. Way less skittish during WOT, and much better road holding in general.
Thanks, I took the drop into account. With stock setup the top of the forks end up being about 4mm above the lock nut under the top yoke (4mm at 26°). The offset is about 60mm. With my setup the forks sit about 30mm above the lock nut and they have about 33mm offset. The forks are about 7mm shorter than stock as well.
Got new linear springs on the way. Wasn't sure on the brace, would have definitely put one on stock shocks. Will look into it again and have a look at the valve options over here.
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Mikaw wrote:
calum wrote:
Skidmark wrote: My take would be to have the face of them pointing directly at your face while in the rider position, to avoid any glare while riding. Having them parallel to the upper triple could allow reflection to prevent you from reading them.
You mean I'm supposed to look at the gauges when riding :whistle:
Only after you see the red and blue flashing lights....:woohoo:
I though that was when you were supposed to completely ignore them
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calum wrote:
Mikaw wrote:
calum wrote:
Skidmark wrote: My take would be to have the face of them pointing directly at your face while in the rider position, to avoid any glare while riding. Having them parallel to the upper triple could allow reflection to prevent you from reading them.
You mean I'm supposed to look at the gauges when riding :whistle:
Only after you see the red and blue flashing lights....:woohoo:
I though that was when you were supposed to completely ignore them
Red is shifting light. What is blue one? Time for nitro?
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Here are the brackets I have (got them a lot cheaper):
www.lsl.eu/143lt?___store=en&___from_store=de
And here are the ones we're putting on the boys Zephyr (same length):
www.kickstartershop.de/en/2-cnc-aluminiu...ets-43mm?language=en
EDIT: Just saw you're down in Oz. Might be hard to get down there - The way things are I won't be back for a while either... Could maybe send some down if the dimensions fit.
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If yours end up being too short and mine too long I can send the "v" part down to my sister in Townsville the next time I put something in the post - then it's just national postage rates. No indicator mounts on mine though.
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