violent headshake

[jim280885]

It has taken me forever to get around to this because I'm now in sydney (farking traffic!!!!) for work and internet is hard to come by where i'm staying, but the head shake is gone. I actually cant claim a particular fix because a fair few changes were made all at once, but a massive shout out goes to Cobba for sorting me out with fork springs and setting the sag and basically imparting wisdom my way. I got to farewell the TRX with a weekday burn down my favourite route to home from canungra to Eltham (via numinbah/burringbar for those in the know) and I gotta say the bike is a total weapon compared to what it used to be. The new springs mean no bottoming out into dips that used to crash through the bars and I no longer get punched in the bumhole by the seat on bigger bumps. There is no real increase in feedback from the front but I'm able to trust it a lot more now and it just steers way sharper too. It was great to push on roads I know well as I had a benchmark for how it responded and everything came back positive. Now I just have to pine for another 4 weeks until I am reunited with her. This means doing my absolute darndest to avoid buying a early fireblade or something else I could feasibly justify as a future classic while down here in sydney. I just have to keep reminding myself that the TRX already ticks all the boxes... and that my folks would kill me if I turned up with another bike for their shed.

[cobbadiggabuddyblooo]

I got a pair of damper rods from another old pair of forks if you want to look at modifying them and getting gold valves or similar emulators Jim.
MPE at Coloundra can get the parts and simply do the mods on the rods (wouldn't be suprised if cost you under $300 for mods & emulators). Then at your own leasure just pull your forks apart , as it's an easy rebuild.
First thing you will notice is under braking and through corners you will have more feel and actual compression happening,smoothly soaking up the bumps and riding through the rough instead of bouncing over it . The heavier springs are step one but the emulators just improved things and complemented all the other suspension components so well. I would push it that hard I would flex the front end but it still hung in there. For the every day rider who's not to keen on finding the boundries this is so much worth it. For $600 you have front springs/emulators and R6 rear suspension mod it is such an improvement on the stock TRX suspension...
If anyone wants to improve their TRX this is where I would begin. You will find improved braking and better corner speed straight up. As this is where all the fun is to start,anyone can go fast in a straight line..

[QuickDraw]

On the rear shock thing... Many years ago I was fooling about to see how rear suspension setting might affect ability to do better wheelies (I've grown up a bit since)

..But forgetting to return the dampening setting from minimum, I got a really scary wobble on the highway. Turned it back up and it never happened again. Might also be worth checking if some goose has fiddled with the knob when you weren't looking?

[M.V.]

On the rear shock thing... Many years ago I was fooling about to see how rear suspension setting might affect ability to do better wheelies (I've grown up a bit since)

..But forgetting to return the dampening setting from minimum, I got a really scary wobble on the highway. Turned it back up and it never happened again. Might also be worth checking if some goose has fiddled with the knob when you weren't looking?

Softer was worse for wheelies or better?

[cobbadiggabuddyblooo]

Might also be worth checking if some goose has fiddled with the knob when you weren't looking?

Softer was worse

MMM last night in bed I.m sure someone was fiddling with my knobb when not looking.. softer was worse as she never woke me up...