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Pso
| | Posted on Friday, June 04, 2010 - 10:16 am: | 
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Etennuly, I remember reading about the issue with the jacket and grip. You beat me to it, and it seems like your memory of the details are better than mine. |
Crashing
| | Posted on Friday, June 04, 2010 - 12:14 pm: |
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I just went through this. Long story short here is what it was for me:
1. Bad tire. Had the Pirelli Scorpion Synchs which were not worn out but when I pulled the front wheel up by just pulling the bars back and balancing on the side stand, there was a slight wobble on the right hand side of the tire that was visible. When I put on a new set of Michelin Road Sport 2's it finally went away. That was unfortunately after...
a. Adjusted settings to factory and checked all pressures and all that.
b. Bought a steering stabilizer
c. Had forks serviced by known tuner who also tightened the steering head bearing slightly which definitely helped stabilize and "connect" the front and rear of the bike.
d. Set up suspension using known tuners philosophy different than owners manual of less preload and higher compression dampening. So he backed my preload almost all the way out (and I weigh 220#) and cranked up the compression dampening I think it was 3 clicks from the max.
He forgot to give me the sheet with all the clicker settings but said he'd mail it to me. If he does, I will post. I was sort of disappointed to have to go to a full road tire but bottom line is I ride this thing on the street and have a full on dirt bike anyway. I 'm sure the new tires will be fine for the gravel road excursions if I keep the pace reasonable.
Bike rides like new again. Check your tires even though they may not be visibly worn.
Chris |
Echo15
| | Posted on Friday, June 04, 2010 - 08:47 pm: |
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My partly worn Scorpion Syncs were the culprit for me. |
Oldwesterncowboy
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 07:32 am: |
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UPDATE
I have found the gremlin 
When I first got the bike I had lowered the levers, which lowered the hand guards.
I raised the levers/hand-guards back up
got to 106 with no problems
I was shocked to find the hand-guards could cause this. Probably in combination with all the other crap on my bars.
Here is before / after shots
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Sharkguy
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 02:19 pm: |
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That's why I asked if anyone had tried removing the handguards. I had this problem on my KLR and removing the guards pretty much alleviated it. I haven't tried removing the Ulys yet though. I'm glad you figured yours out. Maybe just adjusting them is the answer in some cases. |
Oldwesterncowboy
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 03:37 pm: |
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another thing i have noticed, in this thread I said speed over 90 and 106 mph.
That was with zumo gps.
I have found that the spedo on the bike reads fast.
at 106 the bikes spedo was just over 115
at 95 spedo is just over 100
at 70 spedo says 75
under 50 its dead on.
stock tires and wheels
Thanks to everyone for all the help and suggestions.
I feel like I have a great bike again.
(Message edited by oldwesterncowboy on June 08, 2010) |
Froggy
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 03:47 pm: |
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You can adjust the speedometer accuracy compensation in the ECM programming. |
Rwven
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 05:16 pm: |
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"You can adjust the speedometer accuracy compensation in the ECM programming."
Yup, when I bought my bike the speedo was dead accurate with my GPS. The first re-flash I had done caused it to read about 4-5% high. The comfort kit flash only changed the fan timings so it's still reading high. The Erik Buell Racing race ECM reads high also. If I ever get a spare $500.00 to blow on the Erik Buell Racing ECM software I'll have to do something about that..... |
Froggy
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 06:30 pm: |
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I did mine for free in Tunerpro. |
