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<blockquote data-quote="SPEAKERMAN" data-source="post: 124862" data-attributes="member: 120"><p>Yes. </p><p> </p><p>I will keep working on getting the FUCKING BRAKES to work and the FUCKING FORKS to work, cause if I did, then maybe I could figure out how to make it FUCKING HANDLE, which would be cool, cause it's light and it's e-start. </p><p> </p><p>But it's been a brick wall so far...the fine line between oversteer and clean cornering quality is ridiculous. </p><p>I've been messing with front and rear sag, fork height, fork damping, bar height, .....</p><p> </p><p>I can get it to do predictable oversteer/drift, but then it will NOT turn when going downhill with the engine braking. It hunts all over the place. I cannot hold a line, and have to slow way down.</p><p> </p><p>Then I make other adjustments.....I can get it to track down hill, and hold a line even with heavy or light engine braking, but then it will NOT drift turn. I cannot turn with the rear wheel when going too fast, so I have to slow way down.</p><p> </p><p>Every other bike I've owned I can get both, to some degree.</p><p> </p><p>I have fallen down at low speeds on this bike more than all my other bikes combined...and I've only ridden it 5 times in 4 months..</p><p> </p><p>Then there is the front brakes. I've tried (2) different rotors, 600degree fluid, and (3) different pads, and they are all the same: 4 or 5 minutes of good brakes, then they overheat, glaze over, and fade, and squeal like crazy.</p><p> </p><p>Next thing to try is ultra-soft pads, with a toe-in shim under them, greasing all the pad plate contact points, and bead-blasting the disc.</p><p> </p><p>AAARRRGH</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SPEAKERMAN, post: 124862, member: 120"] Yes. I will keep working on getting the FUCKING BRAKES to work and the FUCKING FORKS to work, cause if I did, then maybe I could figure out how to make it FUCKING HANDLE, which would be cool, cause it's light and it's e-start. But it's been a brick wall so far...the fine line between oversteer and clean cornering quality is ridiculous. I've been messing with front and rear sag, fork height, fork damping, bar height, ..... I can get it to do predictable oversteer/drift, but then it will NOT turn when going downhill with the engine braking. It hunts all over the place. I cannot hold a line, and have to slow way down. Then I make other adjustments.....I can get it to track down hill, and hold a line even with heavy or light engine braking, but then it will NOT drift turn. I cannot turn with the rear wheel when going too fast, so I have to slow way down. Every other bike I've owned I can get both, to some degree. I have fallen down at low speeds on this bike more than all my other bikes combined...and I've only ridden it 5 times in 4 months.. Then there is the front brakes. I've tried (2) different rotors, 600degree fluid, and (3) different pads, and they are all the same: 4 or 5 minutes of good brakes, then they overheat, glaze over, and fade, and squeal like crazy. Next thing to try is ultra-soft pads, with a toe-in shim under them, greasing all the pad plate contact points, and bead-blasting the disc. AAARRRGH [/QUOTE]
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