Pete
Life's a Beach
After researching tyre combo's on the forum I recently replaced both avon's with a cobra on the front and an exedra max on the back of my roadster.
I've been very happy with the overall performance and the noticeably lighter steering presumably provided by the slightly larger diameter of the rear tyre improving the fork rake angle.
The cornering capability has also improved with the new tyres and I've found that I'm wearing the foot peg inserts out more than ever. I've found that the left foot peg sits 20mm higher than the right peg which appears standard and results in less wear than the right peg but now I'm starting to wear through the forward end of the left rail.
I've been looking into this problem and I'm told by the local suspension specialist I need after market shocks on the rear to better control rebound which in turn will reduce the front spring compression in hard cornering, resulting in more clearance and less wear and tear.
This makes sense to me but I thought I'd ask whether anyone here has had similar advice and found an improvement in clearances through better rear shock rebound control before I launch into upgrading the suspension.
I've been very happy with the overall performance and the noticeably lighter steering presumably provided by the slightly larger diameter of the rear tyre improving the fork rake angle.
The cornering capability has also improved with the new tyres and I've found that I'm wearing the foot peg inserts out more than ever. I've found that the left foot peg sits 20mm higher than the right peg which appears standard and results in less wear than the right peg but now I'm starting to wear through the forward end of the left rail.
I've been looking into this problem and I'm told by the local suspension specialist I need after market shocks on the rear to better control rebound which in turn will reduce the front spring compression in hard cornering, resulting in more clearance and less wear and tear.
This makes sense to me but I thought I'd ask whether anyone here has had similar advice and found an improvement in clearances through better rear shock rebound control before I launch into upgrading the suspension.