im definitely gonna get the suspension sorted professionally, probably over the summer depending on the cost might buy aftermarket.
ive tweaked the front a little, but i do have a question...how do i adjust the rear rebound? can you turn it by hand, or do you need to remove the shock from the linkages first? it looks like there is a screw in the middle of the knurled adjuster...but that might just be me imagining things. also its on 2 or 4 but it seems more sluggish than it should be
do you adjust it by hand or with some pliers, or do i need to remove the whole shock/linkages?
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as for maintenance, its history is anyones guess, its gone through 11 previous owners so its had a long and varied life. the front "seems" ok, maybe it could dive a bit more (im in no danger of bottoming the forks out), but the rear definitely seems a bit sluggish to both compress and return.
my combined knowledge of biking so far is the 4 months i had on my diversion 600 (back in 2001) before i was knocked off and the 3.5 months ive had on the zxr (oct '11 to now). im also hampered by not having a garage to do any work in (gotta work on it on the side of the road) and an obvious lack of tools/technical knowledge.
the headstock again, seems ok, it turns ok, no grating or sticking, there doesnt seem to be any wobble or play there, but again i dont have anything to compare it to...
also the tyres are complete crap
never heard anyone say anything good about the bt010's...ill stick summat better on it when the missus will let me
but for now the plan is to do most of the work myself, think i just need to get it into a covered garage and crack on getting my hands dirty, as long as there are no parts left over at the end it should be ok
