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Your Abnormal Guide To Things AbnormalAnthony’s Suspension Woes
I have a 2009 Yamaha FZ1 with a Penske 8983 and the stock fork tweaked—read “clicked-out by my local suspension guy.� The forks are showing 6mm above the top triple clamp, the shock is 6-7mm of threaded rod out of the ride height adjuster. Yes, I know you need to know how much longer that is than stock but that’s all I have for you now. With this setup the bike seems like it still wants to run wide in the fast stuff, leaned over, knee on the deck. What would you suggest for a geometry set up? I weigh about 220 pounds with gear, and am at 35mm of sag in front with the preload cranked all the way in, 30mm rear with a 625 lb/in. spring. I know I need new springs in the front, but do I need a re-valve? A cartridge? Someone told me to junk the front end and go with an 06-08 R1 setup.
Anthony
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