Three Rivers ride - Hwy 198

[ogmike]

My son and I took a short ride up to the foothills above Visalia on Hwy. 198 here's a few pictures.

[OrangevaleFJR]

How do you like that awesome looking new R6?

[ogmike]

Love the look, today was the first time of any twisty riding at speed it handles really nice, but I think the suspension is just a little to hard. I'm reading up on adjustments this one has high speed and low speed damping front and rear. Still don't have 600 miles on it yet but getting close, kinda like to hear it at high rpm that shorty can sounds quiet at idle but sounds pretty sweet the more rpm's it gets. Soon very soon

[OrangevaleFJR]

Well, as asjustable as that suspension is, you should be able to soften it up a bit. It sure seems the newer sport bikes are all going more and more track oriented and stiff...talked to a guy with a 05 636 vs a 03 and he says it is also too stiff.

[wazzuFreddo]

Great pics

I am going to have to make it out to the foothills soon

[Cyemm]

The close tolerances of a new suspension system exacerbate the feeling of harshness until they wear-in, much like the break-in period of a new engine.

Check your sag, that's about all you should do on a brand new bike.

Wait until you get some miles on before playing with the settings, do some research, as it's easy to make a highly adjustable system highly fudged up.

Log your changes, change one thing at a time, try to have a handle on the basics of the damping circuits so your changes make sense.

[ogmike]

Originally Posted by Cyemm

The close tolerances of a new suspension system exacerbate the feeling of harshness until they wear-in, much like the break-in period of a new engine.

Check your sag, that's about all you should do on a brand new bike.

Wait until you get some miles on before playing with the settings, do some research, as it's easy to make a highly adjustable system highly fudged up.

Log your changes, change one thing at a time, try to have a handle on the basics of the damping circuits so your changes make sense.

Thanks for the advice I've been reading up and that seems to be the general thread of what I've read, it's not unmanagable or anything and I'm still riding at a fairly slow pace. Will get some miles and see how things go. Thanks again for the reply.