1literduceater
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I have only done about 6 days on my current 03 600rr track bike. Feels nothing like my prior 04 - same exact setup in the front - Racetec fork springs, same fork oil, weight, amount, etc - Penske in the rear. I have played around with the suspention alot. As well I have put on new rotors, tried different wheels, etc. I had a good friend pull them apart this winter for a fluid change, check the springs and all checked out i.e. right spring weight, etc. Bike still doesnt turn in the way I like. I was at a Roger Lyle day recently - took the bike over to CTR - the dude played with them for a few minutes and told me they were "screwed up" and he wouldnt be able to tell what it is until he took them apart. The thing that I really cant get is the rebound screw goes on and on and on....I think my last bike the screw stopped at the top or just a bit in the tube. Anyhow I am contimplating buying new/used forks and pulling the springs in my currect forks and placing them in the new ones.
The problem I am experiencing is at turn in. Left turns the bike dives in very fast, somewhat out of control, and feels as though I will lose the front at any moment. I cant just get it to come down, roll through the turn and then left up as I get on the gas. I feel like I am making constant changes in left turns. Right turns I need to put more input into the bars (not a crazy amount but some input) and once I am banked in it feels very solid and stuck to the track. Under heavy breaking the bike feels stable. Over rough track surface the bike feels fine...its just those dang left turns. If I get up to about 20 mph and let go of the bars the bike wants to pull to the left. I have double and tripple checked the forks are lined up correctly - one is not sticking out of the triple tree farther then the other.
Now I am NO suspension expert so there may be something minor or something major going on here. I know a little bit of the bike history - it has hit the ground a few times - once with me. My thinking is that the left fork or possibly the triple tree may be slightly bent from a prior crash thus causing me to feel what I am feeeling.
Thoughts?? Thanks!
The problem I am experiencing is at turn in. Left turns the bike dives in very fast, somewhat out of control, and feels as though I will lose the front at any moment. I cant just get it to come down, roll through the turn and then left up as I get on the gas. I feel like I am making constant changes in left turns. Right turns I need to put more input into the bars (not a crazy amount but some input) and once I am banked in it feels very solid and stuck to the track. Under heavy breaking the bike feels stable. Over rough track surface the bike feels fine...its just those dang left turns. If I get up to about 20 mph and let go of the bars the bike wants to pull to the left. I have double and tripple checked the forks are lined up correctly - one is not sticking out of the triple tree farther then the other.
Now I am NO suspension expert so there may be something minor or something major going on here. I know a little bit of the bike history - it has hit the ground a few times - once with me. My thinking is that the left fork or possibly the triple tree may be slightly bent from a prior crash thus causing me to feel what I am feeeling.
Thoughts?? Thanks!
, bent swingarm, rear wheel not straight (one side of the axle further back or forward than the other) or even a bent front axle.
