Staff Blog Sorting our my saggy-ness - MOTOR GERR

You may have seen my today's long time evaluate published in July three problem of MCN.

I’ve been having a few issues with my suspension and Senior Road Tester, Michael Neeves, gave me some tips on the way to modify the the front and rear sag on the Yamaha Fazer8.

So getting my palms dirty I set to work with a tape measure and spanners.

I concept you might be inquisitive about my little photograph guide supplying you with info of what to degree and wherein to make changes  if you fancy doing the equal.

Initial dimension to locate absolutely prolonged figure

We measured the forks and shock at their full extension. Neevesy lifted every end of the motorcycle up with the aid of balancing it at the aspect stand whilst I measured the amount of exposed fork slider at the the front and on the rear we selected a point between the subframe and swingarm.

Second size had to locate static sag (Fig: B1 & B2) (Photos: three & 4):

With each wheels back at the floor and the suspension compressed beneath the weight of the motorbike, I steadied the motorcycle upright and we measured the identical factors at each the the front and rear.

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