parts arrived for winter upgrade

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lanny
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parts arrived for winter upgrade

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All my parts have arrived that i have ordered ready to fit through the winter, i feel like Christmas has come early,
List is, Gold D I D chain, Supa sprox rear sprocket, front sprocket, Hyper pro front springs and oil + seals, Puig black screen, Pyramid rear hugger, fenda extenda,and the jewel in the crown is a ohlins rear shock,
Cant wait to start working on fitting and fettling, piccies will follow as i progress but i wont be rushing as i plan on replacing other bits plus giving it a bloody thorough clean. :thumbup:
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Ohlins Shock !!! You won the lottery ??
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Ain't they near a grand new !!!!!!!!!!
That's nice list of bits to be bolting on :-)
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lloydiecbr wrote:Ain't they near a grand new !!!!!!!!!!
That's nice list of bits to be bolting on :-)
£900 + on fleabay......Jeeeezz !!
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Ohlins and Hyper pro supplied by K A I S suspension specialist local to me, Andy White the owner was the suspension tech for the late great Dave Jeffries for his TT bikes and is currently setting up bikes in BSB. The Ohlins is a reconditioned unit which is basically as new and once fitted will be set up by Andy, this was a steal at £450, the set up is £68 on top of this and consists of front and back suspension set whilst you are sat on the bike, the front springs ,oil and seals came in at just under £200 so all in all a transformed storm for £800, add the bling and i hope to have one very sorted firestorm, didnt think i would enjoy a storm after having had a SP1 but im sure once these bits are set up properly ill have something close to an Sp but with 10 times the comfort. :thumbup:
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Sounds like a good bit of work to be done over the winter :)

Very pleased with mine since I got Roger to sort the forks, and got a decent rear shocker, (and a 15t front cog..)
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in a way im glad i have lots to do as it will hopefully prevent me rushing to get out on it, the list has grown longer today with the arrival of wesmoto stainless brake lines which look real good quality. :thumbup:
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Where abouts you live mate I used to go I to KAIS suzuki all the time bought two bikes off them years back, is Jonny still in shop? How much they charge to get the suspension set up been thinking about taking the stoem in to get it sorted so it's not so harsh over road defects

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Not far from you,- Leigh.
Don't know Johnny as i have only dealt with Andy and his dad.
Price for set up depends on what you want and the time he needs to dial it in.
Having visited earlier this week the advice he gave was that a Hyper pro rear spring and front springs along with a service would give the best value for money upgrade for normal road riding and would probably suit a novice to intermediate track day rider, the set up i have gone for which is Hyper pro front springs, new oil and seals + a recondition Ohlins rear shock and rider set up is expensive but will transform the handling and it can be adjusted for road (he supplies the guide for this) or track riding with the fastest in the intermediate group. What is important is that depending on road use, track time and conditions the suspension gets serviced annually as it can go off as quick as it can be set up.
I must admit having delved in to suspension set up techniques, unless you can find a setting that suits your honest ability you can easily make things worse than better, I believe its best to have just one setting for road and one for track if only to stop you becoming paranoid that minor adjustments make a difference only to find that after a ride on a different road you need to adjust again. :beer:
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