For those of you that are interested, I finally managed to get out for a proper ride on the bike today. First time since fitting the Hagon rear damper and the progressive fork springs.

Taken so long because we've had torrential rain, high winds, torrential rain and high winds, frost and any other type of sh1tty weather you can imagine imbetween

Conditions were'nt perfect today, but the best I'm likely to see in the next 4-5 months, damp roads, wet leaves, muddy patches, windy blah blah blah.

The great news is she handles like a new bike , she used to wallow in the corners (especially 2up) and turn in now, is a lot sharped and confidence inspiring.

Of course you become accustomed to the way your bike behaves and ride accordingly, so in some ways I'm re-learning my cornering tecnique. Corner speed right now is up by probably 10-15% and I'm having to keep an eye on the speedo. Found myself doing an indicated 110mph down a county lane because my exit speed from the coners is soooo much faster

Out of respect for other road users and my license I had to make a concerted effort to slow it down. On that type of road my max speed is normally 90 ish when deserted at 05:00 on a summer morning.

Even riding around town at slow commuting speeds, the difference is dramatic, so for anyone who's rear shock looks like this......



Change it for one of these.........



You'll love it and it's much cheaper than buying a new bike ...........

 

I'm pretty sure the grime on my stock shock goes all the way to the top at this pont.

Also, for the price of the Hagon, I get 1 month payment on the Kawi I'm looking at

 

Good to hear it Hawkwind , but ya got the Hagon "priced right" not so easy for the
rest of us plebs .

+2 on Malbo's comment .... big buckeroo's over here !

 

I figured it would feel so much better, Hawk. Glad to hear it. I would love to do the same to my girl. But then there's the money thing.