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Stalk
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PostPosted: 08:44 - 04 Feb 2014    Post subject: ZXR 400 suspention harshness? Reply with quote

Happy Tuesday!
Took stepstalks ZXR 400 (L9) out yesterday on our lovely smooth rural roads around south Northampton, felt like my teeth where going to be rattled out, especialy compared to the CBR 600 that I had just stepped off, and perhaps the front wheel seemed to be skipping slighty on the road. I did not push hard as the bike did not enspire confidence, and I'm crap at riding bikes fast.
Nothing is sized, everything moves as it should. Going to have a look at the manual later to see how to adjust, but as I have not ridden many different types of bike it is difficult to know if I am just being oversenitive to the difference after the CBR. If anyone has a reccomendation for a starting point with the settings I would be thankfull
Cheers All
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RhynoCZ
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PostPosted: 09:41 - 04 Feb 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

What I did with my ZXR, I took the manual and set the suspension into factory settings. No problems since then. Thumbs Up

Check yours, the previous owner of my ZXR was idiot, he set the left fork wrong and the right one the opposite way so the bike felt hard and like on rails.
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exuptoy
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PostPosted: 12:57 - 04 Feb 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

They were always renowned for their hard suspension, even more so the earlier models and zxr750
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CaNsA
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PostPosted: 14:14 - 04 Feb 2014    Post subject: Re: ZXR 400 suspention harshness? Reply with quote

Your back gets used to the hard suspension in time.
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Jiving Joe
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PostPosted: 14:56 - 04 Feb 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

I Second RhynoCZ

Previous owner of my ZXR also had the forks set differently Rolling Eyes

Suspension Manual

Changing to standard sorted mine out Thumbs Up
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