Thanks guys.
I've just been out and checked. I have around 20 to 25mm between pavement & rear tyre when on the stand. Best adjust some of that out then...
Also, I have 11 clicks clockwise on the damping (out of 25 clicks) which was a little soggy two-up.
I also wound 6mm on the spring preload last night when we got home.
Paul, are your cans on the lowest mounting hole (bottom of pannier bracket), or on the middle hole (top of pannier bracket / bottom of footrest hanger) ?
Reason I ask is that there is a 20ish mm gap between my panniers and pipes on their current setting. If I raise them then they nearly touch (maybe a gap of 5mm max). I think my panniers have a metalised heat sheild on the bottom of them.
If they don't then I'll slap some on there.
FYI the centre stand stop is actually on the left silencer pipe, so if you drop the cans you drop the stand height too, hence my wish to raise the pipes.
I think I'll try winding up the ride height and possibly lifting the pipes, then go for a blast down the same road with the hard & soft luggage fitted (panniers & missus
) and see what happens.
Btw, I'm around 15stone, and the wife about 10ish. This was a slow sharp left hander with no bump in the road. Just tipped it in briefly to get a nice grinding noise. Only time I could get the vfr to touch its stand was on well cranked over high speed bends with a bump in the middle, or being very silly on my own.
Cheers for the posts guys, any more ideas keep 'em coming, else I'll just report back how I get on.
Cheers,
John.
[Edited on 15-4-2004 by John W]