| Moozad mate, I've said it before but if you're grounding stuff out you're either using monumental lean angles or the suspension isn't set up right, sounds like you've got it set up too low or too soft.
My riding style is quite enthusiastic and I've never touched anything down except the odd grazed footpeg (I did once deck the centre stand down when I was two up and the suspension was compressed more). I would make sure your suspension sag is set up right and that your suspension settings are set back to standard factory settings (mine had almost no compression damping when it came from the dealers).
Another trick is to raise the rear ride height by lengthening the adjuster rod by two full turns, it will help ground clearance and help the bike turn in to corners quicker as well. You may find the bike handles even better!
You're right about wheelbearings though. I just replaced my rear wheel bearings. The old bearings had only been in there for 1000 miles but I guess I was just unlucky enough to fit a bearing that was defective from new, cos after that 1000 miles the bearing on the disc side had got loads of play on it. The effect on the handling was weird, it felt like the front was going to tuck all the while and if I backed off mid corner the bike would drop into the bend more rather than sit up like you would expect. I spent some time wondering if my riding had gone to pot but just replacing the rear wheel bearings sorted all the problems that I thought were at the front end.
[Edited on 28-3-2005 by Jools]  |