Really wanted to attend Thunder this year, missed last year... But had surgery in mid-April :th_people557: and still not ready for hours of Vmax riding... yet.
You all have a great time as I'm sure you will ! Ride fast & ride safe !!
Just made my reservation for check-in Wednesday / checkout Sunday ! :clapping:
Brian, what are your plans? Arrive a couple days earlier for some Pa riding or do the Tail of the Dragon again before Thunder ? Either way, I'm interested. Keep me posted plz.
Welcome to the Gen2 world Mark! +1 to what Rick previously said. I was one of those guys who had both a Gen1 & Gen2 at the same time.... only for about 2 months tho. Was having too much fun with the Gen2 that I was neglecting the Gen1....so I found a good home for it with a guy who wanted to...
Tom, change of plans for me..... Off to my son's place first thing Saturday near Chicago to help him out for a couple days. His basement flooded - about 3' of water - after 5+ inches of rain last night.
Have a fun, safe ride! Next time.
Hijinx, contact Damon Ferraiuolo at [email protected] or send a pm to Damon from this site. Believe he lives near South Lyon, Mi. He's one of the best gen1 Vmax experts / mechanics in the world!
Here's what I did to lower the Vmax : raised the front forks up 3/4" in the triple tree ; set the front fork spring preload settings to 4 ; set the rear spring preload to 11 (soft) ; and kept the rebound and compression settings +\- 1 to 2 clicks from the std settings based on ride preference...
MrHill,
I have a brand new, 1" UFO lowering link ( with bearings installed ) that I considered installing when I got my Gen2, but didn't. The suspension adjustments that ItGoes suggested in one of the threads on the StarVmax site did it for me. Your welcome to it if you like. Can bring it to...
Thxs Tom. You & Brian have a great time riding the dragon & the back roads in Pa during Thunder !! Catch up with you at Paw Paw for details on your trip :biglaugh: