New Bike, now all I need is a Plaid Shirt.

Does that not result in the bolt pressing against the fork vs pulling the axle through the fork?

I think I will follow your tip of tightening 2 of the pinch bolts, except the other side... then loosen them again to straighten everything up...

Thanks for the tip.
 
Push the axle all the way through, insert and turn the bolt until the axle starts rotating. Tighten the left pinch bolts and set the torque on the axle bolt. This is the front brake rotor side.

Only then compress the forks a few times and afterwards tighten the right side pinch bolts.

The only way that makes sense me.
 
Max Kool said:
For commuting and traveling they're fine, better than single compound tires. They suck for those that ride canyons a lot though. They develop a step, a ridge right where the soft compound starts. The sides of the tires already wear faster than the centers, which only gets worse if the center has harder rubber with a distinct strip of softer rubber next to it on each side.
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While good street tires with cool down times between the twisties they absolutely suck for track use. Super critical of pressure & temps they give little to no warning when they have had enough race pace.
But I still use the single compound version on the street with my big ‘96 Speed Triple.
 
Guess im gonna start looking at which tire options are available in my area... my last set of bridgestone didnt take very long until the cords were exposed... granted it was a different bike with almost twice the ponies.

As for personal preference, rather have less sticky and more predictable vs. more sticky until "surprise"
 
Vatte said:
Do you plan or already have more carbon fibre parts?
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I felt like it needed something carbon on the left to balance the carbon tip akro pipe on the right.

Fitment & build quality on this KTM power part branded piece are excellent.

I will have to see the bike in the light before I decide if it can handle more carbon...
 
BISavage said:
To be honest though, measuring the weight on a sprocket cover or a wave brake is nice and all...

...but everybody knows, it not because of those few grams that they're on there...

...its so that everyone be like 😲😲😲 as it rolls up the ice cream parlor parking lot.
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Get a hair cut and ride naked. Also, exhale before corners. ;-)
 
Max Kool said:
Give the Conti Road Attack 3 a good look. They are remarkably good.
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I used to put Conti Road Attacks on my Kawasaki a few times and they were the best handling rubber I ever had. The first time riding out of the shop and turning onto the street I could feel the difference. Right from the beginning it felt like my brain was glued to the road.

The Kawasaki is now gone and my main road bike is a Triumph Tiger 900 GT Pro. It's just over a year old and 20,000 kms and needs a new rear. I'm tossing up whether to go with another stock Tourance Next for a bit extra mileage or go to the Road Attacks again.
 
So, after that it looks like I am pretty close to the 10 lbs. weight savings estimates I started with.

I know that in race-trim with no light, plates, or emissions there is more to be had... yay...

So I weighed, with a full tank and the dust cover on it: 😎
83kg(f)/86kg(r)

That means,
373 lbs. Wet
-24 lbs. fluid (oil/fuel/coolent)
=349 lbs.

🤯🤯🤯 sub 350 pound bike!

(and it also means less than 5 lbs / hp; wet 🙉)
 
That's pretty disappointing to me.
Specs say it's 166 kg fully fueled in standard trim.
So given your weight loss, you should be around 161kg.
 
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