Treated the bike to a little love as itâs just clocked up 75k miles. Striped and rebuilt the forks. They were due an oil change having covered an out 13k since the last one (last July) and I wanted to adjust the compression a little just to soften it up a bit.
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New bushes, new seals, new Motul 10w fork oil, down to 1 turn of preload on the emulators and raised 8mm through the yokes with 5 turns of spring preload. Back to the really sweet, plush, neutral handling again and definitely feeling more grippy on the front.Â
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Nearly time to get the rear shock rebuilt, so thatâll be next.Â
Indeed it is Lee and all the better for it. 75k of mostly trouble free miles. Outside of consumables, it's had two headlamp bulbs, one tailight bulb and a couple of fork seals. I suppose the bulbs could be classed as consumables too. I'd class discs and bearings as normal service items, but it has had every bearing replaced, but only one due to failure (hub carrier bearing last year as it developed some play), the rest being preventative maintenance. Brilliant bikes, but we all know that!
Quote:Â Treated the bike to a little love as itâs just clocked up 75k miles. Striped and rebuilt the forks. They were due an oil change having covered an out 13k since the last one (last July) and I wanted to adjust the compression a little just to soften it up a bit.
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New bushes, new seals, new Motul 10w fork oil, down to 1 turn of preload on the emulators and raised 8mm through the yokes with 5 turns of spring preload. Back to the really sweet, plush, neutral handling again and definitely feeling more grippy on the front.Â
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Nearly time to get the rear shock rebuilt, so thatâll be next.Â
77K miles is starting to take its toll a little on the old niner.Â
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 A month or so back, I noticed I was missing a few up changes and started to fear the worst that the gearbox may need some attention. In reality, nothing to worry about. On further inspection, the left footrest was a bit wobbly and droopy.
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I've never worn out a footrest hanger before!
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And the end of the footrest to go with it.
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All good now. Initially I made a plate up to go between the foot rest and hanger, which also compensated for the now oval (due to wear) clevis pin holes in the hanger. That was one;y intended as a temporary fix while I sourced a decent used hanger. No such luck there as most were quite heavily corroded. Got a brand new one from Fowlers eBay arm for a bargain £75, so all back to normal again now.Â
Quote:wow, I've never seen a footrest mount worn like that, glad you had a simple fix for your gear changes
Me neither. The front pin hole had gone oval, so Iâm assuming that allowed enough movement for irregular, firmer contact causing the wear points in the pic. The footrest itself had been replaced around 2008/9. Iâve had the bike more or less from new (6 months old when I bought it), so itâs all down to me.Â
Bought another set of RoadSmart 4s. The front is down to just over 2mm now after just shy of 15k miles and the rear on 3mm after almost 9k miles. Iâll probably get a couple more months out of them yet, but at least theyâre here ready to fit when I do need them. Plan is to repaint the wheels while the tyres are off too.
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Best tyres Iâve had on the niner by a country mile. Really even wear and no cupping. Much better than the Michelin Road 5s I had previously, which didnât wear particularly evenly on the rear and had a ridge between the compound change after 10300 miles on the rear. The front squared off a bit too by the time it was changed. Grip wise, about the same between the two and both excellent in the rain.Â
 
