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CAN ANYONE MAKE THESE BIKES TAKE A CORNER?

Discussion in 'XJ Modifications' started by HeWentForItSir, Jan 19, 2011.

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Will PODS make my bike handle better?

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  1. HeWentForItSir

    HeWentForItSir New Member

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    1 gigawatt, youre thinking of the Delorean....
     
    HeWentForItSir, Jan 26, 2011
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  2. grinder

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    bet it was running pods tho.......?
     
    grinder, Jan 26, 2011
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  3. theadbrewer

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    Most definitely pods. My bike has made me see the future in a corner with pods, also the past when it wasn't as fast and cornered badly from extraneous weight from a plastic air box stifling air to the fuel driven motor.
     
    theadbrewer, Jan 26, 2011
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    gennro, Jan 27, 2011
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  5. Alive

    Alive Active Member

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    My 900 handles really well.. both of them have.

    In saying that I have fairly new progressive springs, use 20w fork oil and and a 1 inch preloader in the front forks and decent Koni rear shocks
     
    Alive, Jan 27, 2011
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  6. Polock

    Polock Well-Known Member

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    Valentino Rossi
     
    Polock, Jan 27, 2011
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  7. Alive

    Alive Active Member

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    Valentino rides an XJ?? Wow :lol:
     
    Alive, Jan 27, 2011
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  8. venlis

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    xj with pods to be exact!
     
    venlis, Jan 28, 2011
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    not to stop the humor I did get a good laugh, does Chacal carry the progressive springs and shocks y'all been breifly talking about? Ilike all the free info and knowledge that is being shared and the humor it is top notch
     
    amfmtxca, Jan 29, 2011
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  10. day7a1

    day7a1 Member

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    yes he does. the catalog is reached via the engine picture at the very top right corner of the page. Pg 4 of the catalog is the suspension, IIRC.

    I have the whole thing saved to my hard drive so I can read it offline.
     
    day7a1, Jan 30, 2011
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  11. dartmanx5

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    Pods make IT faster, better suspension makes YOU faster.

    YZF600r forks. And trees, with the clip-ons, or if you like reg bars, get a upper tree off of a FZ6. The rear suspension can't get much better than newer, more adjustable shocks unless you go crazy and build some really expensive rear suspension based off of a newer bike.
     
    dartmanx5, Jan 30, 2011
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  12. HeWentForItSir

    HeWentForItSir New Member

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    All jokes aside, thank you all for your input. Im looking forward to my future with this old girl...hehe
     
    HeWentForItSir, Jan 30, 2011
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  13. venlis

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    high five to you sir
     
    venlis, Jan 30, 2011
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    I just hope no one takes the results of that poll seriously. "Not a scientific poll" is an understatement!
     
    day7a1, Jan 31, 2011
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  15. HeWentForItSir

    HeWentForItSir New Member

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    If they do, then chances are, they dont have the ability to even make the bike run on pods, let alone be able to tell if the bike cornered any differently haha
     
    HeWentForItSir, Jan 31, 2011
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  16. reabo

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    i have put 14 mm spacers, and 300 ml of 10w fork oil in mine and handles a lot better. might be worth playing around with the quantities of oil to get what you like best though.
     
    reabo, Mar 3, 2011
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  17. Ledicott96

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    Just a good set of after market rear shocks koni, Hagon, Marzocchi progressive fork springs ,different fork oil levels, and use 10p coins as spacers, all so good sticky rubber.

    Al
     
    Ledicott96, Mar 7, 2011
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  18. Bobe7316

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    I have no trouble cornering with my XJ650
     
    Bobe7316, Mar 7, 2011
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  19. i_am_the_koi

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    I can see those who say this bike don't ride on rails! and being pissed, but they're probably the same people who are pissed their hybrid doesn't drive like a sports car.....

    I think it handle's fine, though I'd like to know more about fork upgrades and options as that's soon to be next on my list of things to do....

    Course.. I could just go with pods evidently.... Thank you all for the banter.. it's made me laugh just getting to the end of the page.
     
    i_am_the_koi, Mar 7, 2011
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  20. Ravenz07

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    wtf does pods have to do with handling??!
     
    Ravenz07, Mar 7, 2011
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