KMAC
21-04-2004, 10:06 AM
Sorry to gatecrash your site, I'm not a Monster owner I run a VFR and subscribe to the VFR club, which has shown me many times if you want advice, it pays to ask the right people.
I've been doing a bit of spannering for a friend who has a 900 Monster. Full service, new throttle cables, WP rear shock, WP front springs and oil (which he picked up direct from their stand at the NEC). Scottoiler etc.
The problem is I've managed to get the back to behave just by adjusting the rebound damping on the shock, but the front seems way too stiff. On anything other than billiard table smooth tarmac it sends jarring shocks straight through the bars to your arms, and is very off putting on B roads, upsetting the handling and taking away confidence.
The oil is 5 wt, which I understand is not the recomended weight, but is what WP supplied, presumably to their own standards. Air gap is per the Haynes manual. My own thoughts are it feels like it needs some taking out, but there was some text on putting more in, depending on what year and what forks were fitted.
Can I ask what your thoughts are on this? what do Monster front ends feel like on standard set-up? are they a bit harsh normally? Can anyone offer advice on getting it feeling a little more supple?
Of course the upside of this is that I have to take the Monster out regularly and test it!!! :twisted: And what a cracking bike it is too.
I've been doing a bit of spannering for a friend who has a 900 Monster. Full service, new throttle cables, WP rear shock, WP front springs and oil (which he picked up direct from their stand at the NEC). Scottoiler etc.
The problem is I've managed to get the back to behave just by adjusting the rebound damping on the shock, but the front seems way too stiff. On anything other than billiard table smooth tarmac it sends jarring shocks straight through the bars to your arms, and is very off putting on B roads, upsetting the handling and taking away confidence.
The oil is 5 wt, which I understand is not the recomended weight, but is what WP supplied, presumably to their own standards. Air gap is per the Haynes manual. My own thoughts are it feels like it needs some taking out, but there was some text on putting more in, depending on what year and what forks were fitted.
Can I ask what your thoughts are on this? what do Monster front ends feel like on standard set-up? are they a bit harsh normally? Can anyone offer advice on getting it feeling a little more supple?
Of course the upside of this is that I have to take the Monster out regularly and test it!!! :twisted: And what a cracking bike it is too.