Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 18:53:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Kelly Cash Subject: Re: Vmax New owner To: vmax@MyList.net, lrichard@n-jcenter.com, owner-vmax@MyList.net > I have to take the fifth on this one. Johns way bigger than me! ... > Yes a spin on will work. The Old Man Don makes a conversion ... > Both will help. The emulators are a much more involved but worthwhile > modification ... > I like the progressives. The rate choices on the Race Techs are awful > heavy. ... > Best bang for the buck? Probably progressive 12 series. ... > > o Fork brace needed? > Yes ... > > o Steering damper needed? > Debatable ... > > o Frame braces: Worth it? > Johns work great. Never tried Dales ... > > o Swingarm brace: Necessary? > Also Debatable as to the the benefits derived ... > Little windshield makes a BIG difference. Not particularly noisy. ... > Havent seen any benefits from the auto boost. ... > > - Starter problems: ... Anyone have this problem? > Everyone. It is corroded and dirty inside. And just plain not strong > enough. Thanks for the tips!! > > '93 GTS-1000A > Me too. I hate it. Too tall for me and downright uncomfortable for > anything with the word touring hung on it. How about you? Really? I've gotta say, I'm at the other end of the spectum on this one- I love the bike. The stock seat is uncomfortable after an hour, unbearable after an hour and a half. The Corbin fixed that. (fortunately I'm in the Bay Area, and I can get to his shop so they could do it right- I had to go back a couple of times; his quality is slipping a bit) In retrospect, I'd probably have Sargent redo my stock seat. It'd work as well, cost a lot less, and weight less. If you haven't got a custom seat, GET ONE. You can also have it cut down to fix the height problem. The bars were a little low for Sport-Touring, so I put Heli-bars on it. That made a big difference in comfort too. So will different windshields. There's a flourishing GTS mailing list, and we've come up with a lot of novel modifications to the bike. (one guy even fitted a VFR single-sided swingarm in back too! I thought that was a bit much. . .) -K ========================================================================= Mr. Kelly Cash / Systems Engineer, ISV Region Desk: 650-614-6568 Sun Microsystems Computer Company FAX: 650-614-6590 MS MPK05-101 Email: kelly.cash@corp.sun.com 1080 Marsh Road Alpha Pager: 2649241@skymail.com Menlo Park, CA 94025 Sun Internal Web Site: http://kondor.corp =========================================================================