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Originally Posted by Heist
No, I can perfectly understand a suspension weight set-up like this for a track only machine. Yeah, pro racers are like cyclist. Waif thin.
But for a dealer offered, street legal bike - manufacturers should damn well know to at least produce a suspension that's capable of managing a 180lb rider.  |
As an owner of an RC, you know for yourself that the suspension can handle your weight. I'm 210 and it handled mine just fine - until I started trying to get my lap times under 1:30, it then became apparent that the suspension was too weak.
If your riding the bike on the streets, it's fine. Sport rider had all the numbers for the RC in an article a few years back and I used those for the street, no problems, made the bike feel better. But, until I replaced everything, I had no idea how incapable the stock suspension is for the track.
I'm agreeing with you hear, the suspension is fine on the street for any size rider. If you go to the track and depend on the stock suspension and push too hard, you will have problems - I've seen it happen.
Simply put, I would not tell someone how to set up the suspension on the RC without also mentioning it's limitations.