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MA$TER_E
09-19-2009, 12:49 PM
Guy on the ZX forum; TmoneyZ636

Riding at Thunderhill, September 13th 2009

Nice pucker moment...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbi4Q4wKNVI&fmt=18
MA$TER_E
09-19-2009, 12:57 PM
guess it wasn't as bad as this though...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtjQ4SK4GXk
Jane Honda
09-19-2009, 04:41 PM
:eek2:guess it wasn't as bad as this though...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtjQ4SK4GXk
r6jon
09-19-2009, 10:29 PM
Wow. Hate to be that second guy!
mfrankpdx
09-20-2009, 12:20 AM
How did that happen? Wheelie over a hump?
MA$TER_E
09-21-2009, 09:52 AM
How did that happen? Wheelie over a hump?


The first guy at Thunderhill? yea he went over a rise in the road and was turning at the same time. Front end came up wheel turned front end came back down... Damper wont help you much in a case like that. Background is that the OEM Ohlins damper that comes on the 09 ZX6R's is a piece... its a special model that is gutted out for cheap production. They make the same damper under a different model number that has real Ohlins guts and actually works. But its a real Ohlins $$$ Cah,Ching...
Nicegy525
09-22-2009, 10:07 PM
or you could send it into GP suspension and have the good internals installed for much less! :yes:
MA$TER_E
09-23-2009, 07:17 AM
or you could send it into GP suspension and have the good internals installed for much less! :yes:

I thought so too. And there's quite a debate on the ZX forum about this very issue. Apparently if you replace all the internals it still isn't as good as the wizbang model (internals are very different) but if you buy the wizbang model you're wasting your money :thumbup:

You know how it gets on the interwebz :crazy:

If I had the money I'd buy the new wizbang model then sell the OEM one to some poor sucker that wants to put a damper on their SV :haha: