Nice results. Keep it up!
... and thanks for the info.
... and thanks for the info.
Linear Link - Yes or No
I have a '12 675R. To be honest, I had been a bit skeptical on this. But after my suspension team said they've done all they could with my Ohlins TTX and they thought I should change out my progressive link for a linear one, I had to seriously consider. So I did. I reached out to Clyons Engineering to do just that. I've been hearing whispers about their Daytona machining and builds and decided to test them out. They build their own product in house, not mass produced, I like that. Munch, who builds these, is on this forum in fact.
Full disclosure I had some growing pains with this to get everything dialed in. You can't just throw the link in and expect to go 110% without any adjustments to your suspension. I'm new to racing, new to anything mechanicalyl related, which means I had a hard time describing what was happening with my bike to my suspension team other than my bike feels unsettled....(slap my own face). So I did my research and read as much as I could on suspension set up and reached out to Clyons Engineering, who was very patient and helpful with me on this. I was very grateful for that!
I was then able to more accurately describe what was going on and we got things dialed in. I finally felt comfortable to push the bike. Surprisingly, I was able to run time just off my best pace and it came much easier than previous race times. I know I can safely push my pace so much harder now.
Two things I noticed with the linear link. I would usually spin my tire to get as much drive out of the corner as possible. I couldn't spin my tire as much as I tried. I was seriously seated and planted in the corner harder than ever. I also had a big problem with wallowing out of the corner before, that went away. I know you could say, well that was a suspension issue. Yeah it was, I didn't have a linear link. We spent hours trying to fix this before.
After the final adjustments, I brought home a 3rd and 4th place from the back row (16 bikes) this past weekend racing. My final opinion, it's worth it!
Here's a photo from this weekend. You can follow my racing updates on instagram @teamschwags
Full disclosure I had some growing pains with this to get everything dialed in. You can't just throw the link in and expect to go 110% without any adjustments to your suspension. I'm new to racing, new to anything mechanicalyl related, which means I had a hard time describing what was happening with my bike to my suspension team other than my bike feels unsettled....(slap my own face). So I did my research and read as much as I could on suspension set up and reached out to Clyons Engineering, who was very patient and helpful with me on this. I was very grateful for that!
I was then able to more accurately describe what was going on and we got things dialed in. I finally felt comfortable to push the bike. Surprisingly, I was able to run time just off my best pace and it came much easier than previous race times. I know I can safely push my pace so much harder now.
Two things I noticed with the linear link. I would usually spin my tire to get as much drive out of the corner as possible. I couldn't spin my tire as much as I tried. I was seriously seated and planted in the corner harder than ever. I also had a big problem with wallowing out of the corner before, that went away. I know you could say, well that was a suspension issue. Yeah it was, I didn't have a linear link. We spent hours trying to fix this before.
After the final adjustments, I brought home a 3rd and 4th place from the back row (16 bikes) this past weekend racing. My final opinion, it's worth it!
Here's a photo from this weekend. You can follow my racing updates on instagram @teamschwags
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