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Post by hellish100 on Aug 29, 2020 21:05:27 GMT -5
I finally took the disc brake equipped Venice for a test ride.
Results were mixed.
The biggest thing that threw me off was the new forks. They are longer and far more stiff than stock.
The front end felt ‘tippy’ and the front tire wanted to follow every imperfection in the road.
I think lowering the front end and decreasing the spring rates would help.
Has anyone messed with the internals of an NCY shock before?
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Post by AtariGuy on Aug 31, 2020 12:19:42 GMT -5
I finally took the disc brake equipped Venice for a test ride. Results were mixed. The biggest thing that threw me off was the new forks. They are longer and far more stiff than stock. The front end felt ‘tippy’ and the front tire wanted to follow every imperfection in the road. I think lowering the front end and decreasing the spring rates would help. Has anyone messed with the internals of an NCY shock before? is quite familiar with shock fixing. Help a feller out eh? |
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Post by hellish100 on Nov 8, 2020 19:29:06 GMT -5
The Venice still has disc brakes.
I swapped the bottom fork legs from my Spree so it now has Yamaha jog style NCY 26mm upper legs but with 12mm axle Honda disc brake style lower NCY legs.
I am running the same monkey wheel and monster 220mm front disc!
I also swapped in the hot rodded motor that I originally built for the spree swap. The spree frame is stripped and sitting on a shelf.
So now I have a 47mph Venice with monster brakes, NCY forks, and 10in slicks!
It’s shorter than the spree
It’s got better ergonomics than the spree
It might make a better MiniGP machine than the spree.
Pics to come.
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Post by hellish100 on Nov 9, 2020 20:17:16 GMT -5
Sorry for the lame pic. I'll get it outside this weekend to see it in the sun and run some fresh fuel through it.  |
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captincvmn
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I just want riding weather back
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Location: Dover, PA
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Post by captincvmn on Nov 10, 2020 7:58:10 GMT -5
Looks quite light
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Post by aeroxbud on Nov 10, 2020 13:55:38 GMT -5
Even with that twin pot caliper? I bet it stops good.
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Post by hellish100 on Nov 11, 2020 10:27:44 GMT -5
I’ll weigh it this weekend too. I imagine it’ll be around 130lbs or so.
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