With all you guys saying your Connie's are great, I have to ask why is mine a pig?
Some background.
I've been riding since I was 12 (48 years), I currently own an Aprilia, and a 16 C14. I bought the 14 because I really didn't want to have to choose between another pair of underwear or a pair of flip flops with the single Givi 45L top case on the Aprilia.
Ok, I bought the C14 new, set static sag, (still not right), broke it in for 500 miles, changed the fluids, and then took a 1600 mile trip.
This thing just doesn't like to turn. It takes a lot of effort to start a turn, and requires a lot of effort to keep it in a turn.It may be just the C14 weighs 700+ plus lbs vs the 440 of the Aprilia, (or my previous Honda VFR) but I think there is more too it.
Oh, and the stock BT 021's are pure junk.
After talking to the Penske guys, and the K-tech guys at the NYC motorcycle show, it seems that it's probably just a geometry problem in that it doesn't have enough rear ride height, and the front forks are crap...lol
So my plan for the winter is to add ride height via a Penske shock and lose the hydraulic preload, either gold valves, and springs or the AC 20 kit, and replace the tires with PR-4 or Angel GT's... (190-55-17)
Do you guys think that will be a good start?
With all you guys saying your Connie's are great, I have to ask why is mine a pig?
Some background.
I've been riding since I was 12 (48 years), I currently own an Aprilia, and a 16 C14. I bought the 14 because I really didn't want to have to choose between another pair of underwear or a pair of flip flops with the single Givi 45L top case on the Aprilia.
Ok, I bought the C14 new, set static sag, (still not right), broke it in for 500 miles, changed the fluids, and then took a 1600 mile trip.
This thing just doesn't like to turn. It takes a lot of effort to start a turn, and requires a lot of effort to keep it in a turn.It may be just the C14 weighs 700+ plus lbs vs the 440 of the Aprilia, (or my previous Honda VFR) but I think there is more too it.
Oh, and the stock BT 021's are pure junk.
After talking to the Penske guys, and the K-tech guys at the NYC motorcycle show, it seems that it's probably just a geometry problem in that it doesn't have enough rear ride height, and the front forks are crap...lol
So my plan for the winter is to add ride height via a Penske shock and lose the hydraulic preload, either gold valves, and springs or the AC 20 kit, and replace the tires with PR-4 or Angel GT's... (190-55-17)
Do you guys think that will be a good start?
I'm sorry, but buying my 14 in 2007, and burning the stock tire off it, it handled just fine for almost 5k miles.. stop all this B/S about the the tires, he doesn't have barely 2k on them.. they don't show the inferiority till they hit 4k, and even then, they still work...
yes, PR's are superior, and when it's time to switch, I recommend it, but man, the tires actually do work for almost 5k miles... sheesh..
and now I get to hear about people gettting 12k out of a set of tires... which I've never seen either... meh......![]()
swap em at 5k, and keep swapping them.. like oil changes....![]()
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I know I don't know you guys, but.. these tires were just ok in 2004 when they were designed, but they are crap today. They inspire zero confidence in the colder temps, and wet. And the profile looks wrong.
Anyway , I'll get a set of PR-4s in the 190-55 and see if it's better. It's only money, I'll make more. Maybe they dropped the crate with this bike and tweaked something, but it's not right. I felt better riding my friends K1200lt sport couch...lol
Just saying
I'm sorry, but buying my 14 in 2007, and burning the stock tire off it, it handled just fine for almost 5k miles.. stop all this B/S about the the tires, he doesn't have barely 2k on them.. they don't show the inferiority till they hit 4k, and even then, they still work...
and now I get to hear about people gettting 12k out of a set of tires... which I've never seen either... meh......![]()
I am up to a whopping 16K miles on the PR4-GT's now, and they still feel just fine!
Try PR-4's and a 55 series in the rear. You will think the bike got power steering.
I know I don't know you guys, but.. these tires were just ok in 2004 when they were designed, but they are crap today.
Well now you're just verbally poking MOB with a stick, don't we have rules about that sort of thing?![]()
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Well now you're just verbally poking MOB with a stick, don't we have rules about that sort of thing?![]()