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Mine has the Cast wheels in the Motorsport blue to match. If you P'M me you number I'll happily send over a couple of photos.

The great thing with the bike is the brake meter on the dash. If you are using all of the travel and the brake meter is moving much then you have an issue. Conversely, if the meter shows you are properly braking hard (like 8/9 ms2) and you aren't using all your travel then there is room to play...

Dave Moss advised to have the preload all out and to run the damping at -2 to +1 for my weight.

What struck me was the comment at the start of the video about the BMW. Neevesy essentially says the bike is the best mix. It's a monster on track and with all the refinements its fantastic on the road. Surely this test should be about the best bike all round? I like how Motorcycle.com???? do it...

Your welcome mate. Hopefully it can help out, although like Ryan says, setup can be quite personal. I tend to prefer carrying a higher corner entry speed but it seems the bike as stock is more point and shoot.

Hi Alex. I'm 13 stone 2 excluding gear.

HI all. So the HP4 cartridge has been installed along with new fork oil. The bike has only done 3750 miles and the fork oil was quite dirty. Setting Sag witj 5 turns of preload set me at 42mm with the bike at 30mm. From a "traditional" point of view, much better numbers. So I set out for a test...

The fork cartridge has arrived. Should be installing it tonight/tomorrow and will be out tomorrow afternoon and Sunday. I'll pop another update on here with the outcome.

Perfect. Just to clarify, you mentioned preload issues for the front. For me to hit a traditional sag number I need around 6-8 turns of preload on the front. My zip tie shoes I am using a all but 20mm (I've not softened compression at this point) of travel. To get to BMWS recommended setting of...

Glad you found an improvement Toan. I'd like to try the dunlops in the future as from what I understand they grip like mad and have pretty good longevity. Win win

Thanks Ryan. Do you have a link to the service manual at all?

I thought that the 9.5 may be a touch soft but the thinking is that the altering nature of the damping in the DDC allows the suspension to better control how it dives.

Update for y'all. I have been speaking to a few suspension specialists about the handling issues I've experienced and what is best to resolve them. They have all pointed at the front end being far too stiff for me. The 2015 DDC forks carry a 9.5 in the left leg and an 11.0 in the right leg...

Ah my mistake mate. Hope it's a good one. The weather looks set well, enjoy.

How'd you get on mate?

Give it a try tomorrow with the forks flush and and the rear dropped as low as possible then set your sag. The biggest issue is that changing one thing very often affects another.

To me it's all about confidence. Having had a 2014 and now a 2015 the evolutions in the bike are clear and have generally been brought about via feedback from the race teams. Hell they increased he wheelbase simply by going to a 120 link chain vs the 118 link. Something Dan Kyle recommended...

They went a step further and reduced the trail for the 2015+ bikes. It seems Jap bikes stick to the "convention" of wanting the rear lifting to increase the swing arm angle. The benefit of BMW's stock setup is a quick steering bike that feels great on wheels road but as soon as you hit the track...

It has definitely made a large improvement and fundamentally I am happier on the bike and on the throttle much earlier and harder. it all starts linking to normal trail rather than actual trail and stats getting all science and equations. It seems that the BMW engineers recommend lifting the...

Hi all,thanks for your contributions so far. I've have started to make some changes after lots of advice and reading and testing. It seems that all the S1000RR's from 2010 onwards lack trail (distance the contact patch is behind he imaginary steering head line). Trail is massively important as...