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Originally Posted by Quick281
I had never heard of needing a rider to sit on the bike for the measurement but I suppose it could vary from bike to bike depending on the variance in sprocket distance under riding conditions. Although I would assume the idea of measuring the slack while the bike is at rest pre calculated with any fluctuations the bike might experience with a rider while moving.
I do know that I am not out of my mind though.
Maybe the Yamaha technique is the secret to Rossi's many victories?  |
Clearly you're doing it the way they suggest
Like I said, my statements were just for my bike and how I thought most others were. Maybe less are like mine than I thought.
I find it interesting that they want you to do it on the sidestand... this doesn't make too much sense to me since many folks have different springs/springrates, different sag settings, etc... and especially with gixxers a lot of differing ride heights... seems a lot of variables could influence the reading. I'm just thinking outloud here though.
Like I said though, your bike may be different... and it is!
I'm sure if you follow your manual you'll be all set.