I'm having these crash bars fitted to mine this week, ordered mine in black. I'll post some photos once fitted.
@Sicilian, I can confirm the crash bars do their job I can also tell you, the V4 Pikes Peak is an absolute bi**h to pick up. If I'd been on my own, there would have been no chance On the plus side, nothing touched except the Enduro bash plate and the crash bars, no damage to anything expensive Andy
The bash plate? What did you hit a rock . I have a dropped a couple of Multi's over the years but never damaged the bash plate. Glad you and the bike are OK.
I got stranded over a speed hump in a car park on a slope at zero miles an hour. Couldn't hold it but did slow the rate of descent. Exacerbated an old shoulder injury, feels like I've broken my collar bone again but haven't. Time for heat and stretching and I'll be fine in a few days Andy
Similar thing happened to me with my Multi V4S, lost my footing getting the stand down, bike started leaning fully loaded, couldn't hold it up. Ended laying down and bruising the hell out my legs. Lifting it took 3 men!
Shit, I've just got a new centre stand for my impending PP, was not aware there was a possible difference fitament and assumed a V4s one would fit it? Ah well, it's been delivered anyways so time will tell if it fits or not, I've heard that there can be issues with it seating 100% when you have the full system. I'll find out soon enough lol
Just a word of warning if using the "urban " setting if torturing. I've found if you're on a steep mountain pass and the road surface is not great the electronics reduced the power so much (tc I'm guessing) the bike will stall. Halfway round a tight hairpin is not a great place to be to put it to the test! Put it back in sport after that.
I wish there were adjustable compression and rebound values you could just assign to each profile yourself. They made it so for preload, why not the rest...
Yes, that would be my preference too. I wonder if Race mode gives you a bit more adjustability, like the Panigale V4S Andy
But surely the whole point is the compression & rebound, front & rear, are being adjusted continuously by the computer, based upon the selected engine mode, the throttle opening, the torque demand from the engine, whether you’re braking or not, not to mention continual feedback from the road surface thanks to the suspension accelerometer sensors and the 6-axis Inertial Measurement Unit. For example, when you brake, the dip in the front suspension is immediately detected and the compression adjusted immediately to minimise fork dive and keep the bike on as even a keel as possible. Manually setting, and therefore fixing, the compression & rebound means it always has to be a compromise. Do you set it for a fast smooth race track, or for a pothole infected, patchy tarmac B road? For sure, before the electronic suspension control unit was developed we had no choice but to adjust C & R to the best compromise but now we can let the electronics do that and know it’s always at its best.
I've had other bikes that had "active suspension". Trust me the other systems just feel shite compared to the quality your getting with the PP.
