You lifted the forks? What about dropping them a fraction? Let’s be clear, by the looks of the photo you lifted the yokes up the forks, thus fractionally extending the wheelbase. Surely if you dropped the yokes down the forks, just a little it would shorten the wheelbase, albeit fractionally, put more weight on the front end and I would have thought turn quicker. And perhaps with more weight forward steady it a little. I’m sure there will be views along shortly. If you’ve ridden a 1200 and a 1260 you’ll find the longer wheelbase 1260 turns slower. Just a little. Well, that’s certainly what it felt like to me. Or just fit a steering damper.
He dropped the yokes down the forks about 10mm looking at the two pictures which is what you are saying with different words
Dropped the yokes or lift the forks, as you prefer. Front of the bike went down 14mm. Yes, it improved the cornering a lot! About stability at high speed, not that much, I still intend to play a bit with suspension adjustment. Not that I run high speed all the time, but occasionally when opportunities come, I just want the bike to handle it as it was before, for a short blast. A matter of trust.
