1500€ ain't much
Whaddya want? Any jap bike is a solid choice.
Dualsport? Sportsbike? Naked? You can pretty much choose anything before 2000, and that's a lot. inb4 gs500.
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Hit the toogay today after some suspension adjustment and learned quite a bit.
Default is 3 lines out for preload, 7 clicks for dampening.
The bike was glued in corners but it was a mess to manage otherwise. Acted like a pogo stick on rough sections and moved around a lot when applying the brakes and accelerating. Hard braking produced made the rear wheel go up way too easy.
Went with 1.5 lines of preload and 5 clicks of dampening.
It did become very manageable on rough sections and it behaved a lot better under hard braking, but all else was horrible.
First thing I noticed is as I'm runing Conti Race Attack Comps and they're very soft, the front tire was forced to work as part of the suspension until completely warmed up (as internal pressure increases by 0.3 bar, give or take). This made the first toogay run horrible with the front moving all over the place.
Turn in was also turned to shit, you had to shove the bike into the corners. I think this has to do with the front not compressing enough, though I'm not entirely sure.
But the worst thing was the feedback disappearing completely from the front. The front felt pretty dead/static, it was difficult to trust it.
I'm going to go back there again tomorrow with settings close to stock and see how it feels.
HOLY SHIT KIT KAT MADE SENSE STAHP EVERYTHING
Kit kat has a point though. Pic related has 90hp and I downshift all the way to first/second and the front comes up sometimes as I'm overtaking slow vehicles. Work on your riding skills maybe? Unless you're trying to overtake a busa on the autobahn