2003-2006 FJR Suspension GROUP BUY!!!!!!!!!

[Fencer]

...Realize guys that these [SIZE=12pt]taint[/SIZE] easy for da host, ...

I'll be patient to hear more details....

and i think my taint is itching.

+1 on waiting

Rick. better get the oinment now

 

[I'mAllIn]

I'm All In. Just waiting on details and pricing.

 

[Warchild]

Many of you know Victor Pritzker from the micapeak list and various forums.

Here's his experience with GP Suspension, who worked their magic on his '05 FJR:

From: Victor Pritzker (2005 FJR1300 non-ABS)
Dave,

Recently you, and your highly skilled staff, up graded the suspension on my '05 Yamaha FJR1300. In the past, I have had suspension work done on a variety of sport bikes. The improvements on the already sport oriented machines were significant but incremental. These bikes are very light, and are designed for pure handling and speed as they come from the factory. The improvements one is looking for in handling on these pure sport machines are subtle and in some cases only noticeable in regard to advanced riding skills and at elevated speeds.

The Yamaha FJR1300 is another case altogether.

Although at the sporty end of the large Sport/touring spectrum, this is a very large, heavy machine designed to transport the pilot, perhaps a passenger, two loaded panniers and a top box over long distances at speed and in relative comfort. As it comes from the factory it is credible. Its motor is powerful enough, and its suspension is good enough to keep one amused, even in very twisty circumstances-to a point. At a certain point, a point that is way too early, it reaches its limit. Even when riding without the panniers or any other load, the rear end begins to loose stability and the front end bottoms to such a degree that hard-parts start to make unwanted contact with the road. On the stock suspension, riding briskly through bumpy corners can badly unsettle the chassis. I hoped that by doing a suspension up- grade, I would be able to achieve the same subtle increments of improvement I was used to on sport bikes; and be allowed the added pleasure of increased cornering speed and perhaps even a bit more stability. I love the comfort; luggage carrying ability and long range of this bike but wanted to have the pleasure of better handling, and more stability as well.

I took your advice and had you do the full front-end rebuild; with your selection of appropriate pistons and shim stacks as well as carefully chosen Eibach springs. For the rear end, you installed a fully adjustable Ohlins shock with remote hydraulic preload adjustment.

I left you with a very good bike that had what anyone would think of as a more than adequate suspension with more than adequate capabilities. What I got back was something else. What I picked up and took for its first ride was an entirely new machine. Clearly, the chassis was capable of a lot more than the original front forks and rear shock would allow. Immediately, several things were evident:

- Increased lean angles that I had not been able to achieve without touching down or wallowing were easily achieved.

- Elevated corner speeds were possible because the rear end was no longer upset by irregular pavement.

- Higher average speeds and higher gear choices in twisties came easily as the chassis is no longer upset by anything.

- I have confidence in being able to enter corners at any lean angle the tires can take without scraping a peg.

- I feel 100% safer on my bike as I now am confidant in its abilities.

While this bike retains all of its touring capabilities, it now has the sporting capabilities I so dearly missed!

I am now able to use the whole tire-right to the edge-as it was designed to be used. It is now possible to have the Sport part of the sport/touring experience. The bike is 100% more comfortable as the suspension works so much better at smoothing out road irregularities, even during non-aggressive riding.

I am able to exercise the really good engine of this bike at will as the suspension is capable of handling more aggressive corner exit speed and more aggressive side to side transitions. The fully adjustable suspension allows for easy adjustment for passenger or luggage weight variations. The point to all this is that the result of your work exceeded my expectations. I now really love to ride this bike, where I used to just like to ride it.

I would unquestioningly recommend this up-grade to anyone that has a sport touring motorcycle. If they do have one, it's because they wanted to retain the sport aspects of riding, even though they want the comfort, luggage capacity and long range of a tour bike. I am able to report that this is completely possible with Dave's help.

Thank you again for your prompt, courteous, affordable; and entirely expert service. Once again, you have exceeded my expectations. I would be pleased to act as a reference to anyone wishing to have similar work done by your organization.

Very truly yours,

Victor Pritzker

Standby... the sign-up form for this Group Buy will be published later this morning, after I publish the finalized Group Buy price structure...

 

[Warchild]

[SIZE=14pt] Price Model for GP Suspension Group Buy Nov 20 - Dec 4:[/SIZE]

Rear Shocks:

Penske 8981 double-adjustable rear shock with Remote reservoir. GP Suspension will install a spring that is specific to your weight/riding style. They will also adjust the internal valving to suit your needs, free of charge. This is arguably the best bang for your buck, and the shock of choice for the 2006 FJRs. If I myself was scoring a shock off this Group Buy, this would be it.

Retail price: $795.00 GB price: $676.00

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Penske 8987 Triple-adjustable with Remote reservoir. This is pretty much the top-of-the-line racing shock from Penske. They don't come any finer that this. If you're willing to spend the time necessary to really dial-in this shock, the results are unreal. GP Suspension will install a spring that is specific to your weight/riding style, and adjust the internal valving to suit your tastes, free of charge.

Retail price: $1170.00 GB price: $995.00

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Ohlins PRCS piggyback with Hydraulic Preload (pre-2006 FJRs only!) What can you say about Ohlins that hasn't been said before? This is the Gold Standard of aftermarket shocks. I had a somewhat similar Ohlins shock on my Blackbird, and it literally transformed the bike. GP Suspension will install a spring that is specific to your weight/riding style, and adjust the internal valving to suit your tastes, free of charge.

Retail price: $1063.00 GB price: $903.00

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Wilbers Shock Rebuild:: Many, many FJR owners (including myself) have had GP Suspension overhaul their Wilbers shocks. As a number of members have found out, a small percentage of the Wilbers shocks were shipped with the incorrect spring rate (or typically, the owners requested a spring rate that turned out to be too low for the actual needs).

Overhaul service includes: Labor, Oil, Nitrogen, new Eibach Shock Spring (if needed), Quad Seal, Dust Seal, and chemicals/waste disposal.

Retail price for labor/parts: $202.00 ($302.00, if Eibach spring is needed) Group Buy price: $168.00 ($253.00 if Eibach spring is needed)

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SOQI FORK REBUILDS!!

This is the hot ticket here that you all should jumping on!! As Victor Pritzker mentioned in his testimonial above, you will not even believe the improvement of your front end when GP Suspension gets done with your forks!

The Fork Rebuild package for your 48mm Soqi forks includes labor, custom-made Compression Kit and custom-made Rebound Kit, new Eibach fork spring, new seals, fork oil and chemicals waste disposal.

Retail price: $673.00 GB price: $572.00

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Eibach Fork Springs:

For the do-it-yourself folks, GP Suspension offer the exquisite Eibach fork springs to replace your worn OEM springs. While it doesn't begin to approach the phenomenal improvement the full Fork Rebuild described above does, still, replacing your stock springs with these Eibach units, coupled with a fresh fork oil change, makes a significant difference just by itself!

Retail price: $105.00 GB price: $89.00

All of the above does not include shipping charges.

Go get 'em, boyz!! Sign up here: GP Suspension Group Buy Signup form

Have patience while the flash form renders... might take a few seconds for older computers....

 

[FJRocket]

Thanks Warchild!

I'm number 5, I'm number 5! :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

Mr. Penske, please make up my shock and ship it to GPS so I can maybe have it by Xmas, please? :lol: :lol:

Now I have to find a box for my forks. Then, I have to figure out when I want to be down for three weeks or so..

[SIZE=14pt]I'm PSYCHED!!![/SIZE]

My '04 rode SO much better with the Wilbers setup. Going back to stock on the AE sucked. Now fit2btied gets to enjoy the marvelous Wilbers suspension as I anxiously await getting my AE set up. No worries, by Spring I'll be kicking *** and taking corners!!! WOOHOO!! :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

 

[Wolfhound]

Done ! (8:30 this morning)Full boat ! Yahoo ! A real ride coming ... awesome stuff to be sure....Thanks WC for the time & effort....

 

[jreinhardt]

Warchild,

Thanks for all of your work in putting this toghether. I spoke with Dave this morning and he had already fallen behind on returning calls! That's great!

I also went with the full boat, Penske shock and fork rebuild.

Again, thanks for everything that you do for this group and motorcycling in general.

 

[Dudewado]

Those of you who have been on the forums for a while now know full well that these more popular Group Buys can really be a total goat-rope, especially when members behave like sharks during a feeding frenzy. First they demand instantaneous information, and then many of these same folks complained loudly when they perceive that they were not being serviced fast enough, as if they are the sole customer... anyone remember that?

I haven't gotten my shock yet, why haven't they sent me my forks back?, they won't return the e-mail I sent 5 minutes ago, Warchild's doing this for the money, Do I need to put my bike on the center stand to install the shock? Where do the forks tubes go? They didn't send a guy with my order to install this stuff, Do I need tools do do this? What's a torque wrench? I'm telling Mom. :clown2:

 

[Warchild]

An okay start... in the first 6 hours, GP Suspension has seen:

- 1 Ohlins and 6 Penske shock orders

- 2 do-it-yourself owners getting Eibach springs

- 5 Wilbers overhaul orders

- the biggie: a whopping TEN (10) Soqi Fork Rebuild orders!

Interestingly, so far only 25% of respondents are 2006 owners; I expect this number to grow significantly over the next two weeks.

Smart move on the part of the folks going for the Soqi Fork Rebuilds... you're going to be amazed at the results...

 

[Wolfhound]

Put my forks in the mail today ! 8987 for the rear, Look out mountains/canyons !

 

[MCRIDER007]

I sent an email to GPSuspension asking about the Penske 8981 shock "double adjustment" and whether it had a remote preload. They were kind enough to respond with:

The 8981 Double adjust is a single low speed compression, single low

speed rebound, ride height, and pin style preload shock. It uses an

1/4" Stainless rod that goes into Holes rather than cut out's on the

adjuster. It works rather nice compared to spanner type adjusters.

Rather than taking any more of their time, can anyone explain what a pin style preload is and how easy it is to adjust?

 

[Wolfhound]

In the picture on their website you can see a "screwhead"(pin) on the side below the spring, turn to adjust....

 

[opt8low]

Kick ***.......

Thanks WC

Dana

 

[sparkysfjr]

Thanks WC you are the fricken man!

Signed up, and then wifey said all I have to do is take her on a trip. The sacrifices I make. That trip will be uuhh WFO6 yeah that sounds good, and every other trip we can squeeze in between now and then.

Kevin

p.s. the plan is to ride up to GP let them do the install and fine tuning.

 

[Warchild]

After only 2 days since the GP Suspension Group Buy started, the stats to date are:

Eibach fork springs - 3 orders

Ohlins rear shock: 5 orders

Wilbers overhauls - 6 orders

Penske rear shock - 13 orders

Fork Rebuilds: - 26 orders

 

[mdisher]

After only 2 days since the GP Suspension Group Buy started, the stats to date are:

Eibach fork springs - 3 orders

Ohlins rear shock: 5 orders

Wilbers overhauls - 6 orders

Penske rear shock - 13 orders

Fork Rebuilds: - 26 orders

Is that good?

Is that more or less than you were expecting or just right?

 

[Warchild]

After only 2 days since the GP Suspension Group Buy started, the stats to date are:

Eibach fork springs - 3 orders

Ohlins rear shock: 5 orders

Wilbers overhauls - 6 orders

Penske rear shock - 13 orders

Fork Rebuilds: - 26 orders

Is that good?

Is that more or less than you were expecting or just right?

More or less about what I expected after only 2 days, with the exception of the somewhat lean Eibach fork spring orders thus far. It could be that the multiple Wilbers GBs we had in the past already took care of a lot of folks who were inclined to upgrade the suspenders anyway....

Still, for those on a super-tight budget and who can't afford the big-time shock upgrades or Fork Rebuilds, a set of the Eibach springs coupled with a fresh suspension fluid change can make a quite noticeable improvement just by itself.

 

[twowheelnut]

Any chance of simply scoring the fork rebuild kit? :dntknw: They seem to sell others, just curious if this would apply here or should I go seek this out on my own...

 

[Warchild]

I dunno, I'll ask....

 

[MCRIDER007]

Any chance of simply scoring the fork rebuild kit? :dntknw: They seem to sell others, just curious if this would apply here or should I go seek this out on my own...

I asked that question by email and this was the response:

As to the Fork kit, Yes and no. Yes If the customer has all the special

tools and knowledge, and NO if above is not true. Our labor charge is

not that much on this group buy. Let us know We could always set up a

time for you to ride in and ride out the same day