Mark, I read the same article...seems that all the litre bikes have some crippling flaw to them, gixx with the crappy kayaba fork and bad brakes, 954 with the forks sprung way too soft/twitchy, R1 with ?????....that bike didnt really turn my crank, it was a front runner for a while for me reading the reports, but like I said, I really didnt like it all that much.
I did notice that the bike does sag quite a bit under its own weight, I have yet to crank in whatever preload is available, but I will be getting springs eventually. Fork revalve will be in the works, might as well do that too if I am doing the springs. I havent done any measurements yet, but I am quite sure that some adjustments are in order both front and back, it hasnt really done anything fishy so I havent done that yet. Otherwise the bike is just the way I like it...total turn happy bike, it really likes to turn, and quickly too!
I was planning on the Dan Kyle route...just heard a little about MDracing, will check into him too now. Too busy riding the thing to start wrenching on it if you know what I mean. The Scotts is some cheap insurance that if the thing does wreck, it will be due to my own stupidity, not some vengeful act of the laws of physics
