Redrider wrote..
Robert
I don't think the goal here is to make people feel bad.
Hi Mark, I'm sure it isn't , and I certainly don't! The point Iwas trying to make was that sometimes I think we can develop and add things which are maybe a bit too much for the job that is required, for instance putting 18" wide wheels on a Model T Ford would make it handle better but is it really necessary? , a wee bit over the top? I'm not taking a pop at yourself or anyone else who tries to improve their own machines, I don't have the skill or the equipment to do it myself and have an admiration for those that can. Also sometimes things can be seen as "must haves" when actually the standard part does it's job quite adequately! Before somebody jumps in and says "you don't want adequate, you want it better", well maybe it's true for some parts or some riders, but I'm sure a proportion of riders just do day to day running, and the fitting of high performance parts that isn't all that necessary.
You also wrote.."In the end, you find your own bliss and enjoy!"
I totally agree with that ....at the end of the day it is your bike, have it the way you want , but don't feel it necessary to buy every new piece of kit that is made available....... (remember the 8 track!!!!).
To daveh,
Hi Dave, how are you,? did you get your headsteady up and running?, you mentioned the isos in your post, obviously the side movement is dispensed with when fitting a DT or similar headsteady, how would you then adjust the isos if you can't lever the engine to the side?, by just adjusting until there was a gap?
The wheels are also mentioned, are the really going to be that far out of alignment on the vertical that a standard roadgoing bike would have it's handling drastically affected?
Robert
I don't think the goal here is to make people feel bad.
Hi Mark, I'm sure it isn't , and I certainly don't! The point Iwas trying to make was that sometimes I think we can develop and add things which are maybe a bit too much for the job that is required, for instance putting 18" wide wheels on a Model T Ford would make it handle better but is it really necessary? , a wee bit over the top? I'm not taking a pop at yourself or anyone else who tries to improve their own machines, I don't have the skill or the equipment to do it myself and have an admiration for those that can. Also sometimes things can be seen as "must haves" when actually the standard part does it's job quite adequately! Before somebody jumps in and says "you don't want adequate, you want it better", well maybe it's true for some parts or some riders, but I'm sure a proportion of riders just do day to day running, and the fitting of high performance parts that isn't all that necessary.
You also wrote.."In the end, you find your own bliss and enjoy!"
I totally agree with that ....at the end of the day it is your bike, have it the way you want , but don't feel it necessary to buy every new piece of kit that is made available....... (remember the 8 track!!!!).
To daveh,
Hi Dave, how are you,? did you get your headsteady up and running?, you mentioned the isos in your post, obviously the side movement is dispensed with when fitting a DT or similar headsteady, how would you then adjust the isos if you can't lever the engine to the side?, by just adjusting until there was a gap?
The wheels are also mentioned, are the really going to be that far out of alignment on the vertical that a standard roadgoing bike would have it's handling drastically affected?