well I have been registered on this form for some time now but just lurking for the most part The wife has a 06 Burgman 650 that she has not ridden much so two weeks ago I decided to ride the scoot to work (45 mies freeway driving) and found that it was a jolting ride. very rough. I did some searching on this form and found that i am not the only one to find this out, so today I changed the fork oil to 20W oil.
First, it does ride better, less jarring on the front end for sure so I am happy with this mod. It turned out to be much easer then I though it would be as I have never changed fork oil before. I took the forks off, drained the old oil (ATF) and cleaned them out then replaced the oil and took her for a ride.
I find that I like the Burgman, I have a couple of motorcycles of my own, a Kawasaki ZZR 1200 and a V-Strom 1000, both of which I like for different reason, but when I ride the Burgman it's a different kind of ride. It took me a little but to get used to that left hand lever being the rear brake, but after a couple of jarring stops it normal now.
I do find that almost no other motorcycles wave to me when I'm on the Burgman. funny, do they look down on it, just because it doesn't have a clutch.. because it's step through. when I'm on my other bikes I wave to everyone and sometimes I get a funny look from scooter riders, as if they are surprised that I wave to them, after riding the Burgman I understand. They are!
First, it does ride better, less jarring on the front end for sure so I am happy with this mod. It turned out to be much easer then I though it would be as I have never changed fork oil before. I took the forks off, drained the old oil (ATF) and cleaned them out then replaced the oil and took her for a ride.
I find that I like the Burgman, I have a couple of motorcycles of my own, a Kawasaki ZZR 1200 and a V-Strom 1000, both of which I like for different reason, but when I ride the Burgman it's a different kind of ride. It took me a little but to get used to that left hand lever being the rear brake, but after a couple of jarring stops it normal now.
I do find that almost no other motorcycles wave to me when I'm on the Burgman. funny, do they look down on it, just because it doesn't have a clutch.. because it's step through. when I'm on my other bikes I wave to everyone and sometimes I get a funny look from scooter riders, as if they are surprised that I wave to them, after riding the Burgman I understand. They are!