Hey all,

Last year I owned a 02 R1. I got pretty confident, and as a result good at rolling endos on that bike. The bike felt sold as a rock at any height when doing them. I loved it.
The R1 is gone now, and have started getting used to my new K6. I have the same Ohlins steering damper fitted, and better tires than the R1 (pilot powers now). My concern is the bike feel much more unstable with the rear tire in the air. The rear kicks out to the side as well where on the R1 it rarely did that.
Anyone have any thoughts/experience on how to combat this? i.e. suspension setup, harder damper setting?

Maybe this is just due to the geometry, and nothing can be done??

P.S. the rear squirms abit during hard braking too (tire still on ground)

tire pressures?

It sounds like you might already know what you're doing, just on a different bike. Since that's the case, start w/ the basics, because it's probably something you are doing and not the bike.

If your rear is kicking out to either side make sure you are locking both your arms out, but try not to push on the clips, I squeeze the tanks w/ my knees as much as I can.

Also if you aren't already, look as far forward as you can.

the front & rear are at about 40-45psi. too much ya think?

i wonder if not enough weight is getting over the front tire - as I hear the tire protesting (point of lockup) as i am doing smaller height nose wheelies. As I write this, I am thinking the tire pressure is probably too high, and not enough contact patch.

I guess the real question I was wondering is if those of you out there that do em well on the thou are experiencing the same? If not, then clearly it is my setup, and/or technique. Not doing them any different than the R1 tho. Man, I loved that bike for the nose wheelies. They almost seemed to ride themselves!

wow 45 psi? I run 35 almost all the time but 25-30 when messing around with wheelies and stoppies. 45 psi would through me off for sure.

45 is way too high.

thought so. just picked it up not long ago from the dealer, and never thought to check the tire pressure till the other day (ass-umed they knew what they were doing) I will deflate it down to 33-35 psi. Hopefully the stability it settles down.

thanks for the posts!

well, i cranked up my preload & compression (2 clicks off), lowered the tire pressure to 32psi, and found some good pavement. The rear does seem to be more stable in the air now. No complaints there. However the tires do start to howl on pavement that looks decent. I did find other pavement that inspired confidence too. I think I just need to adjust my technique a little for this bike.
Thanks for helping

well, i cranked up my preload & compression (2 clicks off), lowered the tire pressure to 32psi, and found some good pavement. The rear does seem to be more stable in the air now. No complaints there. However the tires do start to howl on pavement that looks decent. I did find other pavement that inspired confidence too. I think I just need to adjust my technique a little for this bike.
Thanks for helping

I noticed the same howling noise with those tires, begs the hell outta me

holy crap - lucky the tire didn't explode