Recent content by MT09 Kiwi

Love the new one from nose to tail, hopefully the fork adjusters have a meaningful effect, why has it still got the garbage rear shock, surely another couple of hundred on the price to allow for a decent rear shock (which Triumph seems to nail on there standard 675 and Street Triple) wouldn't...

Triple Trouble, coming over to London for the first time ever in a couple of weeks (for 5 weeks total), could I arrange to come and see you with my 2014 MT-09 ECU for a reflash, do I need anything else apart from my ECU, seeing I have no idea where / how / what means to get around the place but...

The pack rack is a NZ made Ventura item, has these on most of my bikes, nicely made, tailor made to fit the bike, not too expensive, strong and bloody useful, the bike is a bloody joy to ride, next changes are HH pads, case guards (cheap ones from china look pretty good), axle sliders and a rad...

Nobody in NZ is doing MT flashes as yet, love to have mine uncorked, but alas I have to send my ECU to Aussie, the US or UK to get it done, this will have to wait, but come to think of it the bike runs bloody well after the 2015 flash, never use anything other than STD mode and its got enough...

Installed the 2005 ZX10R shock, standard MT spring set at stock max preload length, 1.5 turns out from minimum reb and comp, rear end excellent, compliant and controlled $200 NZD mod inc Suzuki Bolt kit. The front end was a bit dearer to sort but still happy. Managed to secure another R/H...

You wouldn't trade your MT on one, Yamaha need to make a (VFR800ish) sport touring model with full fairings, an R9 (MV are selling plenty of 800s), a full factory MT09 R model with nice bars, cams, pipe, slipper clutch, brembos and ohlins, and then a full Dakar version with 21 inch front, bars...

Just completed my suspension mods, 2005 ZX10R shock, stock MT-09 spring fitted (heavier rate than the Kawa one), Suzuki bolt, bush and nut kit (saves drilling out the lower shock mount), preload set at max preload setting on stock shock (in terms of spring length), 2.5 turns from min rebound...

How on earth have you got 127hp out of it, they tend to be around 105 at the wheel standard, dyno printout?

Akrapovic Carbon, nice design which has a nice long secondary pipe after the collector, beautifully tucked away and a good deep sound, the Akra Ti is an utter plop design which tries to mimic the original exhaust but only works properly with the baffle in, take it out and the noise is utter...

Have you had much ride time with the r/h cartridge mod, interested to hear your verdict, got my 0.95 springs now and the r/h cartridge, just have to fit it all now :)

Hi Kev, do you offer your reflash service to us poor cousins across the ditch, has anybody made any headway into unlocking the closed loop, cheers

Its the one that does all the work standard, so if you have two right side cartridges installed both forks do damping not just one, the theory is it will double the amount of compression damping and you can dial the rebound back if necessary via the adjusters, cheap upgrade, I scored a set of...

Excellent result and not too loud either, once you can smooth out the fuelling a wee bit more then the bike will be brilliant, they all seem to be about 105 standard.

Interesting project, I was thinking about doing something with the standard "ball bag" but changed my mind when I looked inside, what a garbled mess it is but it seems to work pretty well, but way too heavy, complex and too quiet. Only one issue I can see with what you have done may be the...