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I'm still getting used to my NG900 after almost ten years of C900t's, the one HUGE difference is the ride. Even with only 30-lbs in the 205/55s, it thumps over bumps and road-cracks like an old buckboard with wooden wheels....it rides like the tires are at 50-lbs-plus. I can't imagine that there's that big a diference between 60-profile 15" wheels on the c900t and 55-profile 16" wheelson the ng900....you feel every bump and pebble on the road. I'm suspicious that it's not the struts since it doesn't "bounce" on speed-bumps; but it doesn't feel like there's any "shock absorbtion" either. Are there shock-valves and separate rebound-valves in a typical strut? I just bought it used with 110k well-maintained miles, so I have no idea who's struts are installed. I feel like I'm driving on boulders.
And while the steering is a lot "lighter" than my old c900t, there's very little feel for steering-center or cornering feel. It goes in the straight line, and you can take your hands off the wheel at-speed and it goes straight...but it has as much feel as a shopping cart. With the c900t dialed-in properly you felt like you were on railraod tracks and you got some feedback while cornering. The ng900 just corners with a lot of body-roll and a touch of understeer, but no sense of feedback to the wheel...it's just neutral like a computer-game controller. Is this just a toe-in/toe-out adjustment? Since they're struts in front, there's not much to adjust otherwise. I feel like I'm driving a remote-controlled vehicle; there's no feedback or feel in the steering wheel...
Thoughts?
posted by 71.168.20...
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