Greetings from Missouri USA. Enjoying this series. Thanks for posting. I picked my Daytona 660 this week as well. I'm 215 lbs with gear and find rear preload position 3 of 7 to be working well for sharper steering, perhaps using position 2 for pure touring work.
Excellent point about rear preload in that many won't immediately adjust it for their weight. This bike has a longer wheelbase than my other sport bikes. If you need it sharper than it is after proper preload adjustment, perhaps a set of S23 tires would help.
Regarding front suspension; I believe this is the same fork as used on CBR650R, CBR500R, and GSX-8R. My '22 CBR500R is too softly sprung for my weight and I ordered CBR650R springs for it (not installed yet). My point being the parts diagram shows a spring in each leg on this setup, so I would expect the same on the Daytona. My CRF300 Rally only has one spring for both legs. There are all sorts of variations available now.
Yes, I think those forks can come in a variety of ways but pretty sure there is only one spring in the Daytona deployment. I did change out the front springs on my Daytona 1200 which were under sprung for my weight and that worked well along with a new rear shock. I’ll stick with stock on these for now, impressive I think for a non adjustable damping setup. Cheers!
Glad to hear you like the front brake. I prefer the feel from my '24 Ninja 650 (non-ABS). If the dealer installs the front tire, I should loosen caliper bolts, apply brake pressure to properly align pads and caliper with disc, then snug bolts, followed by proper torque. This isnt something they need to address on axial mounting, but it makes sense for radial mount calipers ( per Dave Moss Tuning).
I sat on one , this bike was top of my short list but it was kinda unconfortable fount it way more aggresive then suzuki 8r . Hope the cbr 650r is a bit comfortable.
I won’t, other commitments but it’ll get good outings. I used to camp at the TT and Le Mans on my old Daytona though. I not sure I remember much about those beer fueled times! 😂.
