I have some questions regarding the ohlins set-up on my 94 1100GS.
I noticed on some of my friend’s (non-ohlins) GS’s that when on the centrestand, there is a gap of approx 1” between the front tyre and the ground, when back wheel is touching the ground.
On my GS, I cannot even get a finger underneath the front tyre when on the centrestand (with rear touching the ground).
There are probably a few reasons for this :
1 – Too much rear preload, thereby raising the rear of the bike so that the front gets closer to the ground, or …
2 – Too much front preload.
I suspect the latter because the bike tends to run wide on fast corners, which indicated to me that not enough weight is being transferred over the front causing the front to drift. (When I raced sportbikes, I would usually drop the forks down through the yokes by a few mm to stop this happening, albeit at the expense of some straight line stability. )
My friend's GS with standard (worn) shocks and with the 1" gap under the front wheel, handles superbly in the corners and doesn't seem to run as wide as mine does.
Yesterday, I took the tools out and tried to reduce the front ride-height by reducing the front pre-load. The only adjustability that is obvious is where the shock meets the telelever thingy, so I reduced this to a minimum, as you can see from the attached photo.
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I noticed on some of my friend’s (non-ohlins) GS’s that when on the centrestand, there is a gap of approx 1” between the front tyre and the ground, when back wheel is touching the ground.
On my GS, I cannot even get a finger underneath the front tyre when on the centrestand (with rear touching the ground).
There are probably a few reasons for this :
1 – Too much rear preload, thereby raising the rear of the bike so that the front gets closer to the ground, or …
2 – Too much front preload.
I suspect the latter because the bike tends to run wide on fast corners, which indicated to me that not enough weight is being transferred over the front causing the front to drift. (When I raced sportbikes, I would usually drop the forks down through the yokes by a few mm to stop this happening, albeit at the expense of some straight line stability. )
My friend's GS with standard (worn) shocks and with the 1" gap under the front wheel, handles superbly in the corners and doesn't seem to run as wide as mine does.
Yesterday, I took the tools out and tried to reduce the front ride-height by reducing the front pre-load. The only adjustability that is obvious is where the shock meets the telelever thingy, so I reduced this to a minimum, as you can see from the attached photo.
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