std ohlins on adventure

[Nick Marshall]

anyone any experience regarding fitting std. r1150gs ohlins on a adventure. cheers nick 01869 346186

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

anyone any experience regarding fitting std. r1150gs ohlins on a adventure. cheers nick 01869 346186

Lowers it obviously and therefore you need the shorter 1150GS Centrestand to avoid a hernia..........................

 

[2 wheel humvee]

ohlins....................

I could've sworn I read somewhere that..................
Ohlins would add an inch to the height of a GS

And that the Adventure with its longer travel suspension,sits an inch taller..................................................so-

If that's the case,then wouldn't fitting ohlins for a GS to a Adventure maintain the same ride height.......................

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Re: ohlins....................

I could've sworn I read somewhere that..................
Ohlins would add an inch to the height of a GS

And that the Adventure with its longer travel suspension,sits an inch taller..................................................so-

If that's the case,then wouldn't fitting ohlins for a GS to a Adventure maintain the same ride height.......................

Not to the one i've seen with GS1150 Ohlins on it ...............it was definitely lower than a GSA with stock suspension on it...........

 

[Timolgra]

A more parallel paralever will not be good for the Bike.

Are you sure?

Tim

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

I just don't know - as I said - I am just "thinking aloud" - why is it designed that way in the first place - and I would think the CV joints, (or whatever they call them) have been designed to run at a certain angle.

We need some expert opinion - I'm no expert


Cheers


Para

Don't think the 1" or so between the GSA and stock bike (with Showa's) makes a great deal of difference in the Paralever angle stakes..............as both bikes run the same back end.......

 

[Deleted Member MM]

Nick, Fitted GS Ohlins to mine and result is as Johnnyboxer says.

Paragon, Out with Panzer & Hadrian tonight and discussed paralever, we can't see that there is an issue here but like yourself would appreciate Expert advice.

 

[Deadskin]

Re: ohlins....................

I could've sworn I read somewhere that..................
Ohlins would add an inch to the height of a GS

And that the Adventure with its longer travel suspension,sits an inch taller..................................................so-

If that's the case,then wouldn't fitting ohlins for a GS to a Adventure maintain the same ride height.......................

Fitting ohlins raised my seat height by 20mm

Note: Adv sidestand is 20mm longer than the standard GS

 

[agis]

I just don't know - as I said - I am just "thinking aloud" - why is it designed that way in the first place - and I would think the CV joints, (or whatever they call them) have been designed to run at a certain angle.

Para

Paragon,
The less steep the angle the better. Ideally the paralever angle would be 180 deg ie straight.

There is no structural problem at all switching from an adv rear suspension to a std on an adv bike. However, the front will now be very high in respect to the back, even at lowest preload which will affect adverslely the road manners of the bike, will turn slower.
It will also look silly.

agis

 

[Nick Marshall]

ohlins

thanks lads. anyone got a set of adventure ohlins for sale?

 

[nfishey]

Correctamundo, agis.

My dealer has fitted GSA shocks to a standard GS, the only problem were the stands being too short. The rear end and front end are the same (except the shocks) for both bikes.

 

[IainMac]

I fitted the ADV spec Ohlins to my ADV (when I had it) and they are apparently longer than std GS ohlins (diff part no.) They didnt seem to make any difference to the ADV ride height but I never measured b4 & after so I could be wrong. One small blemish in the ohlins is the spring isnt very stiff, solo riding is ok (better than Showas) but two up with luggage need bags of preload to stop the rear end sagging excessively, I ended up with some 20+ turns on the preload knob.