suspension

[snave1]

What suspension settings are you guys using,mine is slower stearing than the demonstrater i tried despite upping the rear preload,i'm 12 1/2 stone.


Thanka all
Lyndon

 

[Dave Price]

Different tyres possibly?

 

[Rod]

Similar weight to you.
Tourance tyres.
Front one notch down fron standard i.e. second softest.
Rear just under Medium.

Bike steers quite quickly & holds a good line.

 

[blackburnlee]

I'm just over 13 stone and have the front on the 4th notch, the rear on the "Medium" mark and find it to be fine. Tyre pressures I'm running are 36psi front and 42psi rear on Michelin Anakees.

Any extra weight on the rear and I wind the preload up as far as it will at the rear and leave the front alone. Seems to do the trick.

 

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[snave1]

Thanks for replys guys

 

[Mr K]

I'm just over 13 stone and have the front on the 4th notch, the rear on the "Medium" mark and find it to be fine. Tyre pressures I'm running are 36psi front and 42psi rear on Michelin Anakees.

Any extra weight on the rear and I wind the preload up as far as it will at the rear and leave the front alone. Seems to do the trick.

I have Anakees too but your pressures correspond to the "2-up with luggage" figures.
Solo settings should be 31.9psi (approx ) front and 36.3psi rear......or have I missed something?

Front on position 2, rear stock + 1 turn extra preload and extra quarter turn of damping....

 

[blackburnlee]

Yep, you're spot on about the pressures however I've run these on the last few bikes and it seems to work well. No you haven't missed anything and those are the pressures they quote in the book however it's a case of personal choice.

 

[Paul Wakefield]

I agree on the tyre pressures. Run my last 3 on 36 front, 42 rear. This was dealers recommendation even though technically for 2 up. I really hate the handling on lower pressures.

Front on position 3 (ie 3rd down fro m hardest as recommended for road riding), preload quite high, damping +1/4.


Paul

 

[Mouse]

I was told by a chap from a major tyre company that it's far better to have a little too much pressure in the tyres than not enough.

I run my Dunlops are the 2 up settings all the time, 80% of my riding is 2 up, but it doesn't seem to make a difference when I'm by myself.