Vibration on the 1200

[Les Wassall]

And the suspension is at standard on the front, and two clicks in on the rear, does that sound about right?, feels ok

 

[newman7096]

And the suspension is at standard on the front, and two clicks in on the rear, does that sound about right?, feels ok

I moved my front preload right to the bottom as I felt it was too harsh, felt like it was crashing into bumps instead of soacking them up! Much better now!

 

[Shep]

And the suspension is at standard on the front, and two clicks in on the rear, does that sound about right?, feels ok

Sounds a bit hard at the front and soft at the rear unless your a real lightweight.

The preload setting I used on my gs's were, lowest setting at the front and 3/4 - fully wound up at the rear.

Best bit, is that you are in for a real treat if you change the tyres from the "deathwings" and jack the suspension up at the rear, IMO only then will you realise what a sweet handling bike you have

Good news indeed

Shep

 

[Les Wassall]

I moved my front preload right to the bottom as I felt it was too harsh, felt like it was crashing into bumps instead of soacking them up! Much better now!

I'll knock it down one and see how it feel's, you are right it does feel like it crashes into bumps.

 

[Les Wassall]

Sounds a bit hard at the front and soft at the rear unless your a real lightweight.

The preload setting I used on my gs's were, lowest setting at the front and 3/4 - fully wound up at the rear.

Best bit, is that you are in for a real treat if you change the tyres from the "deathwings" and jack the suspension up at the rear, IMO only then will you realise what a sweet handling bike you have

Good news indeed

Shep

I would'nt say a lightweight (16stone), so do you mean full out at rear or in to the hard setting

 

[newman7096]

Mine is smooth as silk at the mo, with bottom preload on the front, preload between mediun and hard on the rear with rebound wound all the way hard and then backed off 1 turn and 1/4.

Took me two months of fiddling before finding this gem.

I personally believe the standard settings are shocking!!

 

[Les Wassall]

And what do you weigh in at just looked at the front setting and it's two humps of being all the way to the left (counterclock) I think, not really messed with the suspension before.

How does that sound, well hard?

 

[Septic]

Do all 1200's vibrate around the 90mph mark, or is it just mine , not really got more than a ton yet, not really had the opportunity. It only has 2800mls so could be still a bit tight, but when it's after 80mph I get a vibration, it's not that its heavy or uncomfortable but it does make you feel like you want to clench your teeth, and you have to concentrate on road signs as they can appear bleared with your head buzzing.

Its cause your braking the speed limit if you ride
it within the legal limit it will run fine. if you get in contact
with the www.iam.org.uk they will teach you how
to ride properly.

 

[Shep]

I would'nt say a lightweight (16stone), so do you mean full out at rear or in to the hard setting

Wound in, so the suspension (spring) is set hard at the rear. If you have damping adjustment then start at the middle and wind it in untill it just starts to behave itself, then in again about a 1/4 turn that worked for me Alot will depend on riding style and the roads you travel on, but the spring wound up to around 3/4 helps no end with ground clearance and steering

Shep

 

[Les Wassall]

Its cause your braking the speed limit if you ride
it within the legal limit it will run fine. if you get in contact
with the www.iam.org.uk they will teach you how
to ride properly.

Behave, no fun in that

 

[Paul Mac]

Get the throttle bodies balanced - I would think that this is the most likely cause of vibes on your 1200. In my opinion these engines are VERY sensitive to throttle imbalance and ANY out of adjustment does show up in vibes. If you do the job yourself spend plenty of time getting this SPOT on (Best to use mercury vacuum guages to be most accurate). I have found that nearly right isn't good enough - you have to get this so that both bodies are in balance at all engine revs. It's not rocket science but it is best to take some time and trouble on this. I have also found that OIL viscosity can play a part in vibey oilhead engines - again in my opinion DON'T use 10W 40 use either 15W 40 or 20W 50. I have had this problem of vibes at about 90mph on all my oilhhead BMW's and I have always managed to sort it by carrying out the above.
Regards Paul Mac Yorkshire

 

[littleredrooster]

Its cause your braking the speed limit if you ride
it within the legal limit it will run fine. if you get in contact
with the www.iam.org.uk they will teach you how
to ride properly.

...I hope you said this with your tongue in your cheek.......


..and BTW, it's "breaking" not "braking".

and "..'cos" not "cause".

Yes, I'm a pedant. Now go find the rev-limiter.

 

[GlenWatt]

Its cause your braking the speed limit if you ride
it within the legal limit it will run fine. if you get in contact
with the www.iam.org.uk they will teach you how
to ride properly.

This doesn't sound like the way an IAM observer taught / advised me to ride.

It was 10 years ago, have things changed with the way the IAM teach people

I have out for rides with people who have done recent IAM courses. I've seen them trying to overtake with oncoming traffic fast approaching, whilst sticking to the speed limit, it can be quite frightning to watch.

Whatever happened to accelerate past the traffic and then pull back in.

Bloddy speed scameras.

 

[Septic]

This doesn't sound like the way an IAM observer taught / advised me to ride.

It was 10 years ago, have things changed with the way the IAM teach people

I have out for rides with people who have done recent IAM courses. I've seen them trying to overtake with oncoming traffic fast approaching, whilst sticking to the speed limit, it can be quite frightning to watch.

Whatever happened to accelerate past the traffic and then pull back in.

Bloddy speed scameras.

I was told by the examiner who are all cops that you are allowed
to go over the speed limit to overtake safely as long as you go back to
the limit after. It goes without saying that overtaking something with
fast aproching on coming traffic is f**king crazy.


stevie

 

[cookie]

It goes without saying that overtaking something with
fast aproching on coming traffic is f**king crazy.


stevie

does it? rather depends how much room you've got IMO.

 

[Deleted account 211025001]

Its cause your braking the speed limit if you ride
it within the legal limit it will run fine. if you get in contact
with the www.iam.org.uk they will teach you how
to ride properly.

In the 1 1/2 years I've been on this site that has to be one of the funniest posts I've ever read















er...................you were joking........................weren't you

Andres

 

[GlenWatt]

I was told by the examiner who are all cops that you are allowed
to go over the speed limit to overtake safely as long as you go back to
the limit after. It goes without saying that overtaking something with
fast aproching on coming traffic is f**king crazy.


stevie

I totally agree Stevie, but in the past few years I have been out with a few "newish" rider who have been through the IAM route post DAS.

They appear to have had it inpregnated in their IAM training that there is no excuse for exceeding the speed limits at any time.

Watching them eventually finding a gap large enough and then trying to over take in the nationals can work better than ExLax.

With respect to the original topic of this post, have you checked your handguard / barend, I found one of mine had worked loose.