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HockeyFan -> RE: Tire pressure?? (5/11/2008 5:24:20 PM)

I hear ya. You got 30lbs on me, but those setting/pressures are fairly close to mine. So, i'm probably in the right ball park.

I have 4100 miles on the bike and got it with 2200miles with Bridgestone pilots, which no one has heard of, but i'm assuming they are the originals with the bike.

The suspension settings are stock. Did you adjust your shock any, considering the weight?

  
white99gt -> RE: Tire pressure?? (5/11/2008 6:27:23 PM)

Ive adjusted the sag,shocks settings and change the springs to match my weight.Just changing the shock settings is not gonna make that big of a difference.Its getting proper sag that is the key..

Night and day difference in the ride..



HockeyFan -> RE: Tire pressure?? (5/11/2008 7:08:46 PM)

hmmm, interesting...what do you mean by sagging?

You converted everything...was that because of your weight or did you just want to get more out of your ride?

snowboarding82 -> RE: Tire pressure?? (5/11/2008 8:30:15 PM)

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh I get it now. I was a little confused at first. I do not think that what you're feeling is the tire slipping, I think you're just feeling it following the grooves. It's like when I ride over those bridges that go up and down and up and down so boats can float underneath them or whatever they do and the bridge surface is a sort of grate, the bike just feels weird because sometimes it skips over and doesn't want to go in a straight line. It's perfectly normal I just wouldn't full throttle while going around a corner in 1st on that pavement. Maybe I'm wrong but that's what I think is happening to you.


Sag, simply put, is how much the bike squishes down when the rider sits on it. There are some really good messages on this forum about how to set up your sag and such if you just search for them. I would do it for you but, well, I'm just lazy and fat.

Here's the just of it though

http://www.sportrider.com/tech/146_0006_sag/index.html

Mike

HockeyFan -> RE: Tire pressure?? (5/11/2008 8:59:56 PM)

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ORIGINAL: snowboarding82

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh I get it now. I was a little confused at first. I do not think that what you're feeling is the tire slipping, I think you're just feeling it following the grooves. It's like when I ride over those bridges that go up and down and up and down so boats can float underneath them or whatever they do and the bridge surface is a sort of grate, the bike just feels weird because sometimes it skips over and doesn't want to go in a straight line. It's perfectly normal I just wouldn't full throttle while going around a corner in 1st on that pavement. Maybe I'm wrong but that's what I think is happening to you.


Sag, simply put, is how much the bike squishes down when the rider sits on it. There are some really good messages on this forum about how to set up your sag and such if you just search for them. I would do it for you but, well, I'm just lazy and fat.

Here's the just of it though

http://www.sportrider.com/tech/146_0006_sag/index.html

Mike



Exactly!!!! Thank you.

The thing is that earlier the day I was pushing it...and all was good, if you know what i mean. Then later that day, it would slip...continually.
However, my Vet friend said that those rain grooves sometimes are deeper/wider, so...

Thanks for the info on the sag...I'll check that stuff out. It couldn't hurt.

You're not fat and lazy ...My acting coach said one time...he's looking at a student...boxer with six packs abs...then looks at me...with a bit of gut. And he says..."that's discipline" One has the discipline to do sit ups/core work...the other drinks every weekend. Both are disciplined.

  

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