Heavy Load Pressures

[kevin-vic-b.c.]

I hope some others out there can help with load pressures.

 

I volunteered to be Moto support for a local cycling event covering our region with our local Tour de France participant Ryder Hesjedal. I know first mistake was to volunteer but that is what I do as a hobby.

SO....... I ended up because I have the "Big Bike" taking a photographer with me..... Ok I say, had many passengers along the way.

 

Well the photographer is 270 pounds.... add a couple for his gear, so what.

 

Tire and suspension pressures ....... Max them all ???? I am 205 myself.

 

I can never remember what shock and fork pressure max is.

 

And I know.... stop volunteering

 

Thanks all

[Condor]

The fronts are 7psi, and the rear is 45psi. I fudge to 10 and 50....

Edited August 19, 2015 by Condor

[etcswjoe]

On the rev the fronts are 7psi, and the rear is 45psi. I fudge to 10 and 50....

 

OOPS, I thought the rear was 54 no wonder I was bouncing so much.

[Condor]

I often wonder about the suspension pressures. On a 1stGen's the max's are 17 in the front and 72 in the rear, and the rear never seems to fail....

[XV1100SE]

2nd Gen max rear air pressure is 57psi (per manual). According to the manual there should be no weight on the motorcycle when checking and adjusting air pressure (including when doing the forks).

 

Not sure if this means the bike should be jacked up with tires off the ground or just the normal weight of the bike only.

[Condor]

I stand corrected. I used Clymers 'cause I can't find my OEM. Clymers sez 0-58psi, and that's close enough. Looks like it's drag out the compressor time... :-)

[kevin-vic-b.c.]

Well I set it all up hard. Took the bike to the event and found know body had been able to come up with a helmet that would fit this guys head. So I was left to patrol the 145 kilometers of the cycling course with no passenger. Rough bumpy country roads that I never knew existed and my suspention was solid. It was a good ride..... 5 hours..... some of the hills are at walking pace some are at 80 kmh (50mph). It was a blast but a long day.

[Flyinfool]

Sounds like fun.

 

How hard is it to adjust the suspension on a 2nd gen?

[SilvrT]

Sounds like fun.

 

How hard is it to adjust the suspension on a 2nd gen?

 

piece of cake as long as you have a 0-60 hand pump (like a Progressive)

[SilvrT]

I am 205 myself.

 

 

That's what happens when you eat someone else's pie as well as your own...

[kevin-vic-b.c.]

Sounds like fun.

 

How hard is it to adjust the suspension on a 2nd gen?

 

It is easy enough if you have the pump with you and the 5 minutes to do it. 1700 bicycles behind me at the start line.... no time or place to start the job.

[kevin-vic-b.c.]

That's what happens when you eat someone else's pie as well as your own...

 

I run half marathons so I CAN eat all the pie I want

[Flyinfool]

I run half marathons so I CAN eat all the pie I want

 

I'm a couch potato so I CAN eat all the pie I want.......

[SilvrT]

I run half marathons so I CAN eat all the pie I want

 

I'm a couch potato so I CAN eat all the pie I want.......

 

 

Generally I don't eat pie ... even when I do, someone tries to steal it and eat it