Posted by ? on June 8, 2010, 1:15 pm
Has anybody ever been in a situation where they were tempted to
*reduce* air pressure in their tires for comfort during a ride?
The recommended minimum air pressure and suspension settings
in my Yamaha FZR1000 owner's manual don't work for me.
The area I live in has rather extreme temperature variations which I
doubt ever occur in Japan where the test riders must have
determined the recommended settings.
It can be 55 degrees in the morning here and I set my rear tire
pressure to the minimum 36 psi recommended by the manual.
I have the rear suspension preload backed off almost to the minimum.
Backing off any more will result in bottoming.
By midafternoon, the temperature is up around 100 degrees and the
pavement temperature has to be at least 120 degrees.
The rear tire pressure rises to 40 psi and the motorcycle becomes a
torture rack over the roughly paved county road that is the last 20
miles of my route.
I was riding slowly along the bumpy back road yesterday when I saw the
lights of a bunch of Harley riders behind me, so I moved to the right
and let a dozen bikes pass me.
They were riding twice as fast as I could go, and I suspect that
their balloon tires and softtail suspensions made for a much more
comfortable ride than my sporty bike.
I wonder how much air pressure Texas Harley riders use in their back
tires, during hot weather.
Posted by The Older Gentleman on June 8, 2010, 1:52 pm
> The area I live in has rather extreme temperature variations which I
> doubt ever occur in Japan where the test riders must have
> determined the recommended settings.
Wrong.
Try different tyres.
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Posted by Futility Man on June 8, 2010, 3:46 pm
>Has anybody ever been in a situation where they were tempted to
>*reduce* air pressure in their tires for comfort during a ride?
Why not ask on reeky, maybe some know-nothing asshole will google it for you and
post it as his own idea.
I think you should lower your pressure to about 3 psi and try some panic stops.
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Posted by Andrew on June 8, 2010, 3:51 pm
> Has anybody ever been in a situation where they were tempted to
> *reduce* air pressure in their tires for comfort during a ride?
> The recommended minimum air pressure and suspension settings
> in my Yamaha FZR1000 owner's manual don't work for me.
> The area I live in has rather extreme temperature variations which I
> doubt ever occur in Japan where the test riders must have
> determined the recommended settings.
> It can be 55 degrees in the morning here and I set my rear tire
> pressure to the minimum 36 psi recommended by the manual.
> I have the rear suspension preload backed off almost to the minimum.
> Backing off any more will result in bottoming.
> By midafternoon, the temperature is up around 100 degrees and the
> pavement temperature has to be at least 120 degrees.
> The rear tire pressure rises to 40 psi and the motorcycle becomes a
> torture rack over the roughly paved county road that is the last 20
> miles of my route.
> I was riding slowly along the bumpy back road yesterday when I saw the
> lights of a bunch of Harley riders behind me, so I moved to the right
> and let a dozen bikes pass me.
> They were riding twice as fast as I could go, and I suspect that
> their balloon tires and softtail suspensions made for a much more
> comfortable ride than my sporty bike.
> I wonder how much air pressure Texas Harley riders use in their back
> tires, during hot weather.
Instead of just backing off preload, adjust compression and rebound too.
Or buy some good suspension bits...it is amazing how much better the good
aftermarket rear shocks are.
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Andrew
Posted by ? on June 8, 2010, 7:19 pm
wrote:
> Instead of just backing off preload, adjust compression and rebound too.
Not adjustable.
> Or buy some good suspension bits...it is amazing how much better the good
> aftermarket rear shocks are.
That's not in the budget for this fiscal lifetime...
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> doubt ever occur in Japan where the test riders must have
> determined the recommended settings.
Wrong.