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From: Road Glidin' Don on 9 Jun 2010 01:20 On Jun 8, 5:19 pm, "?" <breoganmacbra...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Jun 8, 12:51 pm, "Andrew" <yogig.nos...(a)hotmail.no.spam.m.com> > > 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... Then get a real job.
From: The Older Gentleman on 9 Jun 2010 02:15 Road Glidin' Don <d.langkd(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Jun 8, 5:19 pm, "?" <breoganmacbra...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > On Jun 8, 12:51 pm, "Andrew" <yogig.nos...(a)hotmail.no.spam.m.com> > > > > 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... > > Then get a real job. Or any job ;-) -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: Eiron on 9 Jun 2010 02:20 On 08/06/2010 18:15, ? wrote: > 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. Fill your tyres with nitrogen. The pressure will not increase so much as they heat up. Not that it will make any difference.... -- Eiron. Alazzurra (1985) GSXR1100L (1990) XL883L (2008)
From: Mark on 9 Jun 2010 08:46 In article <878q5lFm6cU1(a)mid.individual.net>, E1ron(a)hotmail.com says... > Fill your tyres with nitrogen. > The pressure will not increase so much as they heat up. > Not that it will make any difference.... It's a little late now, but I always stock up on spring air. Rides better than the dead, overly humid summer air. Winter air you have to be careful with since it freezes easily. Use fall air and you'll come out one day to see it's come off the side stand. If they're running hot, try using freon. Just be careful to put it in on the low pressure side or the can will burst! :)
From: ? on 9 Jun 2010 09:39
On Jun 8, 8:50 pm, "Tim M." <tomorrowaterolsdot...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On Jun 8, 1:15 pm, "?" <breoganmacbr...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > Has anybody ever been in a situation where they were tempted to > > *reduce* air pressure in their tires for comfort during a ride? > You do realize that you can reduce your tire pressure to 36psi after > it has risen to 40psi, right? Of course I realize that I can reduce tire pressure when it's hot and has risen. However, doing so defies the "conventional wisdom" of decades of published advice to the contrary. > You do know that different tire guages give different readings, right? And > you have checked yours to see that it is not reading 10 or 15% low, which > is very common, and could mean that you are riding around with 44-46 psi > in your rear tire once it comes up to operating temperature, right? Whatever a pencil type air pressure gauge reads is just a reference point and a rider should treat it as a personal accessory like his favorite tooth brush. But I did buy two extra tire gauges and compared their readings to the one I already had. I kept the two gauges that agreed with each other and threw away the one that read too high. > Softtail suspension is notorious for its short travel, harsh spring > rates, and poor damping. So maybe the more flexible sidewalls of their balloon tires make for a more comfortable ride? > I suspect that they simply are much more accomplished, capable, > comfortable riders than you are. Quien sabe? I still got back to Cowpoop City before them, because they stopped and milled around like a confused convoy twice in twenty miles. > > I wonder how much air pressure Texas Harley riders use in their back > > tires, during hot weather. > > Why would you wonder that? Because it gets even *hotter* in Texas during the summer than it gets here. |