Another hagon spring question to those who use them.

Hi all.

I am quite light (68kg) that is 150lb in old money. I read in lots of posts that the stock suspension is OK to those who are light.

Is it worth getting the springs changed for someone who is 68kg?

Thanks

[dizzyblonde]

whats your weight in stones??
I'm just shy of ten stone and have Hagons front and rear on one of mine...its certainly improved things compared to stock

About 10stone 10lbs.

I guess as I weigh more than you I will but a request in for hagons springs this christmas! Hopefully St.Nic will be generous.

[dizzyblonde]

Not too much more than me then. If its any help my other half is aprox 13 stone, and hes ridden it too, and also says the full upgrade has made a great improvement.
15w oil in the forks, is for me a little stiff. At first I found it brilliant but as I've got used to the new set up, I have decided it would be preferable for me to have 12.5 in.
10 is too soft. Does that help you at all?

Thanks.

Is the setup still reasonably comfortable. I.e. you can ride 150 miles at 60mph without having the urge to speed up just to get off the seat as the ride is so hard.

I used to have a modified car that had adjustable suspension and before it had it I could drive on the motorway comfortably and when I changed it I found that I was speeding because the ride was too harsh on a daily basis.

I still like the SV feature of putting it into top gear and going slowly.

[dizzyblonde]

Originally Posted by ricky_t

Thanks.

Is the setup still reasonably comfortable. I.e. you can ride 150 miles at 60mph without having the urge to speed up just to get off the seat as the ride is so hard.

I used to have a modified car that had adjustable suspension and before it had it I could drive on the motorway comfortably and when I changed it I found that I was speeding because the ride was too harsh on a daily basis.

I still like the SV feature of putting it into top gear and going slowly.

Nah, you don't get any of that. The hagon rear shock is a direct replacement, and the front end just feels better and smoother, I'm not very good at describing it am I?
Put it this way, when the bike was rebuilt with all the new gear on it, I went from here ( Halifax) and did the NW3 rideout (North Wales) a week or two later. So thats about 90 odd miles to Ruthin, then did aprox 150-200 the day after, and back up to Hx on the sunday. I reckon 400 miles or so in a weekend......lets just say I didn't want to get off!! The handling was superb and still is
But then I also have a Corbin seat on too.

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

Nah, you don't get any of that. The hagon rear shock is a direct replacement, and the front end just feels better and smoother, I'm not very good at describing it am I?
Put it this way, when the bike was rebuilt with all the new gear on it, I went from here ( Halifax) and did the NW3 rideout (North Wales) a week or two later. So thats about 90 odd miles to Ruthin, then did aprox 150-200 the day after, and back up to Hx on the sunday. I reckon 400 miles or so in a weekend......lets just say I didn't want to get off!! The handling was superb and still is
But then I also have a Corbin seat on too.

I understood what you wrote. The front are just springs and oil whereas the rear is a monoshock.

I was intending to get both the front and rear shock like yourself. I ride mainly on the road. I have ridden a few other sports bikes and my brothers is almost too hard for the road. If you could ride 400miles and it was bareable, that is all I was really after!

Since I am still pestering you, what are the adjustments for the rear shock i.e. comp, rebound, preload? I really should have asked hagon that question rather that just the price!

[dizzyblonde]

errrrrr, adjustments? no idea, YC fitted it for me, that question is something I don't know anything about...PM him, he'll answer that for you. Either that or someone technical will come along shortly
As far as it goes for me, he took out my rusty one and replaced it with a nice shiny red one...lol. Then adjusted it with the hagon spannery thing that came with it for my height before i rode it.

Hagon springs generally come with thicker fork oil anyway. The front end needs doing first before the rear shock as a better rear shock will put more weight towards the front and is cheaper anyway (unless you go down a GSXR1000 shock road).

[dizzyblonde]

Unless of course, you are doing the whole lot at once...thats when you notice the real benefit