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Ed	25-06-07 04:46 PM

Re: Trip to Wales?

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Originally Posted by Luckypants (Post 1221493)

Close but no cigar. :) The LLan sound is not 'Klan', but is close enough for most folks. 'THLAN' is actually closer to the correct sound. :rolleyes: (I know I'm a pedant)

Just as well I don't smoke then:roll:

Another brainwave. If you're members of the National Trust - well there ain't a lot of stuff there:D but go a bit further afield and you'll get to Dolaucothi gold mine. It's really interesting, complete with underground tours - quite spooky. And you can pan for gold and keep the little nuggets that come out in the water. I don't think it's pyrites!!!

Luckypants

25-06-07 04:48 PM

Re: Trip to Wales?

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Originally Posted by gazman (Post 1221311)

Cheers for the replies so far,

With the girlfiend on the back i'll definatly be taking it easy. I've got Bridgestone B020's on & running at 36/36, but its just the preload adjustments that i'm not so sure about :scratch: so its up a couple of numbers when you got some more weight on the bike

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Originally Posted by Swiss (Post 1221649)

Check the hand book on the tyre pressures. It's been a few years since I owned an SV but 36 on the rear sounds low and I'd expect it to be nearer the 40-42 mark. It should give you the recommended tyre pressure in the owners manual. I may be wrong but it sounds a bit low.

Have a good holiday

Tyre pressures should be 36F 42R (standard and recommended) - worked well with me and my boy on the bike, total of 25 stones.

Ed	25-06-07 06:44 PM

Re: Trip to Wales?

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Originally Posted by Luckypants (Post 1221658)

Tyre pressures should be 36F 42R (standard and recommended) - worked well with me and my boy on the bike, total of 25 stones.

Big bones?;) :D

gazman

25-06-07 07:43 PM

Re: Trip to Wales?

Thanks for all the cool ideas about things to do & places to see :thumbsup: , it should be a good week (please no-one else mention the R word (sounds like gain):rolleyes:

I checked the owner’s manual & it recommends 33 front & 36 rear, although i believe this is for the standard tyres (Metzeler MEZ4's) & as Stu said no change to pressures with a pillion. However when I had the B020’s fitted the chap said 36/36 after reading a few threads I thought this may be low but the Bridgestone website said 36/36?:scratch:

Also with the preload, the standard setting is 4 according to the manual, so am I correct in thinking putting it up to 6 will have the desired effect? :confused:

Cheers, Gaz

valleyboy

25-06-07 07:46 PM

Re: Trip to Wales?

pretty much, I would say ignore whatever the books say, its how you think they should be.... when I had me SV and fully loaded it up, I wanted the pre-load up as high as I could take it and put ina few psi on the rear as well... front wasnt so much requiring anything extra... you will get a feel for it then... so just start off at what you think is right, or is recommended and take it from there...

gazman

12-08-07 08:36 PM

Re: Trip to Wales?

Thanks again for all the tips & advice, had a great week away, heres a few pics:

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.p...82#post1259682

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