Changing the Rear Suspension (adjusting standard shock)

Originally Posted by BILLY

What mileage has your bike covered? It sounds like your shock is getting a bit tired and could do with changing!

It's done 23,000 miles, when should I look at changing the shock?

I'd say about now then it is well past its life span!

I'm a 9st girlie and want to take my nearly 20st friend as pillion. Can my K4 handle it and what adjustments would I need to make? Or do I need to make him eat less pies first?!?! =/
Thanks

[Stu]

Originally Posted by CamKrys

I'm a 9st girlie and want to take my nearly 20st friend as pillion. Can my K4 handle it and what adjustments would I need to make? Or do I need to make him eat less pies first?!?! =/
Thanks

Yr bike could cope, but I would be seriously concerned about you being able to control the bike.
I can't imagine it would be a pleasant experience for you at all, never mind potentially v. dangerous indeed.

Why???

[yorkie_chris]

Bloody ell fire.

Tell him to eat less pies. Basically unless you fit a shock with a scaffold pole for a spring then the bike will be down on the bump stop and handle very unpleasantly. So safe enough but progress will be very slow!

[7755matt]

Im slightly concerned now.

Im 14st7 and it sound slike im too heavy for the bike, my other half is about the same as me (well a bit larger actually) and she'd like to go pillion.

Ive never carried a pillion before so Im guessing this is a bad idea?

Also a good excuse to make her do her test and get her own bike

Originally Posted by Luckypants

It can be adjusted, look in the owners manual if you have one. Look at the top of the shock, there is a silver ring with steps in it (referred to as notches by most) As folks have said, use the C-spanner from the tool kit and move the notched ring clockwise to the tallest notch. This is the maximum preload which you will need witha 12 stone passenger.

With a 12 stone passenger and 12 stone rider, even with max pre-load the shock is struggling. Just adjust riding to suit.

is it different on a curvy, cos on a pointy you turn anti-clock for more pre-load.

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by bluefishman

is it different on a curvy, cos on a pointy you turn anti-clock for more pre-load.

Must be then! My curvy was clockwise IIRC.

Originally Posted by bluefishman

is it different on a curvy, cos on a pointy you turn anti-clock for more pre-load.

cancel that, the pictures in the pointy book are wrong, so as a result i have been riding around with it on minimum setting with 13 -27stone on it, still wasn't too bad, better now though, suzuki *****.