Trip to Wales?

Originally Posted by Luckypants

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. (I know I'm a pedant)

Just as well I don't smoke then

Another brainwave. If you're members of the National Trust - well there ain't a lot of stuff there 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]

Originally Posted by gazman

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 so its up a couple of numbers when you got some more weight on the bike

Originally Posted by Swiss

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.

Originally Posted by Luckypants

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?

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

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?

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?

Cheers, Gaz

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...

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

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