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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 11 Apr 2010 - 20:16 Post title : Stock shock adjustment | | | I have not tampered with them yet but what should I expect if I adjust the rear shocks. At 83kg I seem to be getting bounced around a lot and wondered if I might get any joy from doing this. Is *1 hard or soft. I keep thinking its just our roads over here which are shit to say the least ,more the sort of terrain frequented by moto x bikes. Is there anything in them to gain ?
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| rod2625 | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 26/01/2010 | | Posts | : | 108 | | Location | : | Olympic Peninsula, WA, United States |
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| | Posted : 12 Apr 2010 - 01:14 Post title : Re: Stock shock adjustment (Re: mat1600) | | | 1 is soft....for me at about 230 lbs I have found no reason to change the setting. But then again I only have about 275 miles on the bike so still figuring it out. In some of the reviews they mentioned that if you weighed under 200 lbs the shocks even at the 1 setting was too stiff. Basically the preload lowest setting is too stiff for a guy say weighing 150 lbs. I'll let you do the conversions....:-)
| Roger
'10 TBird SE 1600 ABS
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| Keets | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 24/02/2009 | | Posts | : | 453 | | Location | : | Australia |
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| | Posted : 12 Apr 2010 - 06:08 Post title : Re: Stock shock adjustment (Re: rod2625) | | | The shock spanner that Triumph supply is rubbish. A mate owns a suspension shop and he gave me a spare, a couple of seconds on a bench grinder and it fitted perfectly.
| Cruisin' on thru the junction i'm flyin' 'bout the speed of sound
Noticin' peculiar function i ain't no roller coaster show me down.
I turned away to see her woa! she caught my eye
But i was rollin' down movin' too fast;
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| snakecharmer | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 16/11/2009 | | Posts | : | 125 | | Location | : | biloela, qld, Australia |
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| | Posted : 12 Apr 2010 - 08:26 Post title : Re: Stock shock adjustment (Re: mat1600) | | | hi mat1600
i do feel for you as i had the same prob
until..............
i loaded the bird up with a heap of gear and went on a 700 klm ride
over rough aussie roads.
now she is soooo nice to ride she's a different bike
hope this helps
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| zolti | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 23/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,127 | | Location | : | newcastle , United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 12 Apr 2010 - 18:19 Post title : Re: Stock shock adjustment (Re: Keets) | | | hmm
my spanner worked fine, no probs at all!
its a pig 1 up on 3 but great 2 up
its good on 1, 1 up, but too bouncy on 3, 1 up
so i have to adjust according to the loading.
however on some of the "country lanes" the rebound is shocking, on one road between kirkwelpington and bellingham we took off, whole friggin bike, was a real bird lol
also 2 up, 3 gives a tad more clearance on cornering. havnt tried 5 yet
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| Pappasgarage | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 05/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 371 | | Location | : | Espoo, snowbird in California, Finland |
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| | Posted : 12 Apr 2010 - 21:58 Post title : Re: Stock shock adjustment (Re: zolti) | | | Hi there, I started on 1 and after 5000+ miles going on nr. 3 and still not satisfied, Just waiting for Weatherman to
get his Progressives and if I remember correctly I was promised a test ride on our Laughlin ride.
| Speedmaster 2004 in Espoo Fi, Rocket3 Touring 2014 in Oceanside Ca. IBA Finland SS1000
and T-Bird 09 gone
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 13 Apr 2010 - 19:21 Post title : Re: Stock shock adjustment (Re: Pappasgarage) | | | Thanks for the replies, i am just going to have to try the settings. when the wife is on its just about right so I need to put a bit of weight on for those rider only days out until this shock thing gets sorted - cheers 
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| tadpole | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 18/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 307 | | Location | : | Mandurah, West Australia, Australia |
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| | Posted : 13 Apr 2010 - 22:28 Post title : Re: Stock shock adjustment (Re: mat1600) | | | Hi Guys,As I posted once before that i had fitted the progressive 440,s from my speedmaster with the stiffer spring option to my bird
here is an update of my findings..
Lost 8mm (5/16") in ride height
I weigh approx 13 stone (180lbs) and have them set on the second line from the top.
I now have over 6300 kms up and have had the bike in all sorts of conditions, a lot of my riding is on poor country roads and the ride /handling is even better than my speedy was, the back end is brilliant it just needs better front springs (waiting on progressive to market)
Just for comparison, i refitted the stock shocks, ouch, didn,t take long to confirm the above so they now reside in the parts box hehehe.
Hope this helps guys make balanced decisions on what shocks to get, i can only speak for the progressives but if theres something out there thats better it must be awesome, cheers all, Tadpole
PS Keets, My bike has the speedo problem too, hasn,t done it since the weather has cooled down, cheers mate
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