smashweights

That's just it, my ride is too harsh. I've been damn near ejected when I hit a series of bumps on the way to my parents place. My R6 was much more forgiving in the suspension.

Hmm, weird. Why would they put springs in that only the lightest of the lightweight riders will be able to ride on properly?

Will compression or rebound affect the measurements I get?

So Hoblick: I've measured my topped out yesterday as 5" (127mm) and with preload at minimum with me on the bike, the forks sit at 2.5" (63.5mm, 63.5mm sag). With preload maxed out, the suspension with me on it sits at 3.25" (82.5mm, 44.5mm sag). If I understand things right, if my topped out measurement is 127mm, then with me on the bike, if I want 40mm of static sag, the bike should settle to 127-40 = 87mm. That's where I'm running in to the issue, it seems that I can't set the static sag to the goal range, which seems weird because I'm on the lighter end of rider weights. Which means anyone heavier than me will compress the spring even more, which makes it seem like ANY rider on this bike will never get the sag set up right unless they weight like 110 lbs... I feel like I have to be doing something wrong here because there is no way a 150lbs. rider requires maximum preload on any motorcycle. The original owner of the bike was a solid 200+, so I'd be shocked if he had lightened the springs.

No clue...

HAHAHAHA!!!! Army women...

so I've heard that the '12 Monster is "oversprung" but that seems weird if 35mm of sag is the goal that a 150 lbs rider would compress the forks too much?

Not according to my book or the video post above. In the video, they have 120mm for top out then measure rider on and adjust to get 37mm of sag with rider. My problem is that I can only seem to get 44-65mm of sag based on the limits of the preload adjuster.

So I've been meaning to get my suspension set up properly on the Duc since I got it as the ride seems pretty harsh. Got my dad and I out to set up my sag today and it seems like it's not even possible to get proper sag set. I used Evans Brasfield's 101 Sportbike Performance Projects to guide me and basically it looks like you measure the following between the front axle and the wiper: (Topped Out, No Rider Gap) - (compressed rise w/rider + topped out drop with rider)/2 to get static sag. The book says ideal sag is 1.2 - 1.5" for street riding. The gap on my forks tops out at 5" and with preload at minimum the bike with rider rests at 2.5" and with preload maxed the bike rests at about 3.25". Aka: my static sag goes from 2.5" to 1.75", which seems absurd given that I'm only 150 lbs and anyone heavier than me would compress the forks more and result in even higher sag. Am I doing something wrong? All I feel like I've accomplished today was scrape up the nice red-anodized preload adjusters...

Just buy a weber one touch charcoal grill. They should be had for a bit shy of $100 and then you can grill or smoke.

do you have a charcoal grill already?

Maybe when Denver realizes they won more playoff games with Tebow they'll resign him and cut Manning.

wasn't there a buell blast in the bike shop section?

Wait, he created this? Very cool. I had one on my R6 after I changed the sprockets. Install and setup took less than a minute. I think I should get a prize for already having a sticker on my toolbox ;-)

I have had tires done there. Gear selection is limited, but lots of bikes to see. Definitely more of a bike dealer and shop than gear store. Friendly staff and techs.

how many cc's?

Oh and welcome!

I can't take it anymore! I'll give you a one on one ride and if my wife gives it the go ahead, we could even pull off the couple of people clause! Oh come on you know you all were thinking it... And I've been drinking. shut up don't judge me

Spongebob is the fucking bomb. I have two SB neckties i wear on a regular basis.

glad that wasn't lost on everyone ;-)

But they don't even offer a military discount...

S3 is selling for like $9.99 on some websites/carriers. IMO, hold out for S4 in the next month or so ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwRrKaq0IyY

ps wine helps, like it is right now, g2g

Congrats man! Don't let the haters get you down! Remind them that you get the poon twice as often as they like to think they do ;-) #timeforsex peace!