Re: {Disarmed} Re: [DucatiST] My weekend with a pillion

I'll double check it but I think I've set it right a couple of years ago. Oh yea, we have pot holes and are gaining more all the time since the state does little to repair roads in the back country. Robert McNabb Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia ST4 1999 RED --- On Tue, 4/12/11, Brian Kerr <lalirra@tpg.com.au> wrote: From: Brian Kerr <lalirra@tpg.com.au> Subject: Re: {Disarmed} Re: [DucatiST] My weekend with a pillion To: st2_owners@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 4:17 AM   Could be your roads. Here in Oz we got real "potholes" –Translation- that's a hole in the road roughly the same size (and depth) as a medium saucepan or bigger. You don't want your compression damping locked out if you hit one of these babies or something's gonna break. Hit one last Sunday on my Roadking dawdling along solo at about 50 kph with the sun in my face and she bottomed out...in a straight line  Cheers-Ratso   From: Nick Vale Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 5:42 PM To: st2_owners@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: {Disarmed} Re: [DucatiST] My weekend with a pillion     Could be your compression damping is way up? Or your frame, seat and riding gear have been infused with helium?! Cheers - Nick See the face, admire the bikes, yawn at the holiday snaps... http://www.worldwidewobble.com On 11/04/2011 23:52, Robert McNabb wrote:   I've never bottomed mine out with the stock spring. I have even ridden it with pillion and left the setting as it is when I ride solo without bottoming it. Now y'all are confusing me. Robert McNabb Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia ST4 1999 RED --- On Sun, 4/10/11, Ian Ellison mailto:ian@ianellison.org.uk wrote: From: Ian Ellison mailto:ian@ianellison.org.uk Subject: [DucatiST] My weekend with a pillion To: "St2_Owners" mailto:st2_owners@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, April 10, 2011, 2:42 PM   Well, I'm back. I picked Kathy up from work at 4 on Friday. I randomly put 4 extra turns on the rear preload before setting off 2 up, but within a few yards I went over a speed bump and there was a loud clang as something bottomed out. I stopped and wound it up to the max, but didn't touch the damping. This did the job, with it only bottoming out once afterwards when I dropped into a sunken manhole cover. IanE No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3564 - Release Date: 04/10/11