Sports: Re: [DucatiST] My weekend with a pillion

On 4/11/2011 6:52 PM, 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 <ian@ianellison.org.uk> wrote:

From: Ian Ellison <ian@ianellison.org.uk>
Subject: [DucatiST] My weekend with a pillion
To: "St2_Owners" <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

Years ago when I first got my ST riding two up it bottomed out going over a Rail Road track.
My wife is a little lady so out combined weight was less than some single riders. I
tightened the spanner nut one turn and increased the hydraulic adjuster just a pinch.
It has never given me any trouble since.

Last year they redid the rail crossing so now we dont even have to slow down.

Bob

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