I've had that 'clang' a few times on both the ST and the Mostro, when
going over very short 'sleeping policemen*' on private roads. I used
to assume it was the centre stand flicking down, but now I know it's the
exhaust pipe that runs under the engine. Lie down and you'll see the nice
flat you've made on the bottom:-)
*a hump in the road to make riders aggressive, aka speed calming.
--
Jan
On the road:'03 ST4s ABS (since April), '99 M900 (since new)
Languishing: 'Guzzi V50 III & that legend of unreliability: a Lario!
Norwich, UK
Ian Ellison, on Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 11:53:54AM +0100 you wrote:
>
>
> Well I've got 80 lbs on you and my wife may be a little heavier than
> yours, I don't dare say! :-)
>
> With luggage we probably had 450 lbs on the bike. I never worked out
> exactly what was bottoming, it was a definite metallic "clang" like
> something hitting the exhaust but I can't see that anything could.
> Having the panniers, the exhausts are in the lower position.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: st2_owners@yahoogroups.com [mailto:st2_owners@yahoogroups.com]On
> Behalf Of Robert McNabb
> Sent: 12 April 2011 11:39
> To: st2_owners@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [DucatiST] My weekend with a pillion
>
> 170 and my wife is 140, I'm guessing on my wife since she won't tell
> me. ;)
> Robert McNabb
> Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia
> ST4 1999 RED
> --- On Tue, 4/12/11, Ian Ellison <ian@ianellison.org.uk> wrote:
>
> From: Ian Ellison <ian@ianellison.org.uk>
> Subject: RE: [DucatiST] My weekend with a pillion
> To: st2_owners@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 4:26 AM
>
>
>
> What do you weigh, Robert?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: st2_owners@yahoogroups.com [mailto:st2_owners@yahoogroups.com]On
> Behalf Of Robert McNabb
> Sent: 11 April 2011 23:52
> To: st2_owners@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [DucatiST] My weekend with a pillion
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
> References
>
> 1. mailto:ian@ianellison.org.uk?subject=RE%3A%20%5BDucatiST%5D%20My%20weekend%20with%20a%20%20pillion
> 2. mailto:st2_owners@yahoogroups.com?subject=RE%3A%20%5BDucatiST%5D%20My%20weekend%20with%20a%20%20pillion
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> 6. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/st2_owners/spnew;_ylc=X3oDMTJmdDU0dTdzBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEwOTkxMjIEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MTI2MjY0BHNlYwN2dGwEc2xrA3ZwaG90BHN0aW1lAzEzMDI2MDU2NDA-
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> 11. mailto:st2_owners-traditional@yahoogroups.com?subject=Change%20Delivery%20Format:%20Traditional
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Jan
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