Reed Posted January 19, 2009 Share #1 Posted January 19, 2009 (edited) What is the max. air in thr rear shock? I read some where on hear 7lb. max in the frunt. I was going to buy a Suspension pump & was wondering how big I needed? Any thoughts on what is a good air pump? I have been looking at Progressive. Edited January 19, 2009 by Reed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eck Posted January 19, 2009 Share #2 Posted January 19, 2009 30 to 40 lbs depending on if your riding single or two up with lots of luggage.. 40 lbs should give you a good ball park start... and then you can let air out adjusting as you ride.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarges46 Posted January 19, 2009 Share #3 Posted January 19, 2009 Yeppers...and the progressive is the most popular one around these parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raceman62race Posted January 19, 2009 Share #4 Posted January 19, 2009 I've got a 2nd gen and the owners manual says a maximum of 7.1 PSI in the front and a maximum of 57 PSI in the rear. On the last trip the wife and I took, I didn't add any air to the front and I ran about 30 PSI in the rear and that seem to work well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetHimRide Posted January 19, 2009 Share #5 Posted January 19, 2009 I though I had gained toooo much weight over the hoidays because my scooter was gggrrrrowning each time I sat on it. Then I found out it was just no air over the rear shock! I tend to keep mine on the low side and bump it up to 25-30lbs when my (little) wife is riding. I'll get brownie points for that last line. I bought my little hand pump at the Harley dealership. It works great, small and not to expensive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithR Posted January 19, 2009 Share #6 Posted January 19, 2009 I bought the Progressive pump 0-30 psi and thought it would do for both but I pushed it a little to far for the rear shock and it busted. So I ended up buying the next size up 0-60psi. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bar Posted January 25, 2009 Share #7 Posted January 25, 2009 Hey Folks, Just an FYI, but before "da Wife" and I went to the Wharf Rat Rally in Nova Scotia last summer, with the bags loaded, I found 45 lb in the rear and 3 lb in the front, just right. I'm about 200 lb ++ with leathers, and my wife, well she's not that big (about 5 ft phuck-all), I have to be careful here. I've left that amount in and find it good all-around, two up or not. With our roads, I figure it's better to have enough rather than not, to prevent bottoming-out. I had to get my rear shock replaced due to not enough pressure, and bottoming-out with two-up. Bar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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