how much air is everyone running in their shocks

[bj66]

just curious to see what everybody was setting their shocks at. I ride solo and was running about 20 in the rear, and 5 in front. Am I close to what everybody else is running

[Bloodbought1]

Running 30 rear and 5.5 front....Does fine for me one up.

[Brake Pad]

24 rear & I don't have clue whats up front..

[LilBeaver]

4 up front, 20-35 in the rear (I have varied it quite a bit in the last 2 weeks trying different setups and I don't know what it is at now, but somewhere in there)

 

I set it up for 2-up although my passenger weighs maybe 100 lbs soaking wet...

[Squidley]

I'm a big guy, about 275lbs and on my G2's I would run 35 solo, 40 to 45 with Momma and gear loaded and max pressure if I was also hauling a trailer.

[Jethroish]

3 in front, 32 in rear.

[bj66]

Thaks alot, nice to know im kinda in the ball park.

[star4772]

just curious to see what everybody was setting their shocks at. I ride solo and was running about 20 in the rear, and 5 in front. Am I close to what everybody else is running

 

Best is 10% of your weight in rear and no mor then 5-7 in front always works great.

 

Joe

[Celt]

5-7 front 45-50 rear

[Shipper]

0 rear, 0 front; handles fine. Ride solo at 220#, why the air? Just makes it ride harder seems to me.

[Monty]

5 in front, 40 in rear.

[finfan125]

:sign yeah that::sign yeah that::sign yeah that:

[OutlawRider]

I run 20 in rear and playing between 3 to 0 in front. Can someone tell me what the max is for the rear, I know the front is 7lbs.

[Bummer]

This is on an RS Venture, not a TD.

 

I ride 5 in the front with a crossover to balance them. This way the shocks won't bottom out in an emergency stop.

 

For the rear I add up the total weight added to the bike including junk in the bags/trunk then lop off the right number. Me 210, junk 25, added chrome 15 = 250. Lop off the right number and put about 25 psi in the shock. Two up with everything full, I put it close to the top at 50 to 55.

 

Then when I get home from a trip I forget to lower the pressure in the rear, so I usually wind up running 50 to 55 all the time, which gives me a firmer ride.

 

From the RS Venture user manual - Max front: 7.1 psi, Max rear: 57 psi. I'm not sure if the TD user manual lists it differently. Small book in trunk, pages 3-17 and 3-18.

[fortygeek]

3 in the front. 20 in the rear. The RSTD is just too squishy without some pressure in the rear shock. 20lbs firmed it up just right.

[Oldslow]

Does air in the front shock reduce the dive when braking?

[sadicarnot]

Anybody have a link to a hand pump to do the fronts. I have a pump but it is for mountain bikes and the gauge goes to 300 psi. Difficult to use at 5 psi for the front.

[Monty]

Here ya go...

 

http://www.jpcycles.com/search/search?Context=28004214&Ntt=air%20pump&Ntk=All&refinement_search=1&x=0&y=0

[sadicarnot]

Here ya go...

 

http://www.jpcycles.com/search/search?Context=28004214&Ntt=air%20pump&Ntk=All&refinement_search=1&x=0&y=0

 

Thanks Monty. I bought the 0-60 psi. I'll probably go ahead and get that crossover tubing eventually too.

 

David

[Bummer]

As of about three weeks ago, when I wrote and asked, Progressive isn't currently carrying the pumps themselves, but if you look enough you might be able to find someone with one of the 0-15 psi pumps. It looks like a very large syringe with a gauge and about six inches of tubing. It's the most accurate way to put air in the fronts I've found yet.

 

The crossover is great too! If you get one treat the little plastic fittings like gold. I haven't found anyplace yet that can replace those parts.

[sadicarnot]

The crossover is great too! If you get one treat the little plastic fittings like gold. I haven't found anyplace yet that can replace those parts.

 

I work at a lab at a power plant. I deal with a lot of specialized fittings. When I get the parts I will see if I can cross reference them or find brass alternative or something.

 

David

[Bummer]

Does air in the front shock reduce the dive when braking?

 

Yes. I found that 0 dove pretty badly. 5 keeps it from hammering the front end in power stops.

[Bummer]

I work at a lab at a power plant. I deal with a lot of specialized fittings. When I get the parts I will see if I can cross reference them or find brass alternative or something.

 

David

 

I wish you the very best of luck, David. This stuff is about half to a third the size of our smallest turbine air control lines. (Stationary Engineer, forty years. I do everything in the Power House but the electrical generation end.)

[jfoster]

0 rear, 0 front; handles fine. Ride solo at 220#, why the air? Just makes it ride harder seems to me.

 

Same here, the softer the better.