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Iron Butt
Posts: 741
Central New York | For whatever it's worth to those newly riding "Street" (no trunk). I recommend you just put a gob of black tape over the pressure placard. I've spent weeks trying to figure out why my Vision was riding like a buckboard. I mean I talk'in how frost heaves in the road make your neck an inch shorter. Went through the whole drill of checking everything a hundred times to see what I'm missing. As it turned out - nothing. My problem was that I was read'in the directions! I was running the shock at around 6 lbs. like the placard says. Pumped that bad boy up to 20 lbs. and it's like a stretch limo, smooth as a babies butt over the heaves. At 6 lbs. the shock was bottoming out. And as a side benefit, the top edge of the windshield slide down the sight path just enough to make it noticeable and pleasant. Ahhh! Ain't life grand!! 
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Iron Butt
Posts: 802
| Just curious, is that riding solo or two up and how much do you weight?
Thanks,
Marc |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 741
Central New York | Solo |
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Cruiser
Posts: 177
| Bs very careful running that pressure to low. I had to replace my shock at the tune of $500.. |
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Cruiser
Posts: 185
Rhode Island | I have an 8ball with a tour pack, using the Low table, it has me using 40psi. It seems to ride fine; am I reading the table wrong? |
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Visionary
Posts: 8144
New Bohemia, VA | I'm normally keep mine around 30psi with the trunk, up to 65psi when 2up or packed. Never given thought to go below 20, as there is a lot of dips around here... |
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Visionary
Posts: 3773
Pittsburgh, PA | Same here. 30 / 60 |
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Tourer
Posts: 599
New Mexico | About 66 all the time on my VV w/trunk. Too much trouble to change every week or so when 2up. Plus I like a firmer ride. |
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Cruiser
Posts: 119
| Boots - 2010-10-20 10:49 AM About 66 all the time on my VV w/trunk. Too much trouble to change every week or so when 2up. Plus I like a firmer ride.
Same here.........
I think the Vision needs to be kept at the factory spec tire and rear shock pressures..........anything less does not work as well or at least it seems that way to me.
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Iron Butt
Posts: 935
Rockford, IL | Your placard says 6 lbs??
Any chance you have an 08 model?
Wasn't there some type of recall on the placards for some of the very early 08 models? I'm thinking I might have read something somewhere...? Maybe someone will chime in with a link to something on this recall I barely remember..... |
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Visionary
Posts: 2027
Brighton, TN | The recall was for the placard on the left side inside the saddle bag which lists a lot of the bike specs, like plug gap, fuel reqs, etc. Not the shock load pressures that I remember. I got to install that one, so I be a remembering it. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 741
Central New York | This be my 08 placard. Haven't seen any recalls.
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Cruiser
Posts: 177
| Wow 6 seems really low... |
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Visionary
Posts: 1632
Jasper, MO | mgoblue - 2010-10-21 2:21 AM
Wow 6 seems really low...
So is a total rider/passenger/cargo combined weight of 125 lbs to go with the 6 lbs of air pressure.
Me and the missus and all the junk in the trunk probably add up to closer to 375 to 400 pounds, which translates to 55 to 60 pounds of air pressure according to the chart.
Ronnie
Edited by rdbudd 2010-10-21 2:59 AM
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Cruiser
Posts: 156
Bluff Park, Alabama - God's Country! 2011 PW VV | I checked mine last night and it had 2- lbs....now I weigh 320+...no woder I was bouncing around!!! Put in 50 and its like a dream! Thanks for the thread.
CHUCK |
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Puddle Jumper
Posts: 16
Regina Sask. Canada | Hi I too upped the pressure and Made a Big Inprovement on the ride 20 psi I my go up a little more for all the lugage |
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