1 Tyre pressure and pre-load Fri Jun 12, 2015 6:37 pm
sniffy
active member
Hi, I haven't put lots of miles into my K100RS, mainly because I find the handling somewhat alarming on less than perfect surfaces. I'm running Bridgestone BT45's, new rear, nearly new front at the recommended 32/36psi and softest solo pre-load. I'm 14 stone so about average, and the bike runs naked. The tyres were professionally fitted and balanced.
At the first sign of a white line the back end gets seriously out of line. I took my wife on the back and bumped the rear pressure up to 39psi and the rear shock to the hardest setting and the bike became much more forgiving, without being totally confidence inspiring. I'm wondering whether running it at 39psi solo and pre-load on the middle setting would make it a nicer ride, but I don't want to square the tyres off prematurely if that's too hard.
Front shocks seem fine and swingarm is okay so far as I know, it just passed an MOT. Any advice welcome, thanks.
At the first sign of a white line the back end gets seriously out of line. I took my wife on the back and bumped the rear pressure up to 39psi and the rear shock to the hardest setting and the bike became much more forgiving, without being totally confidence inspiring. I'm wondering whether running it at 39psi solo and pre-load on the middle setting would make it a nicer ride, but I don't want to square the tyres off prematurely if that's too hard.
Front shocks seem fine and swingarm is okay so far as I know, it just passed an MOT. Any advice welcome, thanks.