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Message started by Panther on 01/19/06 at 07:13:56

Title: Dual riding
Post by Panther on 01/19/06 at 07:13:56

Im planning a trip for my wife and I for the weekend on my 06 S40, and I read somewhere that the springs must be adjusted for dual riding. I'm 5'6"-125 lbs an d wifey is 5'3" 105 lbs. Is this necessary or I'm fine with the stock setting? If not, how do I readjust?

Title: Re: Dual riding
Post by Savage_Rob on 01/19/06 at 07:50:13

My understanding is that the pillion can be quite brutal. Do you intend to stay married?

Title: Re: Dual riding
Post by Red_Wine on 01/19/06 at 09:49:37

Savage_Rob wrote:

My understanding is that the pillion can be quite brutal. Do you intend to stay married?

I think that stiffening your suspension one notch should compensate for the extra weight, as far as riding smoothness is concerned. 8)

But, Rob is right, the pillion seat is a joke if you love her, if you don't, who cares?? ;D

Best,

RW

Title: Re: Dual riding
Post by Panther on 01/19/06 at 12:03:22

I'm just tryin get her off my back, about riding the bike. It's been 3 months since I got it, and she only been on it twice, in a quick ride upstreet and back. In that time, I felt like the bike lowered quite a bit, plus I had to roll a little bit foward, so she wont seat almost on the fender. Any how to's on stiffening the springs?

P.S. I'm not legally married. 8)

Title: Re: Dual riding
Post by SAMM on 01/19/06 at 12:26:58

The back seat isnt comfy for anyone even tho she is only 105 lbs hehehehe maybe this is a good thing !! She may let you go alone more often !!! hehehehLOL

My wife hates to ride on mine ( and I like it that way ) ::)

Title: Re: Dual riding
Post by Red_Wine on 01/19/06 at 12:38:15

Panther wrote:

Any how to's on stiffening the springs?

If I'm wrong, certainly one of the gurus around here will fix it, but the best option is to smack an Allen wrench into the hole at the bottom of the shock absorber, and turn it so that the spring is compressed (Don't know which way, you'll have to find yourself, or get a guru here to help).

It is my understanding that shortening the shock will increase its stiffness (which is goo to compensate the extra weight) without it bottoming out in going over bumps.

Hope it helps,

Best,

RW

Title: Re: Dual riding
Post by Paladin on 01/19/06 at 13:01:15

Panther wrote:

....P.S. I'm not legally married. 8)

In Puerto Rico "not legally married" is not married, period. There is no such thing as common law marriage and the one attempt to encroach upon marriage was in 1906, repealed in 1909. The lady in question is your concubine.
www.m-w.com: concubine: a woman with whom a man cohabits without being married: as a : one having a recognized social status in a household below that of a wife b : MISTRESS
You lucky dog!

I haven't riden double since the '60's -- things might have changed in four decades. My rules then for my passenger was that they hug my body, arms around my waist, they lean with me, rise on the pegs with me (not valid on a cruiser) and never, never remove their feet from the footpegs until told to dismount. You do not want a passenger trying to stay vertical while you are leaning through a curve. With you sitting normally in the saddle if she is slipping back off the pillion she is not hugging you tight enough. preferably with both of you wearing no more than light cotton tops.

Title: Re: Dual riding
Post by pgolden on 01/19/06 at 13:11:27

I think you need to set the rear shocks at the #5 setting. The bike should be set in the #2 position from the factory. To adjust the setting insert a rod that will fit through the adjustment hole and turn it clockwise to the #5 position (three notches), you can feel the increments as you turn. If you are not sure about where the setting is, lay down and look, you can tell by looking which setting you have.

Title: Re: Dual riding
Post by bobtreat on 01/19/06 at 14:21:00

Brutal on her little behind, my wife is also 105 LBS ,Last summer we rode to Erie for the weekend.She wished the lil savage wasn't getting 58mpg.I only turned the shocks up to the 3rd setting,anymore an it gets to hard on her.

Title: Re: Dual riding
Post by necropsy on 01/19/06 at 17:35:12

My common law wife (15 years) and I are roughly the same weight. 115 lbs a piece.
I've always left my 05 S40 shocks at stock setting whether riding alone or two up.
I believe stock is set to 2, and is a little stiff for riding single, a little soft riding 2 up. It was also my under standing that 1 is stiffest, 5 is softess, but I could very well be wrong.
My wife's only gripe is the foot pegs are in too close to the bike. She would like them to stick out farther. I think the new one peice S40 seat is built for better comfort.

Title: Re: Dual riding
Post by Steve530 on 01/19/06 at 18:56:11

The pic in this thread will show how the shocks adjust.

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=RubberSideDown;action=display;num=1135134995;start=6#6

Title: Re: Dual riding
Post by Panther on 01/20/06 at 07:23:08

Thanks to all. I''ll letyou know how it went on monday. ;)

Title: Re: Dual riding
Post by Panther on 01/23/06 at 13:57:54

Well, the long trip we, planned to do, didn't worked out, due to heavy rain on Sunday, but we did went out on Saturdat night. Firs I had to ride about 20 miles to pick her up, and with the springs already readjusted to 4, let me tell you, the ride was awful! I felt like the rim was dancing on the tire, like if it was flat. nce she hopped in, ride was better, and she had no complaints about the bike or the driver.

One more thing,we went to a festivities down here in PR where thousands of people gathered to the small capital city. Traffic jams where endless, but we couldn't care less. We were on the S40, and we got there without any problems, even thru tight spots where I knew those big bikes couldn't go. It felt pretty good.

Title: Re: Dual riding
Post by RadarORiley on 01/23/06 at 14:31:22

Panther wrote:

Boy, if you live in Texas you are now legally married, all you have to do is call her your wife in public or introduce her as such and it's legal. Ask my Granddaughter, who is now getting a divorce because of that ;)

Title: Re: Dual riding
Post by Paladin on 01/24/06 at 00:34:27

Panther wrote:

....she hopped in, ride was better, and she had no complaints about the bike or the driver. . . .

Rides pillion on the Savage without complaint?! You don't want that one to get away!

Title: Re: Dual riding
Post by Savage_Rob on 01/24/06 at 05:27:09

Paladin wrote:

Rides pillion on the Savage without complaint?! You don't want that one to get away!

That's what I was thinking!

Title: Re: Dual riding
Post by Greg_650 on 01/24/06 at 11:08:16

Panther wrote:

You guys are doing good. Heck, I hate to say, but I weigh more than both you guys together. I keep it on #4 anyway.

Plus the 2 of you aren't as "thick" as we are. If ya ever wanted to see something hilarious, that woulda been the one time that I had to give my spouse a ride on mine. We were so wedged between the back rest and the tank that I could barely see the speedo. That time, we were the saddle bags and I needed a setting of 10!

Good that I started the Atkins diet, ain't it?
8)

Title: Re: Dual riding
Post by lancer on 01/24/06 at 11:58:41

Greg_650 wrote:

I was eating some cereal when I read your post and almost choked on it ...LOL...LOL...LOL......... ;D

Title: Re: Dual riding
Post by sluggo on 01/24/06 at 13:32:28

see you didn't need a thousand words to discribe that picture. :o

reminds me of a really fat guy on a mini bike.

Title: Re: Dual riding
Post by Greg_650 on 01/24/06 at 18:55:12

sluggo wrote:

see you didn't need a thousand words to discribe that picture. :o

reminds me of a really fat guy on a mini bike.

Excuse Me? I ain't the only fatty.

Maybe a picture would have been better than a thousand words, actually. Truth is; it happened, and it was our goal to get from point A to B before no more than necessary could see us. Besides, the gas tank hurts.....

Never-the-less the Savage ain't meant for that, but it did haul "ass" at 60 without any complaints.

Title: Re: Dual riding
Post by RadarORiley on 01/26/06 at 14:27:18

Greg, I've seen your picture. Would not call you a fatty, just a grown man.

How's that for a compliment from a short fat lady?

Title: Re: Dual riding
Post by Greg_650 on 01/26/06 at 14:43:57

RadarORiley wrote:

Greg, I've seen your picture. Would not call you a fatty, just a grown man.

How's that for a compliment from a short fat lady?

I love you!

Title: Re: Dual riding
Post by Panther on 01/30/06 at 14:18:06

You know, I went this past weekend again with my wife on a ride, this time even farther on both city and mountain roads, in the number 2 setting on the shocks. And it wasn't that bad at all. Number 4 is stiffer, but number 2 isn't that bad.

Title: Re: Dual riding
Post by dichotomous on 03/07/06 at 12:38:09

yeah I am about what the two of you together are as well, so I'd like to up the suspension a little bit, maybe to 3.... so I just grab a rod, maybe a strong philips scredriver, and clunk it in there and spin that mo' around clockwise one click?