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Reply #15 - 04/08/18 at 11:12:51
 
Handle bars that make your torso lean forward over the tank and the longer shocks shift weight forward and may help,if all else fails its better just to ride a bit slower ,shave 5-10 mph of your speed .
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Reply #16 - 04/08/18 at 14:07:13
 
I have low bars on it, stock springs. I'm 190 lbs. Tires are old, but will soon be replaced . I had about 2 in. of sag and replaced the fork spacers for ones a little longer, getting to about 1 in. I will try re-adjusting the sag and move up to a thicker oil.
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Reply #17 - 04/08/18 at 17:26:53
 
hotrod wrote on 04/08/18 at 14:07:13:
I had about 2 in. of sag and replaced the fork spacers for ones a little longer, getting to about 1 in. I will try re-adjusting the sag and move up to a thicker oil.


It's a 1:1 relationship, so remove 0.50" from the spacer and you should be good to go. Make sure that you have about 3/8" of static sag when you're done. The 15wt oil with a 100mm (4in) air gap should do the trick. The factory spec is a 75mm air gap, but that is too much oil and stiffens the fork travel, eliminating the last inch of usable travel.
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Reply #18 - 04/08/18 at 20:28:29
 
I'll do that. Thank you.
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Reply #19 - 04/14/18 at 09:20:07
 
Did a 100 mile ride two days ago with another rider on a Harley. We had up to 40 mph gusts.  For the most part it was not scary, but rather tiring. I did envy his extra 200 lbs. Turbulence from trucks coming the other way was bad when coupled with the crosswinds. Fortunately we were mostly on country roads without much oncoming traffic.

I did find that  relaxing my grip a little helped. This is my first bike in 40 years, so I have nothing else to compare it to.

I will say this, I got up this morning and my thighs and gluts were *very* sore. My knees were really hugging that tank. LOL.
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Reply #20 - 04/14/18 at 10:50:45
 
Gusts you can't anticipate.
Oncoming trucks, you can prepare for.
I move away from the centerline and just before I hit his blast, I start toward the centerline. And let it straighten me out.
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