Oops. Times 2.

First one was only a nearly oops.

Travelling along Jermyn St this morning in the drizzle, when a ped
leaps off the kerb. Instinctive handful of brake, and the ABS chirps a
bit and I come to an abrupt halt. Quite impressive.

Second one was more real.

Stopped on Knightsbridge to let Flavio Briatore cross the road - he
smiled, and thanked me, so I said, "You're welcome, Mr Berlusconi."

I wondered why he looked miffed for ages until the penny dropped.

Anyway, 400 more miles on the CB13, six more landmarks.[1]

Descending the hill by Blaenavon, it ran out of fuel, until I got onto
level ground at he bottom, whereupon it had sufficient to get to
Waitrose at Llanfoist nr Abergavenny.

I really need some earplugs now; the windroar at M'way speeds is
deafening.

Also, under braking, it dives more exaggeratedly than an Argentinian
centre-forward - do I need to up the fork preload, or the damping?

It's got little nuts and dials on the fork tops - a first for me.

[1] Caerwent, Blaenavon, New Radnor, Aymestry, Rous Lench and
Churchill

 

Should've flattened them.

A bit of both probably. In an ideal world, you want to set the sag both
with & without you sat on it, & if you can't get both in range, you're
looking at new springs.

The trouble is if you're somewhat heavier than average, you won't get
it right with standard springs no matter what you do. So either spend
some money on uprated springs, or dial out a bit of the dive at the
expense of suppleness.


--
Krusty

'03 Tiger 955i
'02 MV Senna (for sale) '96 Tiger (for sale)
'79 Fantic Hiro 250 (for sale) '81 Corvette (for sale)

 

I need to change the front springs on the Tiger, it too dives like a
bastard and i'm not even overweight (anymore)

Hagon progressives are available, but the ~70 for the pair the cost is
a bit much for the stretched finances ATM.

Paul.

 

That reminds me: there's a set of Hagons for a Blackbird sitting on
the shelf in the garage.

 

Increasing the rear preload will help a bit, & always hit the rear
brake first on Tigers. The cheap way for more front preload is to cut
some PVC waste pipe down & stick it in the top of the forks. If there's
metal spacers in there, replace them with PVC pipe around 50mm longer.

--
Krusty

'03 Tiger 955i
'02 MV Senna (for sale) '96 Tiger (for sale)
'79 Fantic Hiro 250 (for sale) '81 Corvette (for sale)

 

just been reading here :

http://www.adrianmolloy.com/Hagon_Shock.html

and he reckons dropping the yokes a bit helps.

I was hoping someone would pop up saying they had some going for beer
tokens, but there's only SD's spare

Paul.

 

As Krusty said - a bit of both.

Woo.

More preload, and more compression (not rebound) damping.

 

@mid.individual.net:

Only 2 miles from me.

Did your satnav get confused as you approached Waitrose?

The new roundabouts and bypass don't seem to be in any databases yet. I've
had some clients phone me from some obscure places because they are too
thick to notice the "just built road" and read road signs.

 

No problem on the version I'm using.

 

Both, prolly.

 

I know Adrian, he's been on the Yahoo Tiger group for quite a few
years. Dropping the yokes does liven up the handling (mine are 20mm
down), but I can't say I noticed any effect on dive. Could be different
on a 1050 though - is that what you've got?


--
Krusty

'03 Tiger 955i
'02 MV Senna (for sale) '96 Tiger (for sale)
'79 Fantic Hiro 250 (for sale) '81 Corvette (for sale)

 

IWHT that if you are upping the the spring rate, there is an
argument that a touch more rebound damping would be required
too.

 

No - he's got my old 955i

Phil

 

Ah right - in which case zymurgy, ignore everything about 1050
suspension - it's a completely different beast.

--
Krusty

'03 Tiger 955i
'02 MV Senna (for sale) '96 Tiger (for sale)
'79 Fantic Hiro 250 (for sale) '81 Corvette (for sale)

 

<ace>

who?

</ace>

 

OI!

I do wish people would stop using <ace> tags for stuff I know about.

It's only of 'popular culture', like 'celebrities', reality shows,
shite musicians, movies and crap american TV that I manage to remain
in blissful ignorance.

 

<Auvache>

Some wop.

</A>

 

<Hanson>

Doo wop.

</Hanson>

 

*double ding*

 

Or a pair of valve springs.