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, IA | Do U up Your psi in your rear shock when U pull yor tralier
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Central Wisconsin | I believe I upped mine to 70 psi. Now that you mentioned it I left it there after we disconnected the trailer.
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, IA | U going to. AVR this year |
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Cruiser
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Phenix City AL. | I up my air, I add 25 lbs to what ever I already have estimated, I pull a kompact kamp trailer |
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New Brunswick , Canada | 70lbs with trailer...and still running at 70lbs without...E3 tires are lasting longer and cupping less |
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New Brunswick , Canada | Lojak - 2012-08-05 10:48 PM
70lbs with trailer...and still running at 70lbs without...E3 tires are lasting longer and cupping less
running tire at 45lbs |
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Cruiser
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Santa Maria CA | have 2008 vision, just went from California to Mississippi and back 4800 miles pulling a kwik kamp tent trailer. I kept 75psi in the air shock, worked great. |
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Central Wisconsin | sonicbluerider - 2012-08-05 8:21 PM U going to. AVR this year Dennis, We plan on attending our first AVR on Saturday. How about you?
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, IA | Yep i'm hoping to find a campsite |
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Moravia, IA | sonicbluerider - 2012-08-06 6:21 AM
Yep i'm hoping to find a campsite
I usually camp at Marble Beach.
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=marble+beach+state+park&hl=en&ll=43.4...
You can came right next to the water.....great view....nice and quiet. Not sure if Im camping this year or not....but if I do thats where Im headed. |
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Iron Butt
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| First, I up the rear tire to 42 psi from the 41 psi that I normally run, then using a bathroom scale I find out how much tongue weight I have from the trailer (10% to 15% of total trailer weight is normal to reduce or prevent sway) and add that to my weight (my wife rides her own bike) plus the weight of what I have in the saddlebags and trunk, then consult the chart in the left saddlebag compartment and add 5 psi to what that says, for me that usually gives me a 55 to 65 psi setting for the rear shock depending on what I have in the trailer.
One thing I have found out over since I started towing trailers with my bikes (1995) is that when you have a heavy trailer you need to apply more pressure on the rear brake then most people usually do in normal daily riding, and it becomes even more important to apply the pressure FIRST before apply pressure with the front brakes otherwise I have seen severe front end wobble induced from only using the front brakes like many riders do.
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Iron Butt
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Anderson, IN (48mi NE of downtown Indianapolis) | Travelin Man - 2012-08-15 7:09 AM
One thing I have found out over since I started towing trailers with my bikes (1995) is that when you have a heavy trailer you need to apply more pressure on the rear brake then most people usually do in normal daily riding, and it becomes even more important to apply the pressure FIRST before apply pressure with the front brakes otherwise I have seen severe front end wobble induced from only using the front brakes like many riders do.
I have experienced the same thing. While pulling my trailer loaded, the rear brake has much more stopping power than the front.
As far as pressure in the shock, that depends on the trailer load and if the gf is riding with me. I went through a lot of trial & error to come up with the pressures that work best for each situation. Having the correct shock pressure seems to affect the steering more than anything else. Too little pressure makes the front feel wobbly. I have found that I cannot have too high of pressure as far as handling goes. High pressure just makes for a bit stiffer ride. I try to find a pressure somewhere between the wobbly steering and hard ride. |
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