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Mine does the same and I only weigh about 245. I've done the same as you, checked air pressure in tires and shocks and I have come to the concusion that the suspension on the GL1100s is weak in the rear. If it bottoms this easly with just me, it would be worse with a passenger. I think that when they designed it, that it was designed for a 150lb driver and maybe a 100lb passenger at the most. Mine isn't real bad, and I'm running 49lbs in the rear shocks, I might take them all the way to 57lbs which is max and try it.

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[GLester]

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1984GL1200A wrote:

Maybe, you have too much air. I know that when I have my front end aired up a little tight and hit a bump, it sounds like the whole front end is breaking. I let some of the air out and it clears right up. Perhapse this is whatis happening to you. You may have too much air in the shocks.

No, it is definately bottoming out, it was a lot worse when it had 19lbs in the rear when I bought it, changed to 35 and got a little better and now at 49 much better but still bottoms out sometimes if I hit a dip too fast.

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cardkev wrote:

With Me and the wife (300LBS.), my 82 1100A bottomed out all the time until I rebuilt the rear shocks. The 23 year old oil in there had been pulverized to black goo. The air alone will not provide enough dampening. Refilling with fresh oilalone will improve your ride. Check out this thread. http://www.goldwingfacts.com/forums/forum1/3938.html

I have planned on doing that this winter when I do several other things to the wing. But your right, if the oil is bad, the ride will be also.

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