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If people don't know, I tinker on older bikes. (20 years or older) I rebuild them and either sell for a profit or play with them and sell them at cost. It's a hobby.
My GL1100 is the largest bike I have ever gotten in to mainly because bikes of this size weren't built over 25 years ago. (seems like yesterday to me.. getting old blows)
Anyway, I have learn things from this bike that you don't notice on smaller bikes. Like the shocks, I have replace them and the first thing I have notice was I sit a little higher in the air. The other thing I have notice was I have much better control of the bike on the roads. Which did shock me because I never thought the shocks played such a important part of driving controls. (bad shock on smaller bikes are not very noticeable)
So from what I have learned that if you are having problems with driving and getting that "floating" feeling you may want to take a close look at you shocks. (what I mean by floating is when you are driving and you find your self countering movements of the bike. zig zaging down the road.... and it's not from drinking too much)
Something else I have learn from the shocks is what they said about setting the air pressure for the shocks, which made a lot of sense to me. They say measure the distance from the upper frame to the rear axle with the bike on the center stand. Put the bike on the ground and all the weight you would normally have when riding. Then take measurement from the first points you measure again. Itshouldn't change any more the 1 1/2 inches. Adjust the air pressure to meet this.
These new shock told me air pressure can be set from "0" to "70" without hurting the shocks. (these are new and not Honda factory shocks, maybe you shouldn't do this with Honda's shocks??)
Anyway, thats my "I didn't know this" Hope this will help somebody else out.
If people don't know, I tinker on older bikes. (20 years or older) I rebuild them and either sell for a profit or play with them and sell them at cost. It's a hobby.
My GL1100 is the largest bike I have ever gotten in to mainly because bikes of this size weren't built over 25 years ago. (seems like yesterday to me.. getting old blows)
Anyway, I have learn things from this bike that you don't notice on smaller bikes. Like the shocks, I have replace them and the first thing I have notice was I sit a little higher in the air. The other thing I have notice was I have much better control of the bike on the roads. Which did shock me because I never thought the shocks played such a important part of driving controls. (bad shock on smaller bikes are not very noticeable)
So from what I have learned that if you are having problems with driving and getting that "floating" feeling you may want to take a close look at you shocks. (what I mean by floating is when you are driving and you find your self countering movements of the bike. zig zaging down the road.... and it's not from drinking too much)
Something else I have learn from the shocks is what they said about setting the air pressure for the shocks, which made a lot of sense to me. They say measure the distance from the upper frame to the rear axle with the bike on the center stand. Put the bike on the ground and all the weight you would normally have when riding. Then take measurement from the first points you measure again. Itshouldn't change any more the 1 1/2 inches. Adjust the air pressure to meet this.
These new shock told me air pressure can be set from "0" to "70" without hurting the shocks. (these are new and not Honda factory shocks, maybe you shouldn't do this with Honda's shocks??)
Anyway, thats my "I didn't know this" Hope this will help somebody else out.