03-06-2007, 05:15 PM
This is a legit concern and a new excuse. The Sportster was decent until we got to a bad part of road and it started bottoming out. Uncomfortable on long rides is one thing but actually hitting rock bottom is a whole 'nother ball game. I really question the reviews though 'cause these people are used to cruisers and what seems harsh to them may be like a couch to sportbikers.
The rear travel on the SV is ~5.4" and I haven't touch the preload on it (yeah yeah... whatever). The Aero is 3.5" and it has a 5-pos preload so maybe it'll work? Although travel is travel and preloading the spring isn't going to make it resist the total weight any. I guess we'll actually have to sit on one.
The rear travel on the SV is ~5.4" and I haven't touch the preload on it (yeah yeah... whatever). The Aero is 3.5" and it has a 5-pos preload so maybe it'll work? Although travel is travel and preloading the spring isn't going to make it resist the total weight any. I guess we'll actually have to sit on one.
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth