Wife and I were going for a lunch ride today. I did my pre-flight and cranked the pre load on the Ohlins up all the way and then backed off about 5 turns. We got mounted and I noticed that the bike was tilted to the right (on the center stand). Strange, never had this happen before, but I don't believe that I ever cranked the pre load up that far. Next thing was that I had a very difficult time getting the bike off the center stand. Finally accomplished that and we took off. The shock action felt fine but maybe a little stiff.
Pulled into a gas pump, put the bike on the side stand and it went way over to the left, I mean way over. Gretchen stayed on the bike while I fueled. I remounted and found that I could not get the bike up right off the side stand. Just couldn't do it
I finally got Gretchen to lean over to the right side and I managed to get the bike vertical. In the process of all this, I strained both hips and was in pain so we went back home.
I never paid a lot of attention to the pre load before. I am assuming the it must have raised the frame considerably
. Any words of experience will be appreciated. Is there a figure for how many turns on the pre load related to how much height increase. I cranked it down before backing into the garage and that seemed OK.
Pulled into a gas pump, put the bike on the side stand and it went way over to the left, I mean way over. Gretchen stayed on the bike while I fueled. I remounted and found that I could not get the bike up right off the side stand. Just couldn't do it
I never paid a lot of attention to the pre load before. I am assuming the it must have raised the frame considerably