Shock

[Rookiespyder]

When riding alone do people ride on the soft setting or the hard setting. When riding 2 up the soft setting or the hard setting. Me and my wife often ride 2 up so i was just wondering. Thanks.

 

[JayBros]

I leave my air bag on hardest setting all the time.

 

[stmike 1800]

No adjustment on my 2018 RTL ,but i find it rides very good ( better than my 05 goldwing i traded in ).

 

[BajaRon]

When riding alone do people ride on the soft setting or the hard setting. When riding 2 up the soft setting or the hard setting. Me and my wife often ride 2 up so i was just wondering. Thanks.

It seems that most people do not make many adjustments to their suspension. I think that is why BRP and other manufacturers are going to computer controlled adjustments.

These suspension adjustments are designed to compensate for loading, and to a lesser degree, handling. So when you are riding 2-up you would want to use a stiffer setting. When riding 1-up and lightly loaded, you'd want to use the softer setting.

Add to this, if you are doing mostly interstate riding a relatively softer setting might be good. When riding mountain twisty roads, a relatively stiffer setting might do you better.

 

[Chupaca]

Try it out....

:agree: best way to know is to try it out. Ryde on soft setting alone then with the wife and the try both on the hard setting. I also leave it set on the lower side of hard....so above middle...:thumbup:

 

[Mazo EMS2]

I pretty much leave ours at the "75%" setting alone and 2 up. Once in a while I'll bump it up to full when 2 up...It's your ride, play around til ya find the sweet spot for your style of riding. That's why it's there...hyea:

 

[stevencovert]

Headlights?

I leave near low one up, as you can see the headlights change vertically at night with different settings. Riding two up the headlights went up a bit and I was getting several cars flashing me. Went to one below max to bring them back down. I think if the headlights are aiming right, you are good; not so much ride quality. That may be why this feature is gone on the 2018's, they figured out how to keep it level with computers an sensors(?) - just more things to go awry? :dontknow:

 

[canamjhb]

I like mine on the softer side for both interstate and twisties. I usually ride set at the second from bottom setting. Loaded up, I bump it one more and if wifey climbs on I go to the maximum. I have never had a bottoming out problem

 

[Spydermike]

I kept it at the middle setting since I got it, which hasn't been too long. Last Saturday I was out 2up with the wife and bumped it up one. Didn't feel too different. Next time I will bump it up one more and see how it is.

 

[Flanker]

It seems that most people do not make many adjustments to their suspension. I think that is why BRP and other manufacturers are going to computer controlled adjustments.

These suspension adjustments are designed to compensate for loading, and to a lesser degree, handling. So when you are riding 2-up you would want to use a stiffer setting. When riding 1-up and lightly loaded, you'd want to use the softer setting.

Add to this, if you are doing mostly interstate riding a relatively softer setting might be good. When riding mountain twisty roads, a relatively stiffer setting might do you better.

Good advice!

When riding solo on my RSS; I always used position 2 (of 5) on the rear shock. When riding two up, I dialed the shock pre-load up to position 4; which gave me ride and handling/steering quality very similar (if not the same) to riding solo.