| Author | Message | ||
     Svmotoman |
I've been having lots of fun experimenting with my suspension settings on my 05 CityX (2up riding with proper settings is amazing - feels like a sport bike again!) BUT I find the front preload a total pain. I mean I can adjust all the rebound/compression settings and rear preload with the screwdriver and wrench from the toolkit... no prob, lickity split. But the only way I've determined to adjust front preload is with a set of plyers coming in from above - and even that sucks. I can't get at them from the sides. It's just so tight in there - certainly no socket would ever fit. I'm chewing things up too...grrr.. Am I being stupid? am I missing something? is there some trick to this? am I just not seeing a tool from the toolkit that's right in front of me? Why would there be no tool that comes with the bike to do this? It makes me want to skip adjusting front preload for 2 up riding... and that's just not good. What gives? (Message edited by svmotoman on October 19, 2005) | ||
| Jasonxb12s |
try loosening the bars and rotate them back. I know what you mean though. It is a lot easier on the R models from the looks of it. | ||
| Henrik |
Don't know how much room you have, but could you slip one of these ratcheting box wrenches on there? Henrik | ||
| Easinc |
Jason is correct. If you loosen the bars and move them back, you can get a socket on the adjustment nut.... | ||
| Daves |
Loosen the bars, rotate them back,use a 22mm socket. Don't forget to tighten the bars back up! | ||
| Mountainrider |
I had no problem with mine. A thin wall socket and an extension worked fine. | ||
| Svmotoman |
So it looks like I just use an allen wrench to loosen handlebars (4 bolts), but do I need to tighten them to some proper torque? is there a way to do that with an allen wrench? I presume this is not something I want to overtighten... *snap*...or undertighten...*flop* Is this just a problem with CityX supermoto style handlebars? (Even if loosening handlebars helps, it's still a pain and not something I look forward to having to do every time I ride with my wife) | ||
| Dwolk |
Seems that tilting a wrench at an angle (coming at it from above at maybe 75 degrees off horizontal) and taking two or three turns for one rotation works fine on my XB12s. Haven't needed to loosen handlebars and it doesn't rip anything up. But it sure is one cramped part of the Lightning. | ||
| Kowpow225 |
Motoman, The service manual says to tighten the front bolts first then torque them to some value. I disagree. I tighten the fronts till they bottom then back them out about three turns. Then I add the back ones until they bottom then start torquing each one in a lug nut fashion (criss cross, zig zag, whatever)You'll end up with about the same gap at the front and back | ||
| Kowpow225 |
One more thing, get progressively tighter as you zig zag until you reach the listed torque setting. Thought it could use a little clarification. | ||
| Mountainrider |
Larry you must have a small wife to ride her on the X. Betty sure would not fit on there.  | ||
| Jasonxb12s |
I use a torque wrench and hex sockets to get the proper torque on those types of bolts. I don't know the correct torque for those bolts because it is in my service manual out in the garage. I am very lazy when I get in the computer chair. | ||
| Blake |
Thread will be moved to KV - Suspension... topic. 172689 |
