| Author | Message | ||
     Raraf |
I need some help. When I bought my bike last week. They had the manual at their other store and were to overnight it to me along with the Certificate of Origin. WELL, they are overnighting me a temp permit cuz the manual and Cert are not here yet. I can't register the bike and get plates! The bike is torturing me! So I plan on getting the temps on tomorrow and need to know a few bits of info until the manual gets here. 1. Should I mess with the suspension? 1a. What would the settings be for a 180 lb on a 03 XB9S be? 2. What is the recommended break-in info (miles, rpm, etc.)? CUZ I AM RIDIN DIS WEEKEND!! GIDDY YAP! | ||
| Daves |
180 lb rider, make sure that is your weight with all your gear on. Front suspension 4.5 to5 lines of preload showing, this is at the top of each fork, fine lines below the 22mm preload adjustment. Compression, at the bottom of each fork, 1.5 turns out. Turn screws all the way in to lightly seat, then 1.5 turns out. Rebound, at the top of each fork, turn all the way in to lightly seat, turn out 1.5 turns. Rear shock, Preload setting, under the seat on the shock itself, get the spanner wrench out of the tool kit and set preload to the 4th or 5th notch. Compression, also under the seat, little screw on reservoir turn all the way in to lightly seat then back it out 1 to 1.25 turns Rebound, at the bottom of the shock, left side, turn all the clockwise to lightly seat, then counterclockwise 1 to 1.25 turns. This is from the "aggressive" riding chart done by Shawn Higbee. Hope this helps! Ride to the edge! Dave | ||
| Darthane |
Recommended break-in (you'll find plenty of people who disagree on this) from the manual: First 50 miles under 2500RPMs, next 450 under 3000RPMs. Change fluids then, if you ask me, and ride it like ya stole it until 1000 miles, when the first check up is. The break-in is torture - I did mine per manual, the bike's buletproof through 15K, other's went balls out from day one with similar results. YMMV | ||
| M1combat |
I have heard a lot of people state to vary the RPM's too. I ran from 2200 to 3200 with weak roll-on's quite a bit for 500 miles. I also tried to get in some good engine breaking right at the beginning. Anyway, this is a whole can of worms type subject  . /EDIT I changed oil at 250 miles to remove the first wave of particles. I didn't get that much and now figure it's six o' one and a half dozen of the other. I just changed again at 4K (dealer changed it at 1K) and got a LOT of particles on the primary case magnet... edited by M1combat on May 21, 2004 | ||
| Darthane |
The tranny takes a little longer to 'break-in', I think. I still get particles at 15K from the primary, generally very little from the engine. | ||
| M1combat |
I suppose that's because the primary isn't filtered... edited by M1combat on May 21, 2004 | ||
| Raraf |
Is there anything else I should know until my manual arrives (hopefully SOON)? | ||
| M1combat |
I think the recommendation in the manual is 34F/36R tire pressure. The bike is very sensitive to both pressure and suspension changes. | ||
| Prof_stack |
36F/38R, but how accurate is your tire gauge, anyway? |
