Rear Shockie setting for two-up

[Chop1961]

Kiwi, air cleaner is all good (KN). This arvo i sat on 110-115kph and used 21lts for 270klm? That was into a pretty bad cross wind all day, the bike is loaded pretty full on but, bit of a concern when Andre is saying that bike is rated for 180-200kg but i suppose its learn as you go thing, im am carrying more then i should as being the end of a job. Anyway, thanks for reply's and il see what tomorrow brings.. 😎

[grog]

My friends were at Daly in January, 48 degrees. Youre lucky.

[KiwiCol]

That's a bit better fuel use, at the slower speeds. 7.78 Litres / 100K.  About 36.5mpg in old money.  It's outside of normal, but given you're 2 up & loaded to max (or over) with a strong wind, it'd be about right.  The higher figure earlier in the day would have been just because of the rate at which you were going then.

Have you done the tank mod?  If not, do it now, gives you a 24-25L tank.  There's a very small air hole at the very top RHS (as you sit on the bike) of the filler neck, grab a Philips screw driver and enlarge that hole, best way is line it up carefully & whack it through with a hammer, it's thin metal & will go easy, just don't get too carried away & come out the other side of the tank! Bit of clean rag or something so bits don't fall into tank. 

Happy travels, the bike will get ya there 

[Chop1961]

Thanks Kiwi, i will look into that when i get home. Found a more pressing problems last night but.. the day before i left i pumped rear tyre up to about 38psi, then i looked at rear tyre after a day on the road and it had a flat spot in the centre so i checked pressure again and it had gone down to about 28psi so me being heavy handed like i am thought stuff it so i pumped it back up to 42psi. Well that has opened a can off worms up, took all panniers etc off bike and went for blat up to pub, come back to room later and as i was walking away from bike i had a quick glance back and noticed this shiney strip in the middle of the tyre.. the steel casing. Im only 182klms from the closet bike shop and thats even if there got a tyre to fit. All a part of ridin and the adventure so il see what today throws at me but one thing is for sure, its gonna be a slow 180ks, fingers crossed 😎

[KiwiCol]

Bloody Hell!   'That's not good' is a huge understatement.  Very quietly then . . .  fingers crossed for ya.

[Chop1961]

😎 all good mate, made it but must admit, me hand was always covering the clutch waiting for it to blow but the tyre held on. Ol mate at bike shop says that the bike wont be ready till this arvo so im booking a room and heading to pub, its a hard life on the road 😋 this was what the tyre looked like last night, i should have taken a picture of it after the 180ks, she was pretty ugly but to the tyres credit it hung in there, anyway its all good, cheers

[KiwiCol]

BTW, 42psi would also be what I would run loaded up like that.  I run 40 with just me on it & 38 front. 36 & 38 are just too soft for me.

[grog]

Chop, that is quite an adventure youve had. Certainly pushed the big girl, weight, middle of nowhere, no phone, bad tyre, head wind. Well done Son. 

[Chop1961]

Thanks mate, funny 😂

[Kiwifruit]

No chance of a warranty claim then Chop ??     

[Chop1961]

Kiwifruit, na mate, no warrenty but did find interesting fact but, especially for anyone else about to do the centre of Australia. Because the roads are so long and straight it wheres the soft-rubber tyre centres out real quick so the bike mechanic was sayin so he fitted a tyre designed for this type of riding which has soft sides and a hard centre so happy days. Anyway, after todays ride i ended up blowing the rear brake line so no rear brakes, not a biggie, i will get it fixed tomorrow when i get to town. The rear shockies wernt up to the rough road so the swing arm has been flogging up and down and has rubbed through the rear brake line. Another simple fix, then fit some heavier rear shock and the bike is pretty well bullet proof. Cheers

[Chop1961]

For anyone interested, this is a picture of the swingarm coming into contact with the taped-up brake line, i undone the bolt and swung the brake line away from the swingarm so there was no more contact if that makes sence. Thanks

[seth]

Your not the first to have had to do that @Chop1961 I'm sure it was in a thread somewhere .
But it's good you shared so others can see the problem when fitting aftermarket brake lines (I'm guessing not by you chop).

[KiwiCol]

I've never seen that before.  Must be a pile of weight on it, or your rear shocks are knackered,

[Speedy1959]

Mine did exactly the same after I "upgraded" to braided hoses!
I never did notice any difference in feel after I replaced the hoses.

My biggest difference occurred when I put the 4 pot callipers on the front.
Front brake is better than my CB1300 was !

S