Suggestion to improve the ride?

Jess from VA · Wed 01, Sep 2010, 07:55:21

You can spray liquid wrench, wd40, penetrating oil up in the shocks and use a strap wrench to try and break them loose and turn them, but I have to tell you that #3 on std shocks is likely as cushy as you can/should go for two up.

sugerbear · Wed 01, Sep 2010, 08:40:14

if thats whippped count me in, i do the same thing. course i've been married for 34 yrs.

your a newlywed, so call it .............foreplay?

Jabba · Wed 01, Sep 2010, 09:02:38

Quote from: fudgie on Wed 01, Sep 2010, 07:17:10

Can she straighten out her legs by laying them on your knees? Kits knees hurt occasionaly but she will put both legs straight out on my knees. Works for about 20 miles. Plus I can massage her feet for her! Man I sound whipped.

Not a chance... My wife was in a car wreck in '97. F'd her up bad. She has an artificial hip, and is having trouble with a tendon catching on the hardware. She's going in to have that tendon "clipped" on 9-20. Hopefully it will help he lift her leg. Right now she can't at all.

She's already got 11 screws and a bolt in her foot, and all the joints in her foot are fused, plus, she needs a knee replaced as well.

I am married to the bionic woman!

Jabba

Mr.BubblesVRCCDS0008 · Wed 01, Sep 2010, 18:55:43

My wife is 5' 10" tall so I moved the rear pegs forward about 3inches and down about an inche to help her be able to stretch out a bit. She also puts her legs up on my legs sometimes to straighten out, but only on superslab out in the boonies with no traffic arround us. She will also use my pegs if I've using highway pegs.

john · Wed 01, Sep 2010, 21:00:12

mine broke 5 vertebrae in her lower back in an accident about 10 years ago ...

she got a one day ride one time and complained about it ...

i took her seat , pegs and the back rest ...
all of it ... off ... ???
i ride solo ...

Gator John · Sun 05, Sep 2010, 23:15:50

We did about 400 miles yesterday with her on the new Ultimate passenger seat. She loved it. After every bump, I'd ask her if it bothered her and each time she'd say no. Can't believe something so simple could make such a big difference. Wish I would have tried that before I bought the Wing for the long rides.

Still might try something with the shocks if I can decide which ones to try. That one takes more work to install and I doubt if they are as willing to take returns as the Ultimate folks were.

Thanks again, everyone, for your suggestions.

franco6 · Tue 07, Sep 2010, 08:08:59

try air shocks, no more hard bumps!

Colin · Tue 07, Sep 2010, 10:22:53

Quote from: franco6 on Tue 07, Sep 2010, 08:08:59
try air shocks, no more hard bumps!

+1

SlowRoad · Tue 07, Sep 2010, 11:28:34

Quote from: john3xv1 on Sat 28, Aug 2010, 00:59:19
Assuming the I/S shocks give a little softer ride, anyone know if there is a down side to putting them on a Tourer?

The I/S shocks won't give a softer ride. It will be a stiffer ride. I put them on my standard for that reason. The I/S is a little heavier, so the shocks are a little stiffer to handle the extra weight. Just my experience with them.

Tim

JimL · Tue 07, Sep 2010, 11:46:24

My wife definitely enjoys the ride of the Ultimate setup on the Interstate better than the Tourer. Comfort for her has been solved, now if I could just find comfort me. Lord knows I love my wife dearly....however on a long ride such as the one up to Bellaire this summer...this is the drone that I heard for 1200 miles...

"I'm hot....are you hot?"
"I need to stop and get something to drink"
"Your too close to the center line, why don't you get in front of (so and so) so they can ride near the center line"
"I have to go pee"
"Did you hear me?"
"Can you turn around so I can go back and get a picture of that barn?"
'Why aren't you answering me?"
"Are you hungry?.....I'm hungry."
"I don't want to eat there"
"The sun is in my eyes....is the sun in your eyes?"
"I don't like this helmet, it's too tight"
"I don't like this helmet, it's too loose" (She has had 3 different helmets in the past 5 years)
"I'm cold...are you cold?"
"Can you hear me? Why are you not answering me?"

Of course any of you guys that ride 2-up with your significant others obviously know that I was not exaggerating.

That having been said, I very much enjoy her company on these trips (at least for the first 300 miles)!

RTaz · Tue 07, Sep 2010, 12:05:34

Hi John...if you are considering going to a different shock ...and are looking at progressive shocks then I would recommend the 440 hd shock...plus change out the front fork springs for better handling and smoother ride...if you wish to try a set of stock interstate shocks I have aset I would borrow you if you wish...just let me know and we can set something up...

Jabba · Tue 07, Sep 2010, 13:11:02

Jim... you got me to spit out my nose.

I have a buddy that keeps trying to get me to use an intercom system. I keep telling him, if I wanted to TALK to my Ol'Lady... I'd take the cage...

Jabba

Gator John · Tue 07, Sep 2010, 14:42:35

QuoteHi John...if you are considering going to a different shock ...and are looking at progressive shocks then I would recommend the 440 hd shock...plus change out the front fork springs for better handling and smoother ride...if you wish to try a set of stock interstate shocks I have aset I would borrow you if you wish...just let me know and we can set something up...

Thanks, RTaz. Not sure how soon I could do it, but I'll contact you. We miss you guys.

Redline + · Tue 07, Sep 2010, 15:44:03

Quote from: JimL on Tue 07, Sep 2010, 11:46:24
My wife definitely enjoys the ride of the Ultimate setup on the Interstate better than the Tourer. Comfort for her has been solved, now if I could just find comfort me. Lord knows I love my wife dearly....however on a long ride such as the one up to Bellaire this summer...this is the drone that I heard for 1200 miles...

"I'm hot....are you hot?"
"I need to stop and get something to drink"
"Your too close to the center line, why don't you get in front of (so and so) so they can ride near the center line"
"I have to go pee"
"Did you hear me?"
"Can you turn around so I can go back and get a picture of that barn?"
'Why aren't you answering me?"
"Are you hungry?.....I'm hungry."
"I don't want to eat there"
"The sun is in my eyes....is the sun in your eyes?"
"I don't like this helmet, it's too tight"
"I don't like this helmet, it's too loose" (She has had 3 different helmets in the past 5 years)
"I'm cold...are you cold?"
"Can you hear me? Why are you not answering me?"

Of course any of you guys that ride 2-up with your significant others obviously know that I was not exaggerating.

That having been said, I very much enjoy her company on these trips (at least for the first 300 miles)!

Somebody send Jim some earplugs!

Redline

Jess from VA · Tue 07, Sep 2010, 16:55:26

this is the drone that I heard for 1200 miles...

I heard plenty of that for some years too. Then I taught her to ride her own bike and it diminished, and I would not get us bike-to-bike radios either. Then she took her show on the road for good (hallelujah).

Hydrocodone (Vicodin)..... slip her one or two in the am coffee, and let her sleep the whole day. That or a fully enclosed, lockable sidecar. Hahahahahahaha (choke).

fudgie · Tue 07, Sep 2010, 17:56:11

LOL Jim thats funny!

Thats what was good about me wearing helmets with the X back in the day. Now that we're lidless, I turn up the music.

Kit rarely makes a fuss tho unless she needs to smoke.

Like I tell Kit "loud wives loose lives!"

wupster · Wed 08, Sep 2010, 21:03:05

John
If you want come on down and take my IS out with Nola and see how you like it
come on down and spend the night , Give us a call.

Valkahuna · Wed 08, Sep 2010, 22:26:06

Quote from: Jabba on Tue 07, Sep 2010, 13:11:02
Jim... you got me to spit out my nose.

I have a buddy that keeps trying to get me to use an intercom system. I keep telling him, if I wanted to TALK to my Ol'Lady... I'd take the cage...

Jabba

Jabba,
The intercom is also underutilized on my IS as well

. Got a feeling it will stay like that.

Hey Jim, when I read your post I laughed out loud. Of course, my wife asked what was so funny. I thought quickly and said, "Oh nothing honey". No reason to start a discussion I figured!

Cliff · Thu 09, Sep 2010, 06:19:50

Quote from: X Ring on Sun 29, Aug 2010, 06:12:44
Quote from: tank_post142 on Sun 29, Aug 2010, 00:38:03
....... Of course, the petite ones are the most dangerous.

Marty
That's fer sure,,, my 4'11" 115lb better half is more proof of that.

Cliff · Thu 09, Sep 2010, 06:23:52

Quote from: JimL on Tue 07, Sep 2010, 11:46:24
My wife definitely enjoys the ride of the Ultimate setup on the Interstate better than the Tourer. Comfort for her has been solved, now if I could just find comfort me. Lord knows I love my wife dearly....however on a long ride such as the one up to Bellaire this summer...this is the drone that I heard for 1200 miles...

"I'm hot....are you hot?"
"I need to stop and get something to drink"
"Your too close to the center line, why don't you get in front of (so and so) so they can ride near the center line"
"I have to go pee"
"Did you hear me?"
"Can you turn around so I can go back and get a picture of that barn?"
'Why aren't you answering me?"
"Are you hungry?.....I'm hungry."
"I don't want to eat there"
"The sun is in my eyes....is the sun in your eyes?"
"I don't like this helmet, it's too tight"
"I don't like this helmet, it's too loose" (She has had 3 different helmets in the past 5 years)
"I'm cold...are you cold?"
"Can you hear me? Why are you not answering me?"

Of course any of you guys that ride 2-up with your significant others obviously know that I was not exaggerating.

That having been said, I very much enjoy her company on these trips (at least for the first 300 miles)!

+1

and I thougt I was the only sufferer

But even with that I honestly do like being able to chat with my best friend as we ride.

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