still hangs on. Have fun.
--- On Mon, 9/29/08, Nighthawk Garry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Nighthawk Garry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Rear suspension
To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!"
Date: Monday, September 29, 2008, 10:29 PM
I put on my pr
The front forks are not that hard. The hardest thing on the front
suspention is the snap rings. My first experience was with a poor quality
snap ring plier. Thought I was going to take a knuckle off, man. The first
thing you want to do is remove the drain plug and the spring holder bolt on
the
I put on my progressives this weekend. It was out of the box and
installed. It was so simple I thought I did it wrong. But I got onto
it and it was a lot better. But, I am unsatisfied. I am going to get a
Corbin seat for sure, but that is a lot of out of pocket expense. On
Corbins webpage $329. Y
Nighthawk Garry
You will need a spring coil compressor to get the job done.
If you have a local non-factory dealer shop nearby, it might be the better
way to go.
I have a local shop that charges $58/hr for labor and does not over
estimate.
I just had my forks resealed, both wheel bearings repla
Thank you again for your help. I am going with the progressive 412s
and found the best price on amazon which is weird to me but I found
them under $200. I assume changing them will be pretty easy for a
weekend mechanic like myself, but if anyone knows of any surprises I
appreciate it. My wife and
btw
Adjusting preload will do nothing for your ride. It only sets the sag
on the suspension per the weight your loading and has no effect on
damping, compression, or rebound. If you're too heavy, you're just too
heavy. They always build these bikes for a 160 pound dude like Pee Wee
Gleason wh
Your Butt pain issue is not so much your shocks as it is your seat.
None of these factory seats are conducive to longer rides for the
average ass. A week after I bought my SV650 I replaced the soft OEM
seat with a custom Sargent Seat. I couldn't ride more than 20 minutes
with the OEM, now it hours
Nighthawk Garry
I put Progressive shocks on my PC800 to lower it a little bit. They are the
412 series with spring to fit me. I would call Progressive, talk to the
experts and tell him what you have and want. They were very helpful and the
shock/spring setup they suggested has worked out very
The 650 nighthawk is not a bike for heavy loads. It's given for 160 kg (320
lbs) maximum load on Honda manual. When riding with my honey on the back
seat, we are at more than 180 kg with equipment. Some considerable fluffs !
Too heavy... not good for safety and for comfort. And in case of accid
Thanks! I now have the dial at 3 and I have adjusted the lower end of
the shocks for the tightest spring possible, and I still am bottom out
when riding. Other than losing weight I now think I need new rear
suspension. progressive suspension has 412-4212C heavy duty suspension
that seems to fit
There should be a tool in your pouch that will make it easy to adjust.
However, I am 6' 235lbs and the bottom line (no pun intended) is that, with
that stock seat, an hour was about the max without some bit of discomfort.
If you find something that will help, let me know.
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 6
If you look at the dial on the rear shock, there is numbers. The
higher the number the stiffer the suspension. When you say "bottomed
out" do you mean it's set at 1. If it is, then turn the dial to a
higher setting to stiffen the ride. I would go a little at a time
until you find a setting tha
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