Do you adjust your suspension while carrying passenger and luggage?
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Do you adjust your suspension while carrying passenger and luggage?
Hi all,
I am planning on a road trip 2.5 weeks long through western US.
Question is: Do you adjust your suspension for the extra load? I have a 2014 road king. Saddlebags will be full. We have a bag that goes on the luggage rack and it will be full as well. Wife weighs 130 lbs. I am 200lbs.
looking for opinions.
thanks
JD
I am planning on a road trip 2.5 weeks long through western US.
Question is: Do you adjust your suspension for the extra load? I have a 2014 road king. Saddlebags will be full. We have a bag that goes on the luggage rack and it will be full as well. Wife weighs 130 lbs. I am 200lbs.
looking for opinions.
thanks
JD
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Just never done it before as I have never had to carry any luggage.
I dont have the bike in front of me so pardon me if this is a silly question. Can a 2014 RK be adjusted with the adjustment **** or do I have to use air suspension pump and gauge tool (which I dont have)?
I dont have the bike in front of me so pardon me if this is a silly question. Can a 2014 RK be adjusted with the adjustment **** or do I have to use air suspension pump and gauge tool (which I dont have)?
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Whatever you do, don't let your wife know you are adjusting for a heavy load. If you do, you will soon find the adjustment was not necessary because you will be traveling alone.
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In the manual they say to adjust the suspension for body weight over 150 and weight of cargo. I am usually around 155, so I don't need to adjust it, but I would if I carried cargo in saddlebags/ luggage rack.