Suspension woes?

[okiedoc]

I have noticed that when I hit a large bump my front end has a rattle in it. Does anyone else have this? It almost sounds like something is loose. Do I need to adjust my forks, put on a Superbrace or what? Or is this some peculiarity of my bike?
I used the B and my ST1300 to ride lead bike in the Oklahoma State Criterium Championship last weekend in Enid. Two blocks of downtown were shut down and bicycles race in a figure eight pattern. The belly pan would rub on semi aggressive corners so I am thinking I need to stiffen up the rear spring as well. I would like to use the B for the Criteriums because I am looking into becoming an official of US Cycling where they pay you to ride in these races as a moto-ref. What do all of the brilliant minds on this forum think?

[Steve 0080]

If you bottom out, you will get that sound...consider going to a monotube front shock... Wing Stuff sells them, from Progressive...as far as the back...I think the back is pretty good...check to make sure the setting is in the middle... Good Luck !


http://wingstuff.com/products/34033-...?from_search=1

About the same price to have them installed !!!

[TailGunner]

mine does that but when I hit ripples at speed, feels like handlebars are loose( but they are not). My X never did that so I'm going to give the brace a try before messing with the forks.

[stroguy]

I do not find lane bumpers, cracks, holes, or any other irregularities to cause me that 'whoa schnickys' what was that feeling. But a perfect 90 degree to 90 degree S curve near my house is loaded with tar snakes and they always twinge to exit hole. Not bad but they keep me from doing aggressive practice turns. I find the front end very stable, but I am not a hard rider or a veteran semi-pro racer by any means.

[opas ride]

I thought I had "bought the farm" the other day when I hit a long stretch of "tar snakes" and the front end started twitching back and forth pretty bad and I almost lost control..Slowed down and watched the road more carefully and then turned off and all seemed to be okay. I thought for sure I had loose head bearings or something as I did hit a massive pot hole a few days back that hit me so hard I thought the front end had come off..The bike did make a rattling noise from the front as I am pretty sure the forks hit bottom...Seems to be okay now but as the weather around here "sucks" I have not ridden in a week....Ride safe

[okiedoc]

If you bottom out, you will get that sound...consider going to a monotone front shock... Wing Stuff sells them, from Progressive...as far as the back...I think the back is pretty good...check to make sure the setting is in the middle... Good Luck !


http://wingstuff.com/products/34033-...?from_search=1

About the same price to have them installed !!!

I will check them out, I have not looked at the back shock. I'll have to see what it is set on.

[Sorcerer]

If you run a belly pan, check for debre. Mine started to make a strange noise when the fans came on. My fans are not butter smooth when they run. Sounded worse on the left side. I had put some small wrenches and a couple of Allen wrenches in the left cubby. Removed them and the odd jingly sounds went away. As the saying goes ,in a deep base voice "what do you have in your cubbies".😎

[bobbyf6b]

I will check them out, I have not looked at the back shock. I'll have to see what it is set on.

I used to drag my belly pan on hard corners too until I bumped up the rear preload. The factory sets them at zero so the bike bottoms out. 17 clicks is half way.

[stevenolts]

How much extra height in the seat is 17 clicks?
Steve

[nox]

Does anyone know why the F6B and standard Goldwing have different part numbers for the progressive monotubes.