piercew
Active Member
Okay VMax gurus I need you help. My wife and I put on 150 miles two up this afternoon, which I know isn’t notable for many of you guys; but it’s the most we have done thus far. This is my first season with the bike after all.
My little adventure included some of Wisconsin’s “might be smoother if they were gravel” county roads. At one point my wife came across the intercom and said “Can you turn around, I think I left some of my pussy back there.” Over lunch I sheepishly mentioned that maybe I should look into changing the suspension. Her reply was “No shit. You should put a new seat on that list, too.”
So here I am looking to upgrade the suspension but don’t really know what I’m looking for. I guess I was thinking HD progressives, since I’m leaning on 280 and my wife isn’t exactly a delicate flower either, but I don’t know what I’m looking for to choose among the models.
As far as the seat goes the previous owner said it had a “RMS lowered driver seat with extra padded passenger seat.” The seat is fine for me, but with a 34” inseam the lowered seat puts me in quite a crouch, so I could do without it. Anybody have a seat that works well for a pillion? I would like to hear from you guys that have Morely, Maxgasser and Corbin seats especially.
The PO also installed a National Cycle windscreen. It has been doing me fine solo on these cold mornings; but whenever we are two up it seem like I am constantly hit by shifting winds, even though there is no wind out. Is this the combination of the pillion and an improperly set windscreen, or is it just the passenger and I’m going to have to deal; I don’t have a lot of two up experience. I think I'm going to pop the bugger off tonight and see how it goes without it. As always, thanks for the help.
My little adventure included some of Wisconsin’s “might be smoother if they were gravel” county roads. At one point my wife came across the intercom and said “Can you turn around, I think I left some of my pussy back there.” Over lunch I sheepishly mentioned that maybe I should look into changing the suspension. Her reply was “No shit. You should put a new seat on that list, too.”
So here I am looking to upgrade the suspension but don’t really know what I’m looking for. I guess I was thinking HD progressives, since I’m leaning on 280 and my wife isn’t exactly a delicate flower either, but I don’t know what I’m looking for to choose among the models.
As far as the seat goes the previous owner said it had a “RMS lowered driver seat with extra padded passenger seat.” The seat is fine for me, but with a 34” inseam the lowered seat puts me in quite a crouch, so I could do without it. Anybody have a seat that works well for a pillion? I would like to hear from you guys that have Morely, Maxgasser and Corbin seats especially.
The PO also installed a National Cycle windscreen. It has been doing me fine solo on these cold mornings; but whenever we are two up it seem like I am constantly hit by shifting winds, even though there is no wind out. Is this the combination of the pillion and an improperly set windscreen, or is it just the passenger and I’m going to have to deal; I don’t have a lot of two up experience. I think I'm going to pop the bugger off tonight and see how it goes without it. As always, thanks for the help.
