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[deaf1]

Did you try it around 15 psi solo?  It may be a happy medium.

Before I got the pump I checked it with a digital tire guage and it read 12psi.. When I hooked up the pump it read ZERO?  So I started @ 10 and went up in 3 psi increments... 18-20 stopped the bottoming (I also was riding w/o the saddlebags so I could pump on the road)  But the ride just was really stiff.  It seemed to handle the big bumps better,  but it would transfer the smaller bumps with the PSI up....

I need a sensor to read road grade and adjust the shocks for me at 1000 times a second... 

Dont get me wrong  20psi is a SHT load better then what I had... But if you folks think the bitubo's will give me the best of both worlds??

Scott

Scott

[LarryB]

you used an air gauge to check the shocks? thats a new one on me, ONLY use the HD hand pump to check and add air. NOTHING ELSE.

[1abastarsmda]

Before I got the pump I checked it with a digital tire guage and it read 12psi.. When I hooked up the pump it read ZERO?  So I started @ 10 and went up in 3 psi increments... 18-20 stopped the bottoming (I also was riding w/o the saddlebags so I could pump on the road)  But the ride just was really stiff.  It seemed to handle the big bumps better,  but it would transfer the smaller bumps with the PSI up....

I need a sensor to read road grade and adjust the shocks for me at 1000 times a second... 

Dont get me wrong  20psi is a SHT load better then what I had... But if you folks think the bitubo's will give me the best of both worlds??

Scott

Scott

You don't want to pump those up with anything buy the Harley shock pump or similar device.  DO NOT use an air hose from a compressor.

On my SEUC, I don't need to remove the saddlebags to use the pump.  I have to open the lid on the left bag and there is room to attach, pump, and read the gauge.  I cannot remember for sure, but I think you should be able to do the same on the SERK.  Try getting at it with just opening the saddlebag lid.  Suddenly, adjusting the pressure in your shocks will become a really quick and easy process that you won't mind doing as you change from solo to 2-up.

As far as changing to the Bitubo's, etc. I have never ridden anything without the stock Harley shocks, so maybe there's some added enjoyment out there that I'm missing.

[FNGw/08SERK]

Before I got the pump I checked it with a digital tire guage and it read 12psi.. When I hooked up the pump it read ZERO?  So I started @ 10 and went up in 3 psi increments... 18-20 stopped the bottoming (I also was riding w/o the saddlebags so I could pump on the road)  But the ride just was really stiff.  It seemed to handle the big bumps better,  but it would transfer the smaller bumps with the PSI up....

I need a sensor to read road grade and adjust the shocks for me at 1000 times a second... 

Dont get me wrong  20psi is a SHT load better then what I had... But if you folks think the bitubo's will give me the best of both worlds??

Scott

Scott

Scott, if I pumped my shocks to 20psi on my '08 SERK I woulda broke my spine. I spent two years trying to find a sweet spot with the air shocks but just never got there. My experience (and more importantly my wife's) has been that the Bitubos were one of our best investments (as well as the AK-20's). I've ridden with both the HD air shocks and Progressive 440's and the Bitubos win hands down. JMO of course. Good luck.

Howie

[howtodoit]

Don't buy the Hammock seat, I posted some pictures of it in thread titled Hammock Seat, the hammock is only on the front /drivers portion of the seat, the passenger part is just about 2 inches of foam on top of hard plastic. Here is a picture of it. The large opening is where the backrest mount that is attached to the motorcycle comes through. For me, this seat sucks!

[spydglide]

Don't buy the Hammock seat, I posted some pictures of it in thread titled Hammock Seat, the hammock is only on the front /drivers portion of the seat, the passenger part is just about 2 inches of foam on top of hard plastic. Here is a picture of it. The large opening is where the backrest mount that is attached to the motorcycle comes through. For me, this seat sucks!

Thanks for the post w/ a pic.. ..that pretty much sums it up.  har!  spyder

[1abastarsmda]

Don't buy the Hammock seat, I posted some pictures of it in thread titled Hammock Seat, the hammock is only on the front /drivers portion of the seat, the passenger part is just about 2 inches of foam on top of hard plastic. Here is a picture of it. The large opening is where the backrest mount that is attached to the motorcycle comes through. For me, this seat sucks!

The hammock seat is stock on my 09 SEUC and thus far, all 3 passengers I have had on there have loved the seat.  One of them was a regular on my RK with the Sundowner seat and she told me that this seat is soooooo much more comfortable...and she never complained about the Sundowner.  It was a completely unsolicited comment about how much better the hammock seat was.

[Sundog1258]

I am assuming the 08's come with the shorter version of the HD air shocks like my 02 did.
I bought a set of new take off STANDARD LENGTH Harley touring shocks from the local dealer. They ride way better than the 1" shorter shocks that came on my 02 FLHRSEI. Probably some better, and more expensive, alternatives out there-but this worked fine for me.
Phil