Air Ride ?'s

[ajo771]

somebody needs to give me AIR RIDE 101. What I'm hearing doesn't add up to me.


This is what I've heard:

If you pump it up you get:
1. more travel
2. softer ride
3. more weight capacity

If you let air out you get:
1. less travel
2. harder ride
3. less weight capacity


my understanding is the:

more pressure =
1. stiffer ride, not softer
2. higher seat height, not necessarily more travel
3. operate properly for a broader weight range, not increase weight capacity
4. faster riding

less pressure =
1. softer ride, not stiffer
2. less travel
3. poorer handling with aggressive riding
4. slower riding


how do they keep it from bottoming out at low PSI?

 

[PROFLYER]

I find a happy medium between lots of pressure and ride height. The more weight the more travel etc. so it's nice when you're 2up. I didn't get the gauge so I'm not sure on what psi but I just have found a happy place and leave it there. If you let all the air out it will remind you why you didn't buy a ridgeback :roll: :roll:

It's the best mod I've done. I put it on so I could crank it up when riding in some curves to give some more clearance and to also soften the overall ride. I haven't been able to put so much air in it that it's hard. I have a 9' couch going down the highway and if I could just block the wind more a bit on long trips I could ride it all day....

 

[lee]

i just scrape the exhaust too easily with my air ride anything other than full height - the roads in the UK are a little different to yours of course

 

[Gas Man]

i just scrape the exhaust too easily with my air ride anything other than full height - the roads in the UK are a little different to yours of course

Different must mean better. Cause maybe Jersey is the only one that can compare to the shit we have here in michigan.

 

[lee]

no I'm just guessing that we have more tight turns etc because our roads are smaller and tighter in general - we also have roundabouts! and you are always turning right on a roudabout

 

[Gas Man]

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