Preload on shock?

[larryk]

My CSC Cobra has a shock preload switch on the handlebars. Just don't know what to do to adjust it. The manual tells how to change it, but now what the change does to the bike. Anyone have experience with this? Thanks

 

[GoldWingrGreg]

Hmm ... hopefully someone else might know. The only time I've seen such a switch on the handle bar is to adjust the tilt when entering or coming out of a curve when attached to a side car.

 

[extxn]

Hmm ... hopefully someone else might know. The only time I've seen such a switch on the handle bar is to adjust the tilt when entering or coming out of a curve when attached to a side car.

Years ago, I had an older GW that had been equipped with a CSC sidecar. The switch on the handlebar either raised or lowered the sidecar (as to actually tilt the bike), not so much for cornering but for amount of weight being carried in the sidecar. Since I seldom carried any amount of 'weight' in the sidecar, I often hauled a sand bag in the trunk and another down in the nose (about 50 lbs total) just to help keep things on a steady level and not to 'fly' the car on right hand turns.

 

[larryk]

The manual says fully adjustable shock. The knob on the handlebar looks like the photo attached. The instructions are as follows:

With one finger, turn clockwise until you feel tension.

Loosen set screw and rotate knob counter clockwise to

9:00 o’clock.

Retighten set screws and there will be tension at the

start of 9:00 o’clock.

I don't know what that means to me as the operator of the bike. I think this adjusts the preload on the shock, but it doesn't give me much to work with. Thanks

 

[GoldWingrGreg]

The manual says fully adjustable shock. The knob on the handlebar looks like the photo attached. The instructions are as follows:

With one finger, turn clockwise until you feel tension.

Loosen set screw and rotate knob counter clockwise to

9:00 o’clock.

Retighten set screws and there will be tension at the

start of 9:00 o’clock.

I don't know what that means to me as the operator of the bike. I think this adjusts the preload on the shock, but it doesn't give me much to work with. Thanks

I think it means that you are making a knob adjustment so that the point of the knob sits in the 9:00 position making it easier for your thumb to either rotate it up or down to increase or decrease the air pressure in the shock. The adjustment is not a switch or shock adjustment, but it's a knob adjustment in relationship to the switch making the switch more ergonomically friendly.

 

[larryk]

Thanks a lot, that might be the answer. It's a book of few words, Ha!

Thanks again,

larry

I think it means that you are making a knob adjustment so that the point of the knob sits in the 9:00 position making it easier for your thumb to either rotate it up or down to increase or decrease the air pressure in the shock. The adjustment is not a switch or shock adjustment, but it's a knob adjustment in relationship to the switch making the switch more ergonomically friendly.