To add to above...Essentially, it acts the same in all circumstances. Brake at 30 and you get the same dive as 70. It's consistency that can't be obtained by suspension normally, as it's always set up as a compromise. One of the biggest differences I found is that you can hit a pot hole or other road surface issue and it is barely noticeable. And the faster you go, the better it works.
@bradders just realised its a test question from SteveE, as a Pikes Peaks kind of guy he would have weighed up all this type of stuff about suspension before selecting the highly tuneable manual version, or maybe it was the colour scheme
Tbf the skyhook is probably just as tuneable and while on the move It's the gold people go for. Like Dwarves in the kingdom of mordor
I've had my bike two years and as a result of this thread checked the rhs preload and just like yours it was set to a quarter turn. I weigh 107kg in my kit, so wound it in 7 and a quarter turns which seemed to work fine. I was still getting more dive than I wanted though but on setting the front and rear to 'harder' and changing the load to the solo plus luggage it's now perfect for me.
Or maybe just likes to ride fast and not spend my life hoping the electronics will compensate for my failings ;-)
Great post! Well after nearly a year owning my first multi I found that my preload was only set to 1/4 turn in also. I'm 100kg fully booted so tried 4&1/4 turns in (mainly to match the arrows up lol) and what a difference!!! Agreed with Wayne that it turns in sooooo much better and with less Sloppyness and giving more confidence. I ride mainly in touring or sport with everything as standard apart from touring set to high power. I may tweak the rear preload to 16 when next out, but to be honest so far really happy
Yes In is Clockwise and 1 full turn is 15KG Most think its a little harsh - so back off a little 1/2 to 1 turn - seems to be what people find..
I,m now after lots of messing with skt in back box ready to adjust on the go at about 4 1/2 turns in. Can,t go much more as I have to keep stopping to pick my dentures up. This is all thanks to wayne58 & others. Not definitely NOT Ducati who kept saying leave it alone.
I'm confused, (don't take much). Are you blaming that bloke wayne58 for your teeth falling out, or Ducati for your teeth not falling out
I checked mine last night and it was out 1 1/2 turns. I reset it at 6 1/2 turns out to start with being I'm a fat ass 'murican at 6'2" and 245lbs. Much better then before in touring mode with not as much "nosedive" under hard breaking as before. Good info on this forum!!
take the spanner/socket with you on a ride, as you may find that a little harsh on longer rides over ruing surface (we do in the UK!)
I just read this entire post! I’m surprised there hasn’t been a comment or bump in almost 3 years. This is crucial information whether you have a 1200 or 1260. I picked up my 1260S a few weeks back and have ridden it less that 200 miles. Went to the garage this morning to see what the preload is set at...1/4 turn out. I’m so glad I didn’t spend months or years riding it this way. I’m going to ride it tomorrow at a 1/4 turn for reference and then adjust it based on my weight divided by 15kg and tweak it from there. I hope that by my reviving this post folks who have bought bikes in the past 3 years check the preload and don’t just assume it was set correctly when delivered from the dealer.
Its fully out (anti clockwise) then in 1 turn per 33lb of rider weight clockwise. Then probably back off 1/2 to 1 turn anticlocwise if its a little harsh. Use touring mode for most riding and sport if you really want to push on... I used to adjust touring so it had the fastest throttle responce. Hope this helps?
I’m going to check mine and try the setting for my weight when I get the bike back on the road. Probably won’t be till March though, the bike is sorted at the moment. It’ll be interesting to see if it’s set to 1/4 turn from fully out, which as I understand it, is what seems to come out of the factory. You know, why doesn’t the factory say you should do this from the word go? If they put that in big letters in the manual it would really help and once you get your head round it, it’s not that scientific. Next thing is to check settings on the rear.
Still don’t think the rear is that easy. But front is and makes huge difference Sam and you don’t need to measure anything really so even better!
Unfortunately you do need to measure something....your weight, luckily by March the Xmas overload may have gone(not for me).
Sorry to revive the thread, but after reading through, at 89kg without gear, I'm gonna go 5 turns in on the front and probably set the preload to 16 on the rear. This is in touring mode with default suspension settings in the dash. My question is, I change rider mode in terms of pillion, pillion plus panniers a fair bit due to taking the wife out on the bike a from time to time. I assume Skyhook has the noggin to set these appropriately if still in touring mode? I only have to adjust settings for each riding mode (sport, touring etc)?
