I was out on the Multistrada Yesterday with My girlfriend, I had it in touring Mode 2 up With luggage. The bike Seemed a bit low and I Scraped the Side stand a Couple of times during cornering. The Suspension settings are default, so Pre-load 24 and hardness is default. Is there any way to raise the ride height?
You should probably dial in some preload on the front - that is done manually on the right front leg. It typically comes from the factory all the way out (10 turns). Riding 2-up, I'd say go 5 turns in and see how it goes. In slow/tight turns I'll end up scraping a peg 2-up sometimes. The bike sits a bit low, but that helps it plant in turns. I never scrape a peg on my GS, but I also can't comfortably lean it as deep at the apex. Always tradeoffs...
Likely it's the compression not preload. Unless you and your wife are over 200kg together. Play with the settings
Dumb question, where exactly do you adjust your front preload? Have a 1200S and reckon the front dives a little to much for my liking in touring mode which so far is all I have used. 15.5st geezer here.
It,s 19 skt on dvt. Well iv,e messed with my preload a lot & have settled for 2 1/2 turns in. May sound a bit too little but i ride a bit in enduro mode as well so it works for me. After 360 miles over weekend with 2 1/2 turns in & 17 rear mostly in touring mode the front end has pushed the tywrap down to within about 20mm of the bottom, so its using most of the leg. Wayne 58 has his set further down but i think he runs sport a lot & maybe a little harder rider than me so play with it. Start somewhere & write down the amount of turns & the amount of dip on front end. Take it from there & you,ll find a spot your happy with eventually.
You thread started suspiciously like mine did back then https://www.ducatiforum.co.uk/threads/rear-shock-upgrade.20300/#post-339170
Yes it does. I Was hoping to just use the settings to sort it. We are a quite heavy but not over the recommended limit. I have Wound the Pre load on the fork and Changed Settings to hardest. I will See how it goes. A bit drastic having a Custom spring made, but respect to you.
I suspect you will make the ride harsh and not as good especially for the pillion. Imho if two up is regular just switch the spring
I just had the bike at the dealers to diagnose the defective cornering headlight and it came up with 2 faults. Front and rear suspension brake valve open circuit. Coincidence? The tech said they probably don't mean anything is wrong. Bike has been sitting lower than normal. I'm really losing my patience with this expensive bike. The GS had it's faults but this is a different league..
My bike has only done 1200 miles with a lightweight lady solicitor as it's first owner, now I have it I checked the preload on the front and I only had to wind it out less than a turn to get it to stop so I guess she never adjusted it. Going on what's written above and the fact I am 15.5st I have wound it in 6 turns and will see how it goes, unfortunaly it's not insured until next Friday so it will be a while beforehand I report back. Good info on this site.
Found this helpful... http://www.ducati.ms/forums/showthread.php?t=494929 Post six by Fearless. I also found my front preload (16 DVT S) set to just ½ turn out from zero. The understanding on other threads on here is 1x360 degree turn from fully unloaded on the front fork is best per 15kgs of laden weight. So if you were 90kgs in kit, then it should be 6 full 360 degree turns applied. If rebound and compression are set to default, then adjusting the preload for static sag should be the constant (between 50-55mm of travel) in each mode. After that, it's a case of fine tuning the rebound and compression to suit the feel that you want. That's my understanding anyway. What does confuse me is Ducati's opposite take on this from the factory - ½ turn only on preload on the front regardless of rider only through to rider with pillion with luggage, with only electronic rebound and compression compensating between riding modes. Then there's the variance between electronic settings for the rear setup of 12 on rear preload for touring mode (rider only) and 16 on rear preload for sport mode (rider only). Yet the rider's weight is constant between these so surely it's only the electronic setting of rebound and compression that should vary? Everybody is welcome to beat me over the head with a big stick if I've got this wrong, but that's how I've approached the setup on previous non electronically suspended bikes.
