Increasing rear pre load for pillion on a 2015

[triplejimmy]

Hi, sorry if this has been asked many times before but, for the 2015 with DDC if I want to take a pillion for a prolonged period of time i.e. a weeks holiday then I am guessing I would need to increase the pre load on the rear to compensate for A the weight of the pillion and B the weight of the luggage we will also be taking. Correct? I have been reading about how to adjust the rear pre load in the manual and it seems easy enough but, what is doesn't say is if I should do a recalibration afterwards? Also I do not have a 3rd person to calculate the sag when we are both sat on the bike so would a best guess be ok e.g. set the sag for me and then a turn more or set the up limit of suggested sag (least amount) in the manual so that with the pillion you are close/at the max suggested sag?

 

[Cavey]

Hi Jimmy....I asked the same question recently and the bike felt great 2 up without any changes from factory settings (based on 85kg inc. gear i think?)....we didn't have any luggage but overall weight of both of us = approx 150kg inc gear

Not sure what the overall weight would be in your case but maybe this thread could help?

http://s1000rrforum.co.uk/showthread.php?5629-2015-DDC-Suspension-Tweaks-For-Pillion

 

[triplejimmy]

Cool thanks. I guess we will be about 170kg all in as I am about 92 plus the 65 for the wife and then a bit for gear. Just to confirm you went +2 (harder) on comp and reb front and rear?

 

[mibridger]

Hi,

We went to the TT on my '15, we had no issues with the preload, mine is backed off all the way. I weigh 90K, my wife is 65K both without gear so add another 10K

We also had a BMW tank bag and a rucksack.

My thoughts are the standard springs are too hard on the '15 for a single rider as in my opinion, it handles better with two up, on the road that is.

Different on the track, of course.

 

[triplejimmy]

ok interesting. Sounds like your similar setup to us as in tank bag and weight, may not bother then and just go with tweaking the comp and rebound if I need to. Might have a little test ride tonight and play around with the settings a bit.

 

[Cavey]

Cool thanks. I guess we will be about 170kg all in as I am about 92 plus the 65 for the wife and then a bit for gear. Just to confirm you went +2 (harder) on comp and reb front and rear?

Hey Jimmy....yeah from memory i was in sport mode +2 front and rear....we also tried race mode +0 which was even better on the smoother roads but generally the missus preferred sport +2 .....it's really easy to alter settings on the go so probably best to just experiment and see what you prefer?

Enjoy!

 

[triplejimmy]

Thanks. We had a little test ride about 25 miles round trip stopped half way. Went out with +2 all round in user mode with DDC set to sport. It still surprises me this stuff works with no screw driver twiddling, felt a real difference seems good at the moment.