Ok, so I've been thinking of giving up on my bike and trading it, but before I do, I wanted to see if I can assemble all this forum's owners of Andreani-equipped Hyperstradas. Not sure how many of us there are, but I want to get some info and support because I've had it. OK, I know what follows is very long to read. But please help if you've got some Andreani insight with a set installed on your bike.
Rider weight geared up and ready to go:
What spring gauge did you get, if you know since it's printed on the spring:
What kind of riding did you tell them you do when you ordered:
Where'd you get them:
Did you install them yourself:
What is your combination of spacers like, the ones that go between the gold preload shaft and the top of the spring:
Did you have to compress the spring to put the assembly together:
Is the assembly under any pressure as you screw the top cap down into the fork:
How many turns out on rebound:
How many turns out on compression:
How many rings showing on preload:
How much sag on the front and on the rear:
Does it absorb bigger bumps and ruts well:
Does it absorb smaller cracks, hard edged bumps well:
Do you feel the forks are supple enough to give a smooth ride on roads that are smooth:
That last one is why I'm frustrated. I've been back and forth with David at fastbike and regardless of what I do, the forks are not able to give a smooth ride on a smooth road. They do fine damping bumps, ruts, potholes, and anything else you wouldn't want unsettling the bike. Really good at that, in fact. Where it's become maddening is that on a smooth freshly repaved road, the whole nose of the bike is juddering up and down with every ripple in the pavement, as though the first few inches of suspension travel are locked up and not able to give way unless the bump is something significant. Know what I'm saying? Mind you the ride is much better than stock, but it's annoying the crap out of me to have my whole body shaking, the bars shaking, and if I look at the nose of the bike, that's shaking too. All because the forks wont give way to smaller road imperfections. A buddy rode along side me on the same road and said he couldn't believe what he was seeing. The forks weren't compressing, the whole front of the bike was bobbing. His 2012 Moto Guzzi V7 Racer was doing nothing of the sort. Smooth as silk.
I have tried everything David has said. I've tried different springs he sent. I've taken out spacers. I've double and triple checked that the fork legs are not binding. I've taken it all apart and reinstalled it all. I couldn't get sag within spec, it was too high with no preload added. So I took spacers out.
Rider weight geared up and ready to go:
What spring gauge did you get, if you know since it's printed on the spring:
What kind of riding did you tell them you do when you ordered:
Where'd you get them:
Did you install them yourself:
What is your combination of spacers like, the ones that go between the gold preload shaft and the top of the spring:
Did you have to compress the spring to put the assembly together:
Is the assembly under any pressure as you screw the top cap down into the fork:
How many turns out on rebound:
How many turns out on compression:
How many rings showing on preload:
How much sag on the front and on the rear:
Does it absorb bigger bumps and ruts well:
Does it absorb smaller cracks, hard edged bumps well:
Do you feel the forks are supple enough to give a smooth ride on roads that are smooth:
That last one is why I'm frustrated. I've been back and forth with David at fastbike and regardless of what I do, the forks are not able to give a smooth ride on a smooth road. They do fine damping bumps, ruts, potholes, and anything else you wouldn't want unsettling the bike. Really good at that, in fact. Where it's become maddening is that on a smooth freshly repaved road, the whole nose of the bike is juddering up and down with every ripple in the pavement, as though the first few inches of suspension travel are locked up and not able to give way unless the bump is something significant. Know what I'm saying? Mind you the ride is much better than stock, but it's annoying the crap out of me to have my whole body shaking, the bars shaking, and if I look at the nose of the bike, that's shaking too. All because the forks wont give way to smaller road imperfections. A buddy rode along side me on the same road and said he couldn't believe what he was seeing. The forks weren't compressing, the whole front of the bike was bobbing. His 2012 Moto Guzzi V7 Racer was doing nothing of the sort. Smooth as silk.
I have tried everything David has said. I've tried different springs he sent. I've taken out spacers. I've double and triple checked that the fork legs are not binding. I've taken it all apart and reinstalled it all. I couldn't get sag within spec, it was too high with no preload added. So I took spacers out.
