Good evening, hope everyone was out riding today, it was pretty warm here in Chicagoland.
Has anyone tried putting a 90 degree adapter on the air suspension fill valve under the seat maybe with a shutoff? On my RT it is so sensitive that you loose a significant amount of PSI just checking the PSI or adding or releasing some. I can have it at 70 and when I remove it it goes down to at least 60 if not lower. Thanks, Mike
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Good evening, hope everyone was out riding today, it was pretty warm here in Chicagoland.
Has anyone tried putting a 90 degree adapter on the air suspension fill valve under the seat maybe with a shutoff? On my RT it is so sensitive that you loose a significant amount of PSI just checking the PSI or adding or releasing some. I can have it at 70 and when I remove it it goes down to at least 60 if not lower. Thanks, Mike
IMHO the 90 degree valve isn't going to effect the sensitivity at all ....... The Air bag is very , very small so there isn't much air in it.... Even carefully checking it it's going to lose air .......... and I not sure you have room under the seat for a 90Degree valve .............jmho ....... Mike
Mike is right, the bag is so small that it takes a second to let most of the air out. I wish my F3T had the onboard compressor so I wouldn’t have to mess with it.
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My solution to that problem was to add a tee to the schrader valve and run a line to a gauge.
...........That's a great idea ...... could you possibly post PICS of how this all looks at the connection and provide info on the gauge you used and the fittings ....... I'd love to put one on, because you wouldn't have to use a portable gauge where just finding out what pressure is - you will lose air. with the Gauge you can bleed off pressure that you don't want ...... Thanks ....Mike
For those of you who are adjusting your air by hand I hope you are usinga hand pump of some kind. It has been my experience that small suspension air bags filled from a from a large power compressor fill very rapidly and may burst before you can remove the air chuck. I have a small hand pump I got at the Harley shop that also has a gauge on it. They can also be found online from other makers.
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For those of you who are adjusting your air by hand I hope you are usinga hand pump of some kind. It has been my experience that small suspension air bags filled from a from a large power compressor fill very rapidly and may burst before you can remove the air chuck. I have a small hand pump I got at the Harley shop that also has a gauge on it. They can also be found online from other makers.
I had the Harley one for my Virago since it had air adjustable front suspension but I gave it to the guy I sold it to. Would a bicycle pump work? Thanks, Mike
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I had bought a small rechargeable air pump from Lamonster that I use. Just checked his site and could not find it. Guess he does not carry it anymore.
The compressor on my '14 RT Ltd gave up the ghost last year and I bought another compressor (not from BRP) and the Rock Guard from Spyderpops. Removed the failed compressor, installed the Rock Guard and a new air bag. Got the new compressor installed but could not get an air tight fit on the hose to the air bag. Had a planned trip come up. So I removed the compressor and tied the hose from the under set Shreader valve directly to the air bag. Been running the rear suspension manually ever since using Lamonster's air pump. The electrical connector has also been left disconnected. The pump is great as I carry it on board and when I check pressures it will air it up to the 70 lb psi that I need as we are two up. Maybe I'll get things installed as designed as a winter project. Final part of that project will require a BUDS link to set ride levels correctly.
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Like Mike said the volume in the bag is pretty small, and by using my 5 gal. portable air tank, I can pressure the tank to 60 psi at the corner station/store, then use it at home and it will not overpressure the bag. Now that I have Docs Rock Guard installed, its as good as its gonna get.
I can check and fill several times over the riding season and it will only fill to about 55 psi which is great for me. I can also use the tank to equalize the air pressure in the front tires
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I had bought a small rechargeable air pump from Lamonster that I use. Just checked his site and could not find it. Guess he does not carry it anymore.
The compressor on my '14 RT Ltd gave up the ghost last year and I bought another compressor (not from BRP) and the Rock Guard from Spyderpops. Removed the failed compressor, installed the Rock Guard and a new air bag. Got the new compressor installed but could not get an air tight fit on the hose to the air bag. Had a planned trip come up. So I removed the compressor and tied the hose from the under set Shreader valve directly to the air bag. Been running the rear suspension manually ever since using Lamonster's air pump. The electrical connector has also been left disconnected. The pump is great as I carry it on board and when I check pressures it will air it up to the 70 lb psi that I need as we are two up. Maybe I'll get things installed as designed as a winter project. Final part of that project will require a BUDS link to set ride levels correctly.
+1, I've ended up doing the same thing, works great.
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My solution to that problem was to add a tee to the schrader valve and run a line to a gauge.
I agree with Mike, that's a great idea. Not overly complicated and very practical.
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I just set my home compressor output to what I want for the ride (usually 70) and use it that way. I set it for 1 pound (or more) over, and don't worry about disconnect loss.
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