Anyone touring on a Ryker?? Experiences?

[gbyoung2]

Just thought I’d post one of my Rykers that is set up for long trips. My wife and I both do trips on our Rykers. We are planning to go to California from Nj in May if the temps out west aren’t in the 100 degree range. If that is the case we’ll head north to the Great Lakes and Canada. I just setup the auxiliary 3 1/2 gallon fuel tank on mine I have a 3 1/4 on hers.View attachment 254283

No range anxiety there!!

Appreciate that. I've got a number of skinny bungees that came packed in with containers of regular-sized ones. Not sure how far they stretch out but will give them a whack and see. They've got metal hooks on each end so will need to make sure those are positioned out of the way to avoid puncturing the "bags" as they inflate.
Thank you again.

UPDATE: The skinny bungees I have are too short and won't stretch far enough to couple a couple of the wedges together. I got some of the elastic material and will make some up that will work, and go from there.

 

[greer]

Sarah, curious about what your reason was for changing out the front shocks? What improvements (if any) did you notice between the OEMs and the replacement shocks from Amazon?

For the extra ground clearance, Guy. Went from 5 1/2" to 6 15/16" at the nose. These particular shocks were recommended early on by some of the Ryker owners here.

Sarah

 

[gbyoung2]

For the extra ground clearance, Guy. Went from 5 1/2" to 6 15/16" at the nose. These particular shocks were recommended early on by some of the Ryker owners here.

Sarah

Sounds good. Thank you.
Guy

 

[Rohdster]

FWIW - I picked up some of the wedges to give them a try but found that they become a little unwieldly to handle once you try stacking one on top of the other. You almost have to build up the stack with zero air pressure to begin with and get them under, and right against your lift point with some cribbage so they don't get all wibble-wobbly from the git go.

I have a few weeks so I'll fool with them a little more to see if I can master their technique before I have to return them.

Regardless, many thanks for pointing them out to the Forum.

I would definitely start with them flat. Use rocks or a log to fill the space between the ground and your frame. That way any inflation results in lift.