Hey guys,
I'm not too happy with my rear suspension when I'm taking a passenger. It handles great solo though. I have a motortrike, with air bags and progressive coil over gas shocks. The suspension is not independent. To make it bearable, I have to pump the bags way up (50 lbs). No matter what I set the shock coil adjustment on, the bike still leans uncomfortably in turns. I've also played with tire pressures.
I'm trying to figure out if it's a good bet (or not) that a more heavy duty set of shocks will help. The bike only has 9000 miles, and the trike was installed later, so it's less mileage.
How can I tell if my shocks are weak? Pressing down on the rear bumper, it's surprisingly easy to compress the suspension. On the other hand, the rear does not bounce like a car with bad shocks either. With air in the bags, the rear never bottoms out. One time when I was solo, I didn't realize the bags had leaked way down. At that time, the shocks did bottom out with just me on the bike. But I don't know if that's to be expected (?)
How do I choose a replacement shock? Motor trike isn't being any help. The shocks on the bike are not marked, and I just plain can not find any information through Google. What would I do? Take one off, and walk into Autozone with it?
If MT would just give me a straight answer about what shock to order. This is my first trike, and my last MT, I can tell you that.