P500 improved ride quality possible?

[dpnorth]

@Mudder -- yeah man! same here, we poke around with kids on lil RZR. Needed a soft setup for cruising between mud holes . But, I think these will take some decent abuse from experienced riders. I do push my machine, but know it's limits. I aint skeerd to break it either! But... long walks back to the truck suck.... lol.

 

[Floridahond]

You have pretty much done all you can do, without spending more money. Is your spring preload set to the softest setting ?

You don't want the softest setting you want almost the last setting on the hard side!

 

[Floridahond]

I have a sore back, have done so much for a softer ride on my P-500. 25" radials at lower psi, Walker Evans shocks, even sent them back for re-valve to make them softer. W.E. shocks are nice, but don't help near as much on bumps at slower speeds as they do at mid to higher speeds, then they really help. And, I have a 1 &1/4 inch thick 'Miracle Cushion' to sit on which helps absorb some of the bumps, not much but enough to sit on it every ride. On more harsh bumps, I grab the top left roll bar, pull up, making myself lighter on the seat and that helps too.

You want a harder setting tighten that shock up for those small bumps!

 

[trigger]

You don't want the softest setting you want almost the last setting on the hard side!

Not exactly. Set my stockers up to firmest setting in rear and hit a tree root at speed. It was a rodeo ride and thank God I had my seatbelt on or I would've broken my neck hitting the roof. The rebound on the stockers are absolute crap and when you've set the springs as stiff as possible, there will come a time where you're bouncing like a pogo stick and have no control.
Set them as soft as possible without continuously bottoming out.

 

[Floridahond]

Not exactly. Set my stockers up to firmest setting in rear and hit a tree root at speed. It was a rodeo ride and thank God I had my seatbelt on or I would've broken my neck hitting the roof. The rebound on the stockers are absolute crap and when you've set the springs as stiff as possible, there will come a time where you're bouncing like a pogo stick and have no control.
Set them as soft as possible without continuously bottoming out.

That's pretty scary! I'm glad you're all right and I'm going to change the settings on my shocks.. I'm very fortunate because I ride here in Florida in the Ocala National Forest that all the trails are sand and there is no tree roots rocks and hard terrain like I'm used to in Western New York.

Ride on!

Thanks for the tip

 

[JWB]

Not exactly. Set my stockers up to firmest setting in rear and hit a tree root at speed. It was a rodeo ride and thank God I had my seatbelt on or I would've broken my neck hitting the roof. The rebound on the stockers are absolute crap and when you've set the springs as stiff as possible, there will come a time where you're bouncing like a pogo stick and have no control.
Set them as soft as possible without continuously bottoming out.

An dats da trufe!

 

[Lenny]

Ride doesn't bother me, but I'd been using a 2001 Mule 550 with bad shocks and a broken roll cage for about a year previously.

I have zillas on mine with 5 lbs air pressure and just keep the speed down and it rides ok