I loaded up the 4 seater with all the gear I needed for a bike trackday I was doing at Cadwell Park on Tuesday - leathers, tools, jerry cans etc etc so there was quite a weight in the old girl.
However, driving along I was amazed at the improvement this weight made to the ride quality whilst only slightly degrading the handling. It actually felt like I had proper suspension, that moved and absorbed bumps, rather than driving something like a four wheeled pogo stick, hopping and bouncing around at the slightest undulation.
So I presumed that this was due to the spring rates being set up to cope with the possibility of 4 people being aboard, which inevitably means that for the majority of my driving, when there is only me, the springs are too hard - would this be a fair assumption, or could it be that I need to adjust my Koni damper settings ?
If it is the springs, is there anything that can be done about it (fit 2 seater springs perhaps ?) and how much might it cost ?
Ideally, I'd like the suppleness of the heavily-laden ride, with the handling of the single-driver one.
thanks chaps - still loving every minute of it, almost a year on.
Oh - one last thing - mine's got the 5 speed sierra gearbox and it is becoming quite problematic to select first gear. Is a rebuild in the offing, or is there a little fiddling I can do myself to help things ? I keep adjusting the clutch cable which has a beneficial effect for a short while, but then the reluctance returns.
thanks
Matthew
