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 Posted: 18:10 - 01 Jun 2008  Post subject: Re: Suspension set up guide? |
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| Reppyboyo wrote: | Hi,
I had my suspension tuned by my local mechanic last week and Im still not happy with the bike.
Is there a decent suspension set up guide out there in plain english?
I`ve seen a couple recommend else where but they all say something different about the same thing, Im not sure where to turn. |
Right, the key thing is to set static sag. There is a rough way of doing it here:
www.marjay.co.uk/setup.pdf
However, what you want to do is to set the sag to one third of your total suspension travel at each end of the bike with you sitting on it. This is called 'rider sag' and is different from static sag.
Once you've done this, you need to set the rebound damping as described in the PDF above. Then, in order to set the compression you need to basically set the minimum amount of compression damping that you are comfortable with. You need to set it so that the front end doesn't feel vague, but there isn't too much fork dive under braking. Rear end is a bit harder, but I would say start at around a third of the range and then experiment from there. Once you've got a setting you're happy with, you can then try tweaking the rebound a little.
You've got too much rear compression if the sag is right but the bike is kicking you out of the seat. You've got too little if the bike feels like its wallowing in corners.
Its kinda trial and error here, but it may very well be that your bike shop has got a good baseline setting for compression and rebound damping, and you just need to add the final tweaks.
Also you might want to look here: https://www.sportrider.com/tech/motorcycle_suspension/index.html
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