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How much static sag have you got?
What grade oil do you have in the forks?
The reason I'm asking, I've got a 35 year old Honda 125 trailie, Chinese or not, I suspect your suspension is probably better than my 35 year old springs!
Before doing anything, take a note of what your current settings are.
Now, play around with some different grades of fork oil, air pressure, preload etc., it's not going to break the bank.
I notice for your bike it recommends 10W fork, that was way too heavy for mine.
Play around with the preload on the rear shock, there's no point in spending lots of cash until you've exhausted all the other possibilities!
On my old banger, I went down to 2.5W oil in the forks, no air pressure and backed off the preload on the rear shock to give me as much static sag as I could get away with.
When I use it off road, I drop the tyre pressures down to 12psi.
TBH I was suprised how well it copes off road, haven't bottomed the suspension out yet. I'm under no illusions that it's an MX bike so, obviously, I don't push it as hard as I could!
I've no experience of Chinese bikes so all the above may be crap but, as I said, it's worked on my 35 year old 125! ____________________ "Everybody needs money, that's why they call it money!" |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 7 years, 220 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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