Kinjane
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Listing 61/2 on the front preload without providing info on rider weight and spring rate seems a bit pointless...
Edit :- and fork fluid viscosity
Edit :- and fork fluid viscosity
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As i've mention my front fork settings are similar to Mike's Armitage... 6 rings sawing but full in compresion rebound.. for my 70kg.Just been reading the Bike Magazine. The tester seems to be going against the general feeling of most of the Forum for the Front Suspension settings. He has set the Front Preload at 6 1/2 rings and rebound at 1 turn from fully out. He took it round Snetterton like that and was pretty happy. Has anybody tried anything similar. I've scanned the page but you will have to zoom in to read it. Apologies if somebody has already cited it.
I'll do it next spring as my suspension specialist suggests me... in winter the oil become thicker cause of cold..If you changed your fork oil you'd see a huge improvement in rebound damping.
6.5 was what PDQ measured mine at mate. Ive got 8.5 in there now and like you im "Ahem" around the 15 stone [in full riding gear officer !] and it is so much better for me. Didn't think to ask what rate of oil they put in there . They only seem to stock Silkolene in the shop though. I thought initially that they had done something with the brakes then realised that I was braking much harder due to the forks not nose diving like they did before.5W Silkolene and .9 springs. Preload on standard - 6.5 is it? Seems a lot better. I weigh in at just under 15 stone.
Turning to the valving next weekend which will hopefully improve low speed compression some more and further reduce dive on the brakes.
I spent 6 months working at a town called Lavrion about 20 years ago. What a great time and place. Fantastic people.There is a remarkable difference.. in summer the temperature is between 30-40C (daytime) & in winter (December-February) 5-15C.
Tomorow i'll go for swim (as the 3 last days) but in Christmass i'll go for skiing at snow camps with my '07 Subaru Forester.
Wish to every mate pay a visit in Greece (Hellas) one day in his life !
Both front and rear have only preload and rebound adjustment. they do not have any compression adjustment.confused, people keep mentioning "rebound" and "turns out", I was under the impression both front and rear had preload and compression adjustment only and the compression screw has clicks yet there's mention of "turns out".
TBH I wasn't aware, until reading this thread, that the rear shock also has compression adjustment, shitty dealer didn't mention it, although I haven't read the manual either
does the screw adjust both compression and rebound ?
As for preload, static sag on mine (standard settings) was 40mm, I've adjusted the front to 2 rings and it's stil 32mm. I can't see the last 2 rings being enough to get the rider sag anywhere near 35mm
this is going to take some getting used to and fettling... handling wise it's poles apart from my Street Triple R
understood mate. the rear spring rate is fine......................... but it has next to sod all damping so is still pretty useless.thanks flipper
salesman told me it had compression and preload only, fuck me they're ill informed :/
not worried about static sag, I was trying to say the static sag was about where rider sag should be and only 2 rings left on preload, this bike is even more undersprung than my Street R
Conclusion: - After trying with the rebound set at 1/2 a turn out from hard, front & rear, I have to say I didn't really notice much difference from the original setting of 1/4 out from hard. So I tried the next planned adjustment of 3/4 out from hard, front & rear, definitely more noticeable now, more comfortable well for me anyhow being a pensioner.Today I reset the front and rear rebound to half a turn out on each from hard, going to try that for a day or two with the view of trying another 1/4 turn out on each making a full 3/4 out on each, followed eventually by a final trial of 1 full turn out from hard, pre-load setting left as is for now. I will post which I finally settle on.