I need to stiffen up my front suspension because when i land wheelies it slams way to hard. I had them set on 4 lines so i cranked em to 3, still the same. Then i cranked em all the way down so no lines where showing. And its still the same. Does this sound liek i already blew them out??

You are adjusting the preload. Preload is an adjustment of ride height i.e. how high/low the bike rides in its given suspension range (typically 120-130mm). Set your sag, and leave the preload alone. You then need to adjust rebound, and compression.

Preload = higher/lower
Rebound/compression = softer/harder

Bry, bring your bike over on the way to bettencourts and we can mess around with it.

if you've busted a seal then you'd know it by looking at your seal through the front of the bike. You can see the fluid everwhere on top of it. If you slamming u're wheelies down, then I'd say its about time you do a little praciticing to get back on the gas before you hit the ground. Coming of a wheelie is all just closing the throttle. Cause that leads to bad stuff.

Gixxer6BB said:

I need to stiffen up my front suspension because when i land wheelies it slams way to hard. I had them set on 4 lines so i cranked em to 3, still the same. Then i cranked em all the way down so no lines where showing. And its still the same. Does this sound liek i already blew them out??


Well it depends how much do you weigh? stock bike is set up for 150-160lbs rider. The front forks springs might not be strong to support you slamming on the front. throttle more right before the front touches.

yea well i weigh about 170 and because i'm new to wheelies i am just doing 1st gear. I normally ride them out to rev limiter and when that hits - next thing you know my bike is slamming onn ground. Im gonna try today letting off right before rev limiter and then maybe blipping throttle right before it touches ground. http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif