Good stuff thanks for puting that up! Answered alot of q's I had. I'm still getting the vid but but I like the pictures. Who cares where it came from if it gets where its needed thanks VAN
so checking may sag on the front it shows the difference in my static sag & my rider sag is just over 1 cm does this mean my preload is to high ? I weigh 175 no gear.
You have to be a frig en rocket scientist....in the trubleshoting chart ..eg. bumps over road ....how much hop is normal and how much can be corrected without screwing up something else......I like controling front end dive under braking everything else is mind boggling.....Ya Know
One question though, different bikes/suspension have different suspension travel amounts. Does this matter with setting a baseline Front Rider Sag of 35mm and a Rear Rider Sag of 30mm?
As that 35mm or 30mm could be a bigger or smaller percentage of the suspension travel. Or is it soo small it doesn't matter much?
I've just read it and started doing adjustments on front and back suspensions.
Went out for a ride and the bike changed alot...in good direction!
Many Thanx!
Very helpful hints!
I've been looking for a good suspension article. When I got my last bike (600RR) my buddy had the same bike and had already done a couple track days at Jennings. He already had the static sag set when I got back from iraq (he found it while I was deployed for me). When I picked it up he set the sag. This was the 1st sport bike that I rode hard and aggressively. Since him and I are about the same weights he put compression and rebound to what he had on his to get me stated. Only things I ended up adjusting was comression and rebound on the forks. But never got a chance to take it to the track.
Now I have my k6 liter. I've only been able to ride it a few times (couple hundred miles). I am now comfortable enough with the new beast to start pushing it and riding aggressively. I'm find on the low speed s-turns where the surface is flat and smooth. But Riding with some friends the other day we went to hit a high speed long sweeper with a slight bank and seems in the surface (concrete slabs). I had to ease out of it and not power out of the turn. I dont really know how to discribe how be rear felt, but it was was no a safe feel. Breaking was fine and so was the corner entry. It wasnt till about 1/3 way through that the rear stated to feel off and by 1/2 way it got to where I couldnt keep in it.... Where should I start? What is causing this?... I'm about 180-185 in full gear.
__________________
'06 GSX-R 1000: R1 thottle, K&N, Akrapovic EVO system, PC III
"Ride like everyone on the road is trying to kill you."
Ihave the same feeling on my k7 750. the rear is just not confident inspiring. Now I knwo I'm comapring apple and oranges, but I lovd the way my '07 R6 felt... I could ride out of slower turns on just the rear wheel. I want that feeling again.
Holy crap this is saved for future reference for me! What a massive wealth of information. I got my baseline setup done and its time to do some performance tuning. thanks for all the great tips.
Linear Mode
