suspension settings

[bry_d]

hello all i'm looking to have a muck about with the suspension settings on my black panther to get it to feel a bit more planted on the road . i was wondering what you guys have yours set at as mine is on standard settings and i think the front end seems a bit soft at the moment and the back is a bit vague
all ideas welcome
cheers

[keithcross]

Hi

I just wound the settings on the damping up 2 clcks all round. Seems to help.
You could wind the rear spring up a bit,but to change the front requires either a new spring ora spacerto increase the pre load.

Keith

[boysie]

Well, I know it's out of character, but I wound the rear spring off slightly, then dropped the forks through the yokes about 12mm ( this requires spacers under the bar clamps) also remove a further 6mm from the preload spacers that reside under the springs, along with a good quality fork oil..

What this does in affect is not to make the bike softer, just make it ride a little lower [fine as ground clearance isn't an issue for road use] and speed up the steering slightly.

[andyw]

Well, I know it's out of character, but I wound the rear spring off slightly, then dropped the forks through the yokes about 12mm ( this requires spacers under the bar clamps) also remove a further 6mm from the preload spacers that reside under the springs, along with a good quality fork oil..

What this does in affect is not to make the bike softer, just make it ride a little lower [fine as ground clearance isn't an issue for road use] and speed up the steering slightly.

I'd be interested in more info - what fork oil? - spacers for fork clamps??

[BRAAAP !]

I would recommend making a note of the standard settings before you fiddle or you could really mess the handling up and not know what to set it back to. . .

or was that just me ?

[andyw]

Yes, learnt that one the hard way



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