Springs n clickers n ride heights n stuff like that!
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:45 pm
I did some more fiddling before the ride on Sunday. I adjusted some suspension settings on the 9 too. 
When I bought the bike, I adjusted the ride heights utilising all my skills and the high tech equipment in my tool box. (that means i grabbed a spanner and cranked the arse up till it looked about right
)
A road ride didn't really pick up too many issues, but the creek made it want to fall over. So I finally pulled the gauge out of the box and measured the head angle properly and set it at a figure a little less suicidal! It worked good then. However, before I had worked out that the ride heights were a little errrr extreme, I adjusted the damping to get it to handle better. But now the bike was back at a reasonable rake, the suspension didn't really work properly, and it made it a pig to ride. It wallowed everywhere, and ran horribly wide on the gas. So Sat before the ride, I had a bounce and reset the clickers.
I dialled in a little more compression, and a lot more rebound, and fark me if it wasn't a different bike again. All the wallowing has disapeared completely, replaced by a plush but solid feel throughout the suspension stroke. Small corugations or lateral ruts in a row confuse it a little, but other than that it seems to track nicely and still manage to soak up bumps and road irregularities without fuss. At full lean, I can now start feeding in the power without the bike wanting to squat and run wide. I now Wish I had it like this at the creek. Then I would have been smooth and slow! Not just slow!
When I bought the bike, I adjusted the ride heights utilising all my skills and the high tech equipment in my tool box. (that means i grabbed a spanner and cranked the arse up till it looked about right
)A road ride didn't really pick up too many issues, but the creek made it want to fall over. So I finally pulled the gauge out of the box and measured the head angle properly and set it at a figure a little less suicidal! It worked good then. However, before I had worked out that the ride heights were a little errrr extreme, I adjusted the damping to get it to handle better. But now the bike was back at a reasonable rake, the suspension didn't really work properly, and it made it a pig to ride. It wallowed everywhere, and ran horribly wide on the gas. So Sat before the ride, I had a bounce and reset the clickers.
I dialled in a little more compression, and a lot more rebound, and fark me if it wasn't a different bike again. All the wallowing has disapeared completely, replaced by a plush but solid feel throughout the suspension stroke. Small corugations or lateral ruts in a row confuse it a little, but other than that it seems to track nicely and still manage to soak up bumps and road irregularities without fuss. At full lean, I can now start feeding in the power without the bike wanting to squat and run wide. I now Wish I had it like this at the creek. Then I would have been smooth and slow! Not just slow!
