suspension. properly setup or for your road conditions

[Düb Lüv]

i set my forks up properly and riding on the roads in my area is kinda unpleasant. bumps hit hard. there's a lot of buckling tarmac and rippling surfaces. forks feel good on highway and other not so crappy roads.

do you set up your suspension textbook style or by how bad your roads are?

[ducpainter]

When you say set up are you talking about springs/sag or have you valved the forks too?

[Düb Lüv]

sorry i meant set up. sag, preload, rebound, compression

[arai_speed]

I had the same issue as you.  Base sag settings were not optimal for my road conditions - to stiff.  So I tweaked it and softened the front a tad which works very well for me.

So to answer your question I go for "road conditions" rather then text-book.

GL!

[BK_856er]

Who's text book?

But yeah, text book is the starting point, then adjust to taste.  Tuning if you will.  You only mentioned the front, but front and rear will work together.

BK

[ducpainter]

The stock valve will be a bit harsh on high speed damping.

If you needed to wind in a lot of preload on the springs to achieve your sag numbers the ride will also be harsher than necessary.

[He Man]

Hes got those R6 forks so since your not using them on an R6 theres no text book setting. See if you can get proper sag number without using too much or too little preload.

Then set compression in the middle and add enough rebound to keep the forks from pogoing, that should be a good base to go on a ride with and you can adjust from there.

pics of the setup??

[Düb Lüv]

when i get my new wheels on i'm going to get my bike weighed. i think my front springs are a tad too firm. the rear is hopeless stock shock. i'm holding out on the rear shock til i get my swingarm on.

[Armor]

When you adjust your sag, you should still have some static sag (sag without you on the bike).  If you don't your springs are too soft.  So, you are not actually pre-loading your springs.  You are adjusting your suspension for maximum travel.  Excessive sag doesn't change the spring rate, it only uses up suspension travel.  Set your sag properly and this should be good even for bumpy roads.  Play with the dampening.

[Düb Lüv]

[koko64]

Nice bike DL.
The forks look good. Bet they work good too.
Nice too see the older Monsters.

[Düb Lüv]

Nice bike DL.
The forks look good. Bet they work good too.
Nice too see the older Monsters.

thanks.
to feel factor is amazing going from axial goldlines w/ coffins to all radials. i have to keep it real. i don't think i would/could ever own a FI monster. i love their tempers.