696 front suspension talk

[devimau]

Is this on a stock 696 ? On the 2009 I think it's impossible to set front sag (no pre-load adj.)
 Thanks

you can achieve this by replacing your front springs or by adding spacers to the springs, how much do you have now?

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you can achieve this by replacing your front springs or by adding spacers to the springs, how much do you have now?

Good point I wasn't thinking of replacing the springs but that would work, I always got the correct spring weight then would adj. sag with pre-load adjusters. It's the GF bike and I just started thinking about getting it set for her. I'll check it and see where everything is.

[devimau]

the best results will be having the perfect sag numbers with less preload on the spring, that'll make the suspension smooth.
lets say you have a .95 spring with 15mm of preload and 1.0 with 5mm of preload for the same sag number, I'd choose the 1.0 because being less compressed it'll be less reactive to road imperfections and will absorb them way better

[Raux]

i didn't think anyone made springs for the 696?

they have two different length springs.

[devimau]

i didn't think anyone made springs for the 696?

they have two different length springs.

depending what numbers he has that can be solved.
you can make a .9 into a 1.0 with a simple coil cut, not need to replace them.