01-20-2016, 04:07 AM
If I may direct you guys to my thread 'Maxton Suspension'. I've had new cartridges in the front forks which allow preload and rebound adjustment. The system mentioned in this thread only mentions compression damping. As I understand it compression damping and preload basically do the same thing whereas rebound damping controls the rate of return of the spring. Maxton also replaced the rear shocks which now allows infinite preload control and also rebound damping. What I really liked about the Maxton setup was the fact that they put your bike on a rolling road/dyno and load it to simulate the riders weight and then set the preload and damping rates to that weight. I've not had the weather to test the system yet but I'll write a report as soon as I get the chance. With regard to the stock system on the CB1100 I would say that it is adequate for the way the bike is designed to be ridden but only having four rear shock preload settings to deal with everything from a light weight female solo rider to two big males and a load of luggage is asking a lot from just four settings. I also wrote a thread 'weird suspension' describing the odd nature of the 2014 fork spring set up - two different lengths of springs. Maxton saying it does work in an odd sort of way but it is not something you would ever find on a performance bike.