01-24-2016, 08:59 AM
carguy,
It looks like the 1 3/8" measurement is from you on the bike? I cannot make out the last measurement; I can see it is 2.5" but cannot see where the bottom is referenced from. Is it 2.5" above the ziptie, that is 1 3/8", above the fork dust seal?
Do you have a centerstand? If so, can you
1. push the ziptie to the dust seal
2. place bike on centerstand
3. sit on back of seat to get nose of bike up in air (this takes the weight of the bike off the front)
4. have someone measure this distance, this is the bike sag.
We need this distance to add to the 1 3/8" to know the total sag.
First impression is that you are going to have well over 2" [1" (guess at bike sag) + 1 3/8"] for your rider sag. The front suspension only has 4.2" of travel, so you would be investing over half of the suspension to set your sag. That would be too much. It is likely you will have to increase the preload spacers in the front forks.
I'll wait to hear from you on the bike sag measurement.
After you measure the bike sag since you have someone else in the garage, can you get them to sit on the bike (instead of you) and you measure the rider sag measurement for him/her. The bike will have to be on both wheels and he/she will have to have the feet on the pegs, you can steady the bike so it stays upright. I'm guessing that person does not weigh as much as you so the measurement will be less than 1 3/8" I also need their weight.
Jerry
It looks like the 1 3/8" measurement is from you on the bike? I cannot make out the last measurement; I can see it is 2.5" but cannot see where the bottom is referenced from. Is it 2.5" above the ziptie, that is 1 3/8", above the fork dust seal?
Do you have a centerstand? If so, can you
1. push the ziptie to the dust seal
2. place bike on centerstand
3. sit on back of seat to get nose of bike up in air (this takes the weight of the bike off the front)
4. have someone measure this distance, this is the bike sag.
We need this distance to add to the 1 3/8" to know the total sag.
First impression is that you are going to have well over 2" [1" (guess at bike sag) + 1 3/8"] for your rider sag. The front suspension only has 4.2" of travel, so you would be investing over half of the suspension to set your sag. That would be too much. It is likely you will have to increase the preload spacers in the front forks.
I'll wait to hear from you on the bike sag measurement.
After you measure the bike sag since you have someone else in the garage, can you get them to sit on the bike (instead of you) and you measure the rider sag measurement for him/her. The bike will have to be on both wheels and he/she will have to have the feet on the pegs, you can steady the bike so it stays upright. I'm guessing that person does not weigh as much as you so the measurement will be less than 1 3/8" I also need their weight.
Jerry