06-27-2020, 11:06 AM
Ok so I pulled my forks apart, new seals and oil plus PD valve and back together.
It was a relatively straight forward job. I banged the collar and seals back in with the ol' plastic pipe and clamp trick, (Delboys video) which worked a treat.
So Ive never set up the static sag before and after watching a number of videos went through the process as explained simply below.
https://racetech.com/articles/SuspensionAndSprings.htm
I weigh about 90kg
The only way I could achieve the desired 30mm of sag both front and rear with me on the bike was to dial everything to its maximum. Also after a normal casual ride the zip ties on the front forks move 90mm which suggest the forks are bottoming out at some stage on the ride.
I'm interested if others have done their static sag settings? and zip tie experiment?
I might try playing around with oil levels in the front forks to see what difference that makes, but looks like I will probably need 'heavier guage' springs to stop the bottoming out.
Also the bumps are more noticable with everything dialed up which is not good either.
I didnt really notice it before but now that my attention is focused on the suspension when Im riding and evaluating every bump, my opinion of the stock suspension has decreased dramatically.
It was a relatively straight forward job. I banged the collar and seals back in with the ol' plastic pipe and clamp trick, (Delboys video) which worked a treat.
So Ive never set up the static sag before and after watching a number of videos went through the process as explained simply below.
https://racetech.com/articles/SuspensionAndSprings.htm
I weigh about 90kg
The only way I could achieve the desired 30mm of sag both front and rear with me on the bike was to dial everything to its maximum. Also after a normal casual ride the zip ties on the front forks move 90mm which suggest the forks are bottoming out at some stage on the ride.
I'm interested if others have done their static sag settings? and zip tie experiment?
I might try playing around with oil levels in the front forks to see what difference that makes, but looks like I will probably need 'heavier guage' springs to stop the bottoming out.
Also the bumps are more noticable with everything dialed up which is not good either.
I didnt really notice it before but now that my attention is focused on the suspension when Im riding and evaluating every bump, my opinion of the stock suspension has decreased dramatically.