05-07-2021, 06:44 PM
2017EX MY - I am 120Kg all clobbered up and found the bike a bit reluctant to go around corners on the factory settings, naturally so. My weight is raking the front end out.
I had mentioned before that I jacked the rear up to 4/5 on the rear and dropped one ring on the front from factory and had the bike handling very well. The spring rate on the front does seem very low though and it is easy to use up 50% static. I quickly gave up on the target of 30% rider SAG on the forks which was achievable on the rear.
After a change of tyres though I found the bike super sharp. I went from the OEM Dunlops to Bridgestone T31's which had a big impact on the handling. With new tread and possibly different tyre profiles there was an obvious extra nose down attitude to the bike which had me turning incredibly easy.
This allowed me to gain back a little front suspension preload in that I could wind the preload in completely and get perfectly acceptable handling. I settled on one notch less front preload for optimum handling in the end. Just shows what impact a change of tyre can make.
I had mentioned before that I jacked the rear up to 4/5 on the rear and dropped one ring on the front from factory and had the bike handling very well. The spring rate on the front does seem very low though and it is easy to use up 50% static. I quickly gave up on the target of 30% rider SAG on the forks which was achievable on the rear.
After a change of tyres though I found the bike super sharp. I went from the OEM Dunlops to Bridgestone T31's which had a big impact on the handling. With new tread and possibly different tyre profiles there was an obvious extra nose down attitude to the bike which had me turning incredibly easy.
This allowed me to gain back a little front suspension preload in that I could wind the preload in completely and get perfectly acceptable handling. I settled on one notch less front preload for optimum handling in the end. Just shows what impact a change of tyre can make.