DragBikeMike
Serious Thumper
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SuzukiSavage.com Rocks!
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Honolulu
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I did all sorts of tests. The #5 preload setting was best, and the best wasn’t good. It bottoms out, and that hurts. I ordered a set of 115/155 springs. These 90/130s are too soft. I have come to a conclusion. This contraption is called a shock absorber. It’s supposed to “absorb shock”. Once it goes on the bumper, it no longer absorbs shock, it transfers shock. Then the rider (you) becomes the shock absorber. Ouch!
I think the same holds true for the forks. After some pondering, I’m thinkin that the forks go on their bumper (which is hydraulic) at around 85% of total travel, give or take a little. Once the fork tube starts to overlap the compression dampening holes in the dampening rod, oil flow starts slowing down BIG TIME. And then the tube starts to engage the “oil lock” (Pc 11). Man, that’s gotta stop it dead. When you stroke the forks by hand you can feel all that start to happen about the last one-half to three-quarter inch of the stroke. It’s essentially a hard stop or “bumper”. I’m thinkin you don’t want those forks or shocks hitting the bumpers on a routine basis. It’s a revelation, an epiphany. Why didn’t I think of this sooner???
DragBikeMike’s New Cardinal Rule of Suspension: You want it on the springs at all times; you never want it on the bumpers.
Do I have that right???
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