Suspension preload

[ben17484]

Apologies if this has been asked 1000 times, but I'm after a bit of help.I bought a FZS600 over the weekend from someone who was about 5 foot 8 and maybe 11 stone. I'm 6 foot 1 and 13 stone. He had the bike setup with 2 notches showing above the nut on the front:



And I'm not sure of the rear as I believe it to be an after market spring:



Two questions:

1) What would be the affect of me being taller and heavier and riding with the front preload of 2 notches instead of the recommended 5
2) Can anyone identify (or tell me how to identify) the setting of the rear spring from the above picture?Cheers,Ben

[daviee]

two on the front is harder so should suit you better as for the rear that a  top quality shock just ride it and see if it feel soft harden it up if not enjoy it

[matt7chunk]

wow   dont no what you paid for the fazer but that nitron rear shock is the nuts mate bargain

[darrsi]

Fork adjusters are nothing short of useless to be honest.
Changing the oil from 10w to 15w oil firms up the front end considerably.

[celticdog]

wow   dont no what you paid for the fazer but that nitron rear shock is the nuts mate bargain

Yes that's a nice unit, race quality stuff! Check out the Nitron website, I'm sure they'll have a pdf manual for you to download fella. 

[ben17484]

Cheers for the info guys. I had no idea that the rear shock was that good! I'll have to try and find it and see how much it was (just out of interest).


The guy I bought it off had these other two bikes in the garage:

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So he was definitely in to his bikes. Doesn't surprise me that he'd splash out on good rear suspension.