14-05-12, 07:45 AM
A quick addendum to the story. Yesterday I went out for a 230 mile ride , and am happy to report no sudden failure of shock. 
All seems working as it should.I still feel the ride quality could be better though. By that I mean when simply cruising along , minor ripples and bumps still are felt . Where this suspension does feel great is when on the case, on nadgery roads, where front and rear ends are pitching with braking and acceleration. Then the plot feels superb, great control over how the bike moves. Its incredibly planted, handling for the track indeed..... My quest is to see if there is a setting which still allows a degree of this but gives a good ride quality for " touring". Its not uncomfortable just now , more an intrusion...but so far if I back off compression it makes this worse not better.Maybe as the springs are harder than stock, without compression damping they just react more to minor bumps ?
I will be xperimenting , but wonder what folk think. Ktech reckoned to leave rebound alone btw, that it wont affect ride quality .....
All seems working as it should.I still feel the ride quality could be better though. By that I mean when simply cruising along , minor ripples and bumps still are felt . Where this suspension does feel great is when on the case, on nadgery roads, where front and rear ends are pitching with braking and acceleration. Then the plot feels superb, great control over how the bike moves. Its incredibly planted, handling for the track indeed..... My quest is to see if there is a setting which still allows a degree of this but gives a good ride quality for " touring". Its not uncomfortable just now , more an intrusion...but so far if I back off compression it makes this worse not better.Maybe as the springs are harder than stock, without compression damping they just react more to minor bumps ?
I will be xperimenting , but wonder what folk think. Ktech reckoned to leave rebound alone btw, that it wont affect ride quality .....