11-06-14, 07:02 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-06-14, 08:14 PM by noggythenog.)
Had fun setting it up today......every adjustment i then went a 7 mile loop over some local twisties....same route each time........interesting points as follows:-
- 1 click really does make a difference.
- adjusting the front end makes the back end also feel as if it has been adjusted.
-it wasnt all about the corners.....i could feel adjustments straight away.....feeling through the handlebars & general comfort were instant indicators whether an adjustment had worked before i even got to a corner.
-front end is now nice & sweet....im chuffed.
-the Nitron rear was fully wound out on compression....very surprising as the arse end is real stiff.....for good measure i made it a bit stiffer just incase the arrows were wrong way round.....stiffer actually made the bike handle like shit on the corners......went back to original setting of fully wound out.
- if the rear compression is as soft as i can get it then the shock must be set up hard as per previous customers spec.
- all that is left to adjust on the rear is rebound.......i reckon 2 clicks less rebound as maybe the stiffness is too much rebound and giving that bumpy feeling...worth a fiddle.
-i couldnt adjust rear rebound as i was burning my fingers on the exhaust & the twis mechanism was stiff.....TBC
Here's my sheet of simple recordings.
- 1 click really does make a difference.
- adjusting the front end makes the back end also feel as if it has been adjusted.
-it wasnt all about the corners.....i could feel adjustments straight away.....feeling through the handlebars & general comfort were instant indicators whether an adjustment had worked before i even got to a corner.
-front end is now nice & sweet....im chuffed.
-the Nitron rear was fully wound out on compression....very surprising as the arse end is real stiff.....for good measure i made it a bit stiffer just incase the arrows were wrong way round.....stiffer actually made the bike handle like shit on the corners......went back to original setting of fully wound out.
- if the rear compression is as soft as i can get it then the shock must be set up hard as per previous customers spec.
- all that is left to adjust on the rear is rebound.......i reckon 2 clicks less rebound as maybe the stiffness is too much rebound and giving that bumpy feeling...worth a fiddle.
-i couldnt adjust rear rebound as i was burning my fingers on the exhaust & the twis mechanism was stiff.....TBC
Here's my sheet of simple recordings.
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