It's deja 'vu all over again!
Posted: 03:32 pm Jul 24 2006
You know those same old questions...and the same old answers that always seem to come up? Over and over even?
I'm guilty of one of those. Writing this as a nudge-nudge for YOU not to do the same thing.
Riding with a YZ. He mentioned 'suspension too stiff'. I asked about his clicker settings..had he refined them? He didn't know anything about them.
I made some changes to his bike, including speeding up (+2 out) rebound (forks). His next input..'Wishy washy.' I put the rebound back, left the comp +4 out.
He was happy. When he gets the huge over-torque out of his bottom clamp (literally inches of stiction!) he's going to be REALLY happy.
Methinks: I've not tuned my KX forks much past initial set-up. My bike shows classic lack of rebound control!! You couldn't MAKE UP a better example!!
I added two clicks to my rebound.
Night and day difference! The front end is much more stable in corners, I can feel a huge difference in the smoothness of the fork action due to the slower return speed.
1. Again, I'm amazed at what the KDX can do (well..with non-KDX forks!)
2. Again, I'm amazed at how it passed my attention to this point!
Just 'cuz 'it' has been that way for a long time' is NO reason to NOT consider changing 'it'.
I'm guilty of one of those. Writing this as a nudge-nudge for YOU not to do the same thing.
Riding with a YZ. He mentioned 'suspension too stiff'. I asked about his clicker settings..had he refined them? He didn't know anything about them.
I made some changes to his bike, including speeding up (+2 out) rebound (forks). His next input..'Wishy washy.' I put the rebound back, left the comp +4 out.
He was happy. When he gets the huge over-torque out of his bottom clamp (literally inches of stiction!) he's going to be REALLY happy.
Methinks: I've not tuned my KX forks much past initial set-up. My bike shows classic lack of rebound control!! You couldn't MAKE UP a better example!!
I added two clicks to my rebound.
Night and day difference! The front end is much more stable in corners, I can feel a huge difference in the smoothness of the fork action due to the slower return speed.
1. Again, I'm amazed at what the KDX can do (well..with non-KDX forks!)
2. Again, I'm amazed at how it passed my attention to this point!
Just 'cuz 'it' has been that way for a long time' is NO reason to NOT consider changing 'it'.