Suspension

[NYSport]

I have read several posts on adjusting the suspension. I think I need a pro, anyone know a good tech on LI?

btw I have experimented with a few adjustments and I'm not making any progress.

btw2, the manual states there is a "click" when moving the adjusters. All my front fork adjusters are silent and seem very loose. Only the rear Ohlins has clicks.

Anybody else notice this?

[iwoolie]

It depends how far you want to go with your suspension? I am going to race Pike's Peak hill clime next year, Tony at Race Tech has set me up with a 25-mm cartridge in the front and changed the internals in the shock. It will also help to increase you trail by pushing your forks down to the clamps, I have mine half way in the top clamp for moor stability in the ruff.
Race Tech (951) 279 - 6655 Tony They set up Greg tracys bike and he won his class and just a few seconds off the over all.
Hope this helps Woolie

[NYSport]

Any feedback on the suspension adjuster "click" issue?

[HyperPete]

you'll find lots of discussion on suspension in the 'search', but fyi there's no clicking in the front, as I've found from a similar question here when I got mine too...

Getting a pro would help, but learning more about it yourself will help too, I checked out various "how to" links and found it interesting how things worked ( on the adjustment level)

If you're planning to race it or enjoy trackdays I'd have it set up, if you're just out riding and enjoying this magic beast - I'd look at learning the whys and hows and finding your personal settings with practice, it's not hard, this allows you more fun miles too

[jpgibson]

1.I'm no expert
2.Search for posts by Ghezzi -lots of info on suspension settings.
3.Before you do anything else, set your sag .Most people seem to think about a third of total travel, with you and your gear on the bike.
4.For most of us, the way the HM S comes from factory is way too hard.
5.Personlly, I'm about 100kg with gear on and my settings are pretty soft for quick riders but my old bones need some comfort. I dont think theres much point copying someone elses settings as we're all likely to want different things out of the bike , but for what its worth:
a.sag set- this involved taking some preload out of the front forks and rear shock
b.Front: Compression:full out from hard ( about 3 turns-standard 1.5), rebound 1.25 ( standard 1.5) turns out from full hard
c.Rear: Compression ( top adjuster) 12 out from full in ( hard)-standard 15
Rebound 27 out from full in ( full in being turning adjuster anticlockwise whilst working from RHS of bike.Now this is where I get muddled as book states full in is clockwise, but mines about half way through the range ( as it has 40 odd clicks).
I'm sure this doesnt help much , but for me , these settings are the best I've com up with.
I wasnt very impressed with the Ohlins at first ( not as good as Sachs I had on my Huskies, Aprilia - these had high speed damping control too) , but now , I think its OK.
Now, better go and make the kids brekky
Jonathan