Wildcard Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 If you want to reduce weight transfer in corners do you increase damping at the front or rear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdunc Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Weight transfer from front to rear? rear to front, side to side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcard Posted July 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 front to rear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdunc Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 On gas exiting I assume? if so more rear compression will help a little. Moving the wheel back in the swing arm more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcard Posted July 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 I tried more compression at the rear and it made it run wide as soon as I touched the throttle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudgetBoy Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 If you want to reduce weight transfer in corners do you increase damping at the front or rear? front to rear I tried more compression at the rear and it made it run wide as soon as I touched the throttle. So on the gas exiting a corner..(one or the other not all) Reduce front rebound damping. Add rear low speed comp damping Add rear high speed comp damping lower center of gravity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porter_jamie Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Comp is the one at the top of the shock, usually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcard Posted July 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 That doesn't make sense. Running wide is caused by over extension of the front suspension and/or excessive compression of the rear suspension, both of which lead to the head angle getting shallower as the power is applied. If you've added rear compression damping you've increased the amount of energy the rear shock will absorb and so reduced the amount of rear compression suspension compression for the same throttle opening. Sure you didn't reduce the rear compression damping rather than increase it? Yes . . . which is what is baking my noggin I have put it all back to near stock apart from preload (coz I'm 110kg . . . In my pants) and then put the damping on my own track settings. Maybe both ends aren't equally damped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdunc Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Why do you want to reduce the weight transfer? what is the problem you are trying to solve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcard Posted July 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2013 Why do you want to reduce the weight transfer? what is the problem you are trying to solve. turn in . . . line good . . . gas on and it heads wide tyres aren't helping at the moment but it's not just them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansp1 Posted July 10, 2013 Report Share Posted July 10, 2013 Try a little more rebound on the front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdunc Posted July 10, 2013 Report Share Posted July 10, 2013 turn in . . . line good . . . gas on and it heads wide tyres aren't helping at the moment but it's not just them Try picking the gas up later, but feed it in more quickly. Edit: If you weigh 110kg you'll need a stiffer spring preload alone won't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisexup Posted July 10, 2013 Report Share Posted July 10, 2013 +1 for a stiffer spring. ...have you tried pulling the forks up through the yokes? it worked on my old RSV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcard Posted July 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 at Snetterton on Monday so I'll have a good old play around with this then. . . . . . and I've booked it in with mct lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudgetBoy Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 IIRC yours is a 2005 model? Forks don't need uprated springs and your rear spring is 0.5kg/mm out. So you "Might" benefit from a 105n rear spring. But heres a tip Henry mate. Ask Darren (MCT) to give you the settings your bike is set at. Then stick these on some tape and tape it to the underside of your seat.This way if you muck them up again you can revert back to the settings. Are you just getting the set up service? IMO if you are there opt to have the fork oil refreshed if not done for a while.No point playing about with suspension if the oil is like cats wee..Also get him to check your rear shock for wear. Also another thing is to make sure your linkages are lubed properly as this will also have an effect on the handling. What im trying to say is that its not JUST the forks and rear shock you need to look at to have a good suspension set up. I'm sure MCT will sort it or you mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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