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bry_d
Joined: 18 Jul 2004
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Location: edinburgh scotland
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 Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 4:26 pm Post subject: suspension settings |
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hello all i'm looking to have a muck about with the suspension settings on my black panther to get it to feel a bit more planted on the road . i was wondering what you guys have yours set at as mine is on standard settings and i think the front end seems a bit soft at the moment and the back is a bit vague
all ideas welcome
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keithcross
Joined: 20 May 2004
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Location: Hampshire England
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
I just wound the settings on the damping up 2 clcks all round. Seems to help.
You could wind the rear spring up a bit,but to change the front requires either a new spring ora spacerto increase the pre load.
Keith
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boysie
Joined: 20 Jul 2004
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Location: Purbrook, UK
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I know it's out of character, but I wound the rear spring off slightly, then dropped the forks through the yokes about 12mm ( this requires spacers under the bar clamps) also remove a further 6mm from the preload spacers that reside under the springs, along with a good quality fork oil..
What this does in affect is not to make the bike softer, just make it ride a little lower [fine as ground clearance isn't an issue for road use] and speed up the steering slightly. |
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andyw
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| Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 4:19 am Post subject: |
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| boysie wrote: | Well, I know it's out of character, but I wound the rear spring off slightly, then dropped the forks through the yokes about 12mm ( this requires spacers under the bar clamps) also remove a further 6mm from the preload spacers that reside under the springs, along with a good quality fork oil..
What this does in affect is not to make the bike softer, just make it ride a little lower [fine as ground clearance isn't an issue for road use] and speed up the steering slightly. |
I'd be interested in more info - what fork oil? - spacers for fork clamps??
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BRAAAP !
Joined: 13 Aug 2005
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Location: Derbyshire, England
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| Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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I would recommend making a note of the standard settings before you fiddle or you could really mess the handling up and not know what to set it back to. . .
or was that just me ?
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andyw
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Yes, learnt that one the hard way 
Bump..........anyone??!!
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