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Just what do you wise people set your suspensions at, I cannot decide which is better, really firm or soft.
I asked this question about two years ago and had some well thought replys... Mick Fagans I seem to remeber gave good advise.
Not sure how to search that far back though
Not sure how to search that far back though
I'm no suspension guru & no racer but at the Hawes do last summer, I was on the "progressive" rideout which consisted of myself & Jim Bryan. I found that I was struggling to set up & hold a good line around the bumpy lanes of N. Yorks. In my defence 
I still had all my luggage in the panniers and was on TKC's while Jim had alloys with BT010's & Ohlins. However, I found that winding off the rear preload made the bike handle MUCH better. In the end I had just a small amount of preload but the damping was about midway (I'm 72kgs) and had no probs keeping up. Several VFR owners, a Triumph 955 & a CBR6 owner were witnesses to the fun we had. Since then, I use the min preload I can get away with but make sure that the damping is enough to prevent wallowing. Works well for me.
I suppose it will depend upon the type of roads you mainly use, and how you ride. I like twisty, bumpy roads rather than fast sweepers so my bike is set up to suit these.
HTH,
I still had all my luggage in the panniers and was on TKC's while Jim had alloys with BT010's & Ohlins. However, I found that winding off the rear preload made the bike handle MUCH better. In the end I had just a small amount of preload but the damping was about midway (I'm 72kgs) and had no probs keeping up. Several VFR owners, a Triumph 955 & a CBR6 owner were witnesses to the fun we had. Since then, I use the min preload I can get away with but make sure that the damping is enough to prevent wallowing. Works well for me.I suppose it will depend upon the type of roads you mainly use, and how you ride. I like twisty, bumpy roads rather than fast sweepers so my bike is set up to suit these.
HTH,
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Thanks you guys, I guess the idea is to continually test various settings, ok if you got a quiet race track or airfield nearby eh??
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