rear setup

[fireman]

Can anyone give me some pointers on the rear end suspension of the 800gs.
I have had the bike just over 3 months and have her set up with crashbars sump guard etc and decided it was time to take her for a good hard off road trip. i am used to riding large enduro bikes ie xr650 and ktm 640 so i thought i would see what the bumble bee could do. I road her hard on some hard packed fire roads however the rear end is so skitty and just dosnt seem planted. i have played with the limited play on the rear shock but without any sucsess. Is there somthing i am missing or somthing that goes against the normal rules of set up. Has anyone else found this problem or is it just me? i must admit it makes me smile however i can see the bike biteing me back. i am 13 stone and 5,10 riding on karoo t tyres.
i have also come to the conclusion that they look much better covered in crap.
Also has anyone changed to harder front springs or a thicker oil and has it been of benifit.
thanks and happy riding.

 

[nrg]

Don't know if this is of any interest to you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3grW4iF_sI

How did you like the bike offroad? Not quite like the XR I guess!

 

[fireman]

Don't know if this is of any interest to you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3grW4iF_sI

How did you like the bike offroad? Not quite like the XR I guess!

thanks for that. i will look a little deeper into it. The 800 offroad!!!
for an unstoppable bike i think it would break if you pushed it to hard. stay on the fire roads and she just about does.
the xr650r was designed as a desert racer so i cant realy compare.

It does realy get me how you buy a bike and have to spend a further grand to get it to do what it says on the tin.

 

[elevensies]

thats why its not got 'adventure' after the gs bit.

its only the gsa they want to go everywhere do everything