•Makesettingchangesinsmallincrements.Alittlebitgoesalongway,andasettingiseasilyoveradjusted.•Thefrontandrearsuspensionshouldalwaysbebalanced;whentheoneischanged,theotheronemightneedtobechangedsimilarly.•Whenevaluatingsuspensionperformance,theridermustmakeeveryefforttorideconsistentlyandtorecognizetheeffectsofhisinput.Suchthingsaschangesinriderpositionandincreasingfatiguemayleadtoincorrectjudgmentsaboutnecessaryadjustments.•Whenthepropersettingshavebeendeterminedforaparticulartrack,theyshouldbewrittendownforreferencewhenreturningtothesametrack.•LubricatethebearingsintheswingarmandUNI-TRAK®linkageafterbreak-inandafterevery3racestopreventfrictionfromaffectingsuspensionperformance.FrontForkFrontForkOilAmount-TUNING193Noareaofmachineadjustmentismorecriticalthanpropersuspensiontuning.Animproperlytunedsuspensionwillkeepeventhebestriderfromattain-ingthefullbenefitofhismachine’sability.Matchthesuspensiontotheriderandthecourseconditions.WHILETUNINGTHESUSPENSION,KEEPTHEFOLLOWINGIMPORTANTPOINTSINMIND:•Ifthemachineisnew,“break-in”thesuspensionwithatleastonehourofridingbeforemakinganysettingevaluationsorchanges.•ThethreemajorfactorswhichmustbeconsideredinsuspensiontuningareRIDERWEIGHT,RIDERABILITY,andTRACKCONDITIONS.AdditionalinfluencesincludetheRIDER’SSTYLEandPO-SITIONINGonthemachine.•Beforechangingthesuspensionsettings,testchangingyourridingpostureorpositiontocheckwhetheritisthecauseoftheproblemornot.•Itisawisepracticetoadjustthesuspensiontosuittherider’sstrongpoints.Ifyouarefastinthecorners,adjustthesuspensiontoallowfastcornering.Theforkoilamountintheoutertubeisadjustable.Achangeintheforkoilamountwillnotaffecttheairspringforcemuchatthetopofforktravel,butitwillhaveagreateffectatthebottomofit.•Whentheoilamountisraised,theairspringbe-comesmoreprogressive,andthefrontforkactionfeels“harder”inthelaterstageofforktravel,nearthebottom.IntroductionSuspensionjTUNING
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