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Old 21-12-2015, 07:46 PM   #43
Darren69
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Yes, they're the fully adjustable Showa type. The main adjustment to set on those is the pre-load (the amount the springs are compressed) is set correctly for your weight and any other load on the bike (luggage/pillion etc) which will control the attitude of the bike during riding and if set correctly will prevent the bike bottoming out on the forks or diving too much under heavy braking. The other 2 adjustments are compression and rebound which are used to fine tune the way the forks oil damping behaves in conjuction with the springs (basically is controls the flow of oil backwards and forwards in the forks as they move) so together with the thickness of the oil in the forks it can be used to speed up or slow down the way the forks react over bumps etc in laymans terms. So its probably best to set them back to standard settings and see feel how they feel and adjust to fine tune if you don't like how they feel (too harsh/too spongy etc, etc) its a bit of a black art and experimentation is the best way and if you do adjust them its also a good idea to keep track of what and how much so you can always go back to the start up settings. BTW I think your forks are dropped a bit lower than standard but that's probably good since they are too rear biased with the standard settings and most fit jack up kits to the back end as well.
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