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Suspension settings are very subjective and different for each rider.He set up your stock suspension? I am guessing you have a non-ES bike? What settings did he use? Or is that a secret?
2014 non-ES stock. New to me as of about 2 months. I weigh about 180 pounds in gear. I had vaguely set my sag with the limited assistance of my 12 year old son. I had also set compression and rebound initially to the standard settings based on the manual and adjusted a little from there. Dave sets sag less by measuring and more by feel. When he was done the rear preload was set near maximum hard and front was backed way out. It was the inverse of what I had arrived with. He then set rear rebound to (I think) about 12 clicks out and front to maybe 10 out. Then I went for a ride. Back end felt perfect and the ride in general was greatly improved - smooth, balanced, comfortable. Then he opened up the front rebound a couple more clicks. He would adjusts then I would ride. We did this 3-4 times till it seemed the best. The ride now feels great. The recommendation is to ride this way for a while, switch to a 15wt fork oil, ride some more, raise the forks 8mm, and ride some more. It was just a really helpful and informative experience. Took a little over an hour.He set up your stock suspension? I am guessing you have a non-ES bike? What settings did he use? Or is that a secret?
Dave comes down to New Zealand in our summer and does his stuff, ive had him set up previous bikes to great success , apart from much better improved handling a bonus is your braking distances are less, the front end compresses more of the tyre and you gain more footprint.
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Yes, very true, but it is very interesting to get first-hand feedback from someone who has actually had Dave Moss set up their suspension, so thank you very much Ksm1000, much appreciated and money well spent.
Not really the way to approach or think about motorcycle suspension there are certain parameters that need to be set correctly as a baseline for all riders to make the suspension work properly and from that point you can start talking about "subjective". For a moto such as the ST and it's use the set up will be fairly simple and well worth checking out on standard suspension.
Yes, and no? Yes: The settings must have a baseline to operate safely. No: There are too many variables for a "proper" setting, for you, me, or Chris. I've been riding for a little while. . . . all street, but no loooong distance. I feel I can tell the difference between a "good" handling bike, and a "bad" handling bike. With the ES, if the bike is not doing what I/you want. . . . adjust 'till it does. When I first got this bike, I made large suspension adjustments; soft to hard, -3 to +3. Once you understand the effect o each, pick the one that works. My opinion: once you understand how/what the adjustments cause handling wise, you can get the "right" set up for the "conditions of the day". I don't think that I'm the only one that has large variations in road surfaces. So, one setting will never work for everything.
