Tenerator12 said:
Lol! Yes, if they're not willing to be honest with you I'd go elsewhere......
Not all of them are shysters 8)
Indeed, I have used MCT in the UK a bunch of times, you get a setup sheet where it tells you the spring weight, air gap, spacer fitted and oil type.
Without at least the air gap and oil weight how on earth are you supposed to do basic maintennace such as future oil changes :question:
I can see some are cagey as they don't want you calling them up just to get detailed instructions on what you need to do to sort it yourself, but at the end of the day I think the honest folk get a lot more business (and recomendations) from this Honesty.
I know many suspension places will also bang on about re-valving and all sorts when all they are most likely doing is altering spring / oil / air gap. On the Tenere and my last bike (ZZR1400) MCT told me straight the forks did not really need a revalve, just a different spring and oil spec (and both were massively improved)
For the shock I went with Wilburs recomendations, I was asked for weight of me and pillion and they recommended the spring and set the damping to match this spring, but again the shock came with a spec sheet giving the spring weight, shock length and gas pressure - no mystery or secrecy involved.
I personally do not really buy into "setups" much, especially with a basic shock like that on the Tenere, I can move the adjusters myself, take some notes and will soon find out how I personally prefer the bike setup - for free :exclaim: I think you also learn a bit doing it this way and will be far more comfortable adjusting the bike for different conditions yourself as opposed to leaving it as "the expert" set it up for every type of road and load.