98 rm125

[ronronron]

im 5'6 and 145 pounds. my toes barely touch the ground and i have trouble keeping the bike up. anything i can do?

thanks

 

[Milk]

I would start by posting this in the riding techniques forum. You might get better answers there or not get your post closed. :)

Riding Techniques Forum

 

[Senior KX Rider]

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[Jeff Gilbert]

Make sure your race sag is set correctly first. I'm about your height and about 8 lbs heavier, when I 1st started riding it seemed hard to touch but I don't notice it at all anymore.

 

[ronronron]

Make sure your race sag is set correctly first. I'm about your height and about 8 lbs heavier, when I 1st started riding it seemed hard to touch but I don't notice it at all anymore.

how do i set my race sag?

 

[Jeff Gilbert]

how do i set my race sag?

Put the bike on a stand, back wheel off the ground. Measure from the rear axle to a spot on the rear fender, this is your bike topped out. Take the bike off the stand and measure the same distance, this is your free sag.
Put all of your gear on (for correct weight purposes) and with the help of a friend sit on your bike (off the stand) and have your friend hold the bike up while you again take the same measurement. This difference of this measurement from the measurement with the bike on the stand is your race sag.

Adjust the sag by tightening or loosning the preload collar on the shock.

 

[ronronron]

what do i need to know the free sag for if im getting the difference bewteen my topped out distance and my race sag? so when i get that difference for example lets just say its 100mm, i just adjust it to 100 mm?


thanks for all the help. i never even knew u needed to mess with the suspension for different terrain. ver intersting.

ron

 

[Jeff Gilbert]

what do i need to know the free sag for if im getting the difference bewteen my topped out distance and my race sag? so when i get that difference for example lets just say its 100mm, i just adjust it to 100 mm?


thanks for all the help. i never even knew u needed to mess with the suspension for different terrain. ver intersting.

ron

In practical reality I don't think knowing the difference between static sag and topped out sag really matters to us regular people but I suppose for optimal performance the really picky rider will replace the spring to achieve the correct amount of free/static sag. I know there should be some but I don't really know how much. I think I have somewhere between 15 & 20mm of free sag on my bike. I would think that no free sag would result in a violent upward rebound that would be masked by over compensating in rebound dampning.

I adjust my rear compression for a lot of different tracks I ride but rarely my rebound, same with the forks.