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[QUOTE="Jimmy!, post: 116340, member: 21266"] First, I lay no claim to to being any kind of a wizard at this. In fact, I like my bikes set up so stiff that most would say I've got it all wrong, but that's what I like & works VERY good for ME. I like a lot of feedback. With the disclaimers out of the way: It's all very subjective & will take some experimenting to find what works for you. What you want is to make use all of the available travel without bottoming too much. On the rear, your 90mm "rider sag" sounds about right and this can be adjusted to suit your style/conditions. With this set, you should have some "static sag" with the bike compressing the rear something like 10-35mm under it's own wieght. If there is no "static sag when the "rider sag" is set to something reasonable, then you need a stiffer spring. If there is too much "static sag" then you'll need a softer spring. I'd set the clickers at the standard settings & adjust to keep the wheel planted & control the chassis attitude. Front: As far as spring rate, how much of the travel is being used? If you are using most of the travel, just barely bottoming on the biggest hits, you should be in the ballpark. If you're only using 1/2 the travel, the front is riding too high up in the stroke, or is just beating you up, you may want a lighter spring rate(be careful here, because too much compression damping can mislead you into thing the spring rate is too high). On the contrary, if the front bottoms frequently or rides too low in the stroke, you'd want to bump the spring rate up(again be careful, too much rebound can make the front pack down). Once the spring rate is in the ballpark, use the clickers to keep the wheel tracking the ground..... And I'd start out with the type/amount of fluids called for as standard & adjust as needed. All of this assumes that everything is in good shape to start with. Three key things that will make all this much easier to work with: 1. The spring's job is to SUPPORT the weight of the bike & rider. 2. The damper's job is to CONTROL the spring's action in such a way that keeps the wheels in contact with the terrain as much as possible. 3. Only change ONE thing at a time! Hope you find some of this useful.... ;) [/QUOTE]
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