Hey,
So I'm right in thinking the midvalve piston(is there a better name for this, active damping piston or something :P) moving through the oil(ignoring displaced oil that is) in the damper provides the majority of the damping, considerably more then the base valve anyway? Also flow through the base valve is 'mainly' the oil displaced by the damper rod entering the damper, flow through the midvalve piston is caused by the midvalve moving through the oil? So does it make sense to think the base valve would be better suited to dealing with low speed damping while the midvalve deals with high speed? Then does it make sense that you would set it up so as to have quite a bit of lift on the midvalve to allow the base valve deal with low speed, then at higher shaft speeds the midvalve comes more into play? As I'm thinking that through I reckon maybe it doesn't make too much sense but I'm interested to hear what people have to say anyway...
Thanks,
Philip
So I'm right in thinking the midvalve piston(is there a better name for this, active damping piston or something :P) moving through the oil(ignoring displaced oil that is) in the damper provides the majority of the damping, considerably more then the base valve anyway? Also flow through the base valve is 'mainly' the oil displaced by the damper rod entering the damper, flow through the midvalve piston is caused by the midvalve moving through the oil? So does it make sense to think the base valve would be better suited to dealing with low speed damping while the midvalve deals with high speed? Then does it make sense that you would set it up so as to have quite a bit of lift on the midvalve to allow the base valve deal with low speed, then at higher shaft speeds the midvalve comes more into play? As I'm thinking that through I reckon maybe it doesn't make too much sense but I'm interested to hear what people have to say anyway...
Thanks,
Philip
