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Canadian Daves JustKDX
Gold Valve in Rear Shock --Has Anyone...?
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[QUOTE="jmutiger, post: 465484, member: 25208"] I have some other suggestions... First make sure your front forks are as low in the clamps as they will go, this will stabilize the bike. Second, try cranking up the compression on the forks, this will keep the front end higher more often, again resulting in a more stable ride. Third.. What air pressure are you running? The tire is a spring in series with the damper. Fourth.. Back off your compression adjuster all the way on the rear shock, this will open the orifice to allow what would most likely be described as low speed flow. Then from that point try playing with your rebound adjuster.. As you may or may not be aware, the rebound adjuster controls a "bleed" which affects both compression and rebound. The proportion of this effect is due to the shims.. So if you've played with your valving spec on the piston, chances are your rebound adjuster is affecting your compression just as much as rebound. Generally speaking, on a dyno the compression is very soft in comparison to the rebound (peak forces). Personally, I can't see you or any of reaching the point of all of the piston orificed being used to the fullest capacity. UNLESS you've toyed with your shim stack, and have reduced the amount of space the shims have to bend to their stop, known as a stop plate. On a side note.. You are riding a KDX, and it has limitations, especially in the suspension dept. I've experienced Yamahop first hand, on a factory WR426.. it wasn't pretty.. I can say with full belief that the KDX doesn't have the same kind of throwing the rider into the woods power. Anyway.. that's my 2 cents worth. Jon! [/QUOTE]
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