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Message: [QUOTE="D_Moen, post: 1194542, member: 77430"] I got a chance to put some time on the KDX this weekend, I had a blast! A few observations and questions... The riding around here is all pretty steep terrain, and densly wooded, the KDX should/will be an ideal bike for this type of riding. Many of the popular trails have washed out sections which are covered in rocks in the grapefruit to bowlng-ball size range. As mentioned previously, my last bike (5 years ago) was a big bore thumper, which was very good for the billy-goat trails around here. On the KDX I have some serious challenges learning how to ride this sort of terrain. I stalled the bike a bunch of times trying to lug my way up hills. One of my riding pals saw me struggling with this and told me to keep the revs up by fanning the clutch when the the going got slow. My first tries at this were fairly hilarious, I'd get into a tight spot the revs would drop, I'd remember to clutch it, the revs would shoot to the moon, I'd let the clutch out too fast and I would wheelie off the trail or loop it out (twice). By the end of the day I was getting better at this, but I was also getting rather worn out by this time as well! The upside of this all was that the KDX is at least 50 pounds lighter than my last dirt-bike (XR600) and so was much easier to get upright again! On the suspension side, I found that on the rocky trails I was getting bounced around more than I like, my sense of things is that the back end is too stiff, and I need to slow down the rebound of the shock. I have both the top and bottom clickers at 12 clicks out. Whick adjustment is rebound? To slow down the rebound, do I turn the adjustment in? On steep down-hills I think I was bottoming out the fork, and the bike didn't seem to want to hold a line very well. Stiffer springs up front would keep the suspension raked out a bit more and increase stability I assume. Overall, a very good experience with the new bike and only better as I get it sorted out! [/QUOTE]

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