Can someone explain primary effect of the rear compression and rebound clickers, combined with the sag setting?
I've been having some trouble keeping the back end tracking straight under power. The worst case scenario is on uphill rock infested trail, where you need to stay on the gas hard most of the time, or need to get back on the gas after chopping the throttle to bring the front wheel back on line. Even if I'm not spinning the rear too much, it tends to dance around eventually causing me to get off line. Same thing coming out of corners, where the larger rocks have been churned up. Even just rolling on the power, above a certain level the back end wants to kick around, and pretty soon I'm headed for the timber.
Jeremy has done a revalve on my forks, and I don't think the problem is coming from the front end. As long as I can hit rocks & roots pretty much square, I don't worry about the front end. Right now I have the rear compression & rebound at 16 and 12, and I was thinking maybe I need to back off the compression some more, and add more rebound, to maybe 18C/10R. But my understanding is that the rear clickers are supposed to be fairly close to the same number. The shock is sprung at 4.8 kg, which is correct for my weight, and the sag is just about 3.9". I was also thinking maybe it might help to add a little more sag. I'm open to suggestions on what to try next. :think:
Part of the problem is that I can't easily replicate the trail conditions of our hare scrambles courses on the local trails. So it's hard to do a day of testing. Also, I'm still very much on the learning curve and it's hard for me to discern subtle changes. I could use a basic primer on what the typical symptoms are when the clickers are too far in or out.
Patient is KDX200 with Senior C rider, about 2 years riding experience.
I've been having some trouble keeping the back end tracking straight under power. The worst case scenario is on uphill rock infested trail, where you need to stay on the gas hard most of the time, or need to get back on the gas after chopping the throttle to bring the front wheel back on line. Even if I'm not spinning the rear too much, it tends to dance around eventually causing me to get off line. Same thing coming out of corners, where the larger rocks have been churned up. Even just rolling on the power, above a certain level the back end wants to kick around, and pretty soon I'm headed for the timber.
Jeremy has done a revalve on my forks, and I don't think the problem is coming from the front end. As long as I can hit rocks & roots pretty much square, I don't worry about the front end. Right now I have the rear compression & rebound at 16 and 12, and I was thinking maybe I need to back off the compression some more, and add more rebound, to maybe 18C/10R. But my understanding is that the rear clickers are supposed to be fairly close to the same number. The shock is sprung at 4.8 kg, which is correct for my weight, and the sag is just about 3.9". I was also thinking maybe it might help to add a little more sag. I'm open to suggestions on what to try next. :think:
Part of the problem is that I can't easily replicate the trail conditions of our hare scrambles courses on the local trails. So it's hard to do a day of testing. Also, I'm still very much on the learning curve and it's hard for me to discern subtle changes. I could use a basic primer on what the typical symptoms are when the clickers are too far in or out.
Patient is KDX200 with Senior C rider, about 2 years riding experience.