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[QUOTE="svi, post: 701642, member: 20863"] The damping requirements are pretty much the same, the bumps are smaller but you are hitting them at a much higher speed. The damping also plays a more significant part in controlling the geometry of the bike. Springs are at least twice the rate of off road springs and set up with a lot less sag. On the bigger bikes chassis and fork flex play a significant part in the handling of a bike. Good tyres are essential to good suspension, you can easily knock half a second off a lap just by fitting fresh rubber, the handling of a bike can change considerably going that half a second quicker so to get good consistant test results you've got to keep fitting new tyres, a front is normally good for an hour or so but rears tend to go off after half an hour depending on the track and tyre compound. Very Expensive!!!!!!!! The good thing is that the track is always consistant, you don't start the day with a nicely graded track and finish up with a narly rutted one, the bad thing is it's not normally possible to build a track on your own land to go testing on. [/QUOTE]
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