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[QUOTE="Yoken, post: 241282, member: 25312"]
When I race a MX track, I tune my suspensions mainly for the turns. In Cyprus, most of our tracks are made of hard clay and rocks with supercross type jumps and tight turns. I definitely go for the following setting:

- relatively hard springs, but with low pre-load,
- moderate low speed compression damping, 
- light high speed compression damping.

It seems that the low pre-load (3 to 5mm on the fork springs) keeps the fork plush and more responsive on small bumps. Also, it allows the front end to dive moderately when I set up for a corner (I need that because my KX does not turn if the front end rides too high).

Than the springs get harder as the fork goes deeper into the stroke. This usually gives me sufficient bottoming resistance.

I need moderate low speed compression to keep both wheels on the ground in the turns.

The light high speed damping helps me to reduce "vibrations" in the bar as I ride a high speed section with little bumps and rocks.

For those slippery conditions, I like to run a low air pressure in the tires (around 800gr only). And I install 2 inner tubes to increase the resistance to puncture.
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