
Originally Posted by
Eddieb
Went for an impromptu ride out to Red Rocks straight after work tonight seeing as Wellington had fine weather for once, stopping just before Devils Gate.
I recently set all the suspension settings back to standard as per the KTM book, I went for the factory soft settings but the back end is still way too hard, it's bouncing off everything and not hooking up any grip. It looks like I'll have to take it to a professional and get the seized rebound seen to as it's making it hard to feel in control on any loose surfaces , I wouldn't be comfortable doing any sort of trip or rougher ride on it yet because I just don't feel I can trust it to provide grip when I need it
I too found the rear hard to hook up esp under braking. Its obvious that its gonna struggle with the power. I've ended up with the front on the sport setting permanently and I change between the standard minus a bit and sport depending on gear load. By standard minus a bit I think I have 2 turns less of preload which if I remember right is 4 instead of 6 i.e. 33% less so I also took 33% off the rebound, ten turns if I remember right. I've not taken anything off the compression setting. I've read that many overseas find the rear overly stiff and the front too soft and change the springs accordingly. The race sag for the front is just a little bit much and static just a little bit little with the sport setting and the rear is spot on with the 33% less than standard with noticeably improved handling.
I'm 110kg, no idea about you, so these settings will not probably not work for you but it is worth playing with the settings. I'm not sure if I have approached this right but my suggestion is set the sag via preload each end, work how the %age diff from the closest factory preload setting then make the same %age diff to the damping from the same factory setting. Remember less preload = less rebound but more compression.
Oh and one more disclamer - I suspect my suspension has never been reoiled from new and it is now 50k km old i.e. the oil is probably complely naffed. The cause of me to play was that the shock would pack down over corrigations when under power sugesting that the rebound damping was excessive. I figured out after this that the shock preload was too much. I'm hoping to get the shock refreshed over winter and I'll so the seals and fluid in the forks myself at the same time.
I'm sure others will correct me if I'm wrong - i.e. please do!
Cheers R
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