One for the '35 owners amongst us

[Martin]

hmmmm I kinda see your point but the levers have function....I mean how often have you adjusted your preload...once when setting up your static sag, and then maybe a bit of tweakage once you are on the move...

Thats it..twice.

Wasn't so for me back in the days of my RVF. My bodyweight varied greatly, depending on the time of day, how big a lunch I'd had, how much I'd relieved myself of before going for a ride, etc - almost as much as a couple of kilos from time to time. Not to mention fuel consumption, tyre, brake pad wear, etc changing the kerb weight of the bike. These details cannot be missed. I was constantly tweaking the little blighters to keep the static sag of the bike at its optimum, worked dividends on the handling of the machine despite its standard suspension.

[craigs23]

[tanuki]

hmmmm I kinda see your point but the levers have function....I mean how often have you adjusted your preload...once when setting up your static sag, and then maybe a bit of tweakage once you are on the move...

Thats it..twice.

Wasn't so for me back in the days of my RVF. My bodyweight varied greatly, depending on the time of day, how big a lunch I'd had, how much I'd relieved myself of before going for a ride, etc - almost as much as a couple of kilos from time to time. Not to mention fuel consumption, tyre, brake pad wear, etc changing the kerb weight of the bike. These details cannot be missed. I was constantly tweaking the little blighters to keep the static sag of the bike at its optimum, worked dividends on the handling of the machine despite its standard suspension.

LOL the funny thing is people will actually believe you.

[craigs23]

What's not to believe?

[CMSMJ1]

What's not to believe?

I think the guys cannot imagine an OCD specialist like your good self dropping a humungous turd like the Kursk and being so featherweight afterwards that you need to tweak the preload.

All in the nicest possible way mate..

The crack is that you move about ona bike..if you slide back ont'seat you don't start twiddling to get your optimums sag back? You just lean a bit forwards...

Unless you drink tungsten and crap lead then a bodyweight flunctuation of kilos over a day is pretty hard to believe

So..you must be a alien?

[craigs23]

So..you must be a alien?

Now there's an idea...

[CMSMJ1]

So..you must be a alien?

Now there's an idea...

busted

[Neosophist]

Haha, I have to admit i'm sorta OTT when it comes to setting pre-loads / rebounds, sags height etc too ^_^

I guess if you understand how it works well it's easiser enough to get tweaking, it probably wont' make too much difference unless your rossi or overspeed a corner and rely on getting 100% out the suspension, but still, adjusters are made to be used :D