Rear Shock Settings

[463046]

Hi all have fitted some 7" extensions to my 99 busa. Having some problems with getting traction on the strip. Bike is lowered and i am running a shinko ultra soft tyre at 20psi. I weigh about 80kg suited up. Wondering if anyone could help me with some settings for the rear shock ( sag,comp,reb) Thanks.

[463046]

Ok either people don't know or they want to keep it a secret which is cool by me So how about this one, for more rear traction do you soften or harden the rear shock

[PostmanPete]

OK, I'm only theorising, but wouldn't you make the rear as soft as you can? Good Luck with it!

[CeeJay07]

Or is the opposite the go? Wouldn't it stiffen the rear end and stop is sagging in the arse and lofting the front wheel? (I've got no idea....just guessing)

[463046]

I was told to stiffen the shock which makes it harder to lift the tyre off the track( sort of makes sense once you think about it )

[Chuffed]

Doesnt it rub on the undertail unless you stiffen it up ??

[[UNIT]]

Get a copy of twist of the wrist..

It shows the amount of sag etc front and back regarding proper weight dispersion...

[Maj]

Drag setting are nearly opposite track stuff ,
rear, squat to launch without bottoming , slow to rise, if it bottoms it picks the front up
front, slow to rise so your carrying the weight of the front wheel immediately, and not getting a push up from the suspension before it tries to carry the wheel

[[UNIT]]

i didnt read it all properly.. i thort that he was talking track riding.. woops

[Maj]

I mised the bit about the 7 over too,
for this your going to need a lot of spring preload as you have put a fair bit of leverage against the std spring pressure effectively softening the spring rate

[Macbusa]

Steve, sounds like we'll be doing abit of testing out at the drag strip, i have yet to even look at my suspension setup.

As always, Greg is full of info. Thanks Greg.

[kybil]

Where will you be testing at Grant? You still in Brissy or back in Townsville?