Good suspension guys in Brissie?

[Billy the kid]

Any questions? how about just 1 huge general
HOW???!!!!

Dont have a clue how it works or what im looking to achieve in tuning my suspension.

Easy!!!The compression damping works like this.A cartridge full of oil and inside a piston on the top of the cartridge with two holes.That is one leg of the forks we are using just explain so imagine that this happens at the same time on both of the fork legs.

When a force compresses your suspension upwards(bump,braking,rider weight,cornering,etc..) the piston inside your suspension is forced to move from the top to the bottom of the cartridge.Both holes on the piston are controlled by two valves.One hole lets the oil pass ONLY thru the piston when the piston is compressed.This is compression damping.
When you tighten the compression screw on you forks you are actualy making the hole on the piston smaller so the piston lets a smaller amount of oil to go thru it when suspension is compressed and make the suspension harder.or softer to compress if you will lossen the screw because you are making that hole wider.


So when the force the caused the suspension to compress stopes the forks/shock wants to extend back to it's original lenght.And this is done by a spring.it is visible on the rear shock and not on the froks but it is the same set up.
The other hole on the piston inside the cartridge that allows the oil return back to lower part of the cartridge thru the piston