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Old 14-03-07, 05:47 PM   #6
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Default Re: Tyre basics

There's a problem with suspension terminology too - changing the preload doesn't make the suspension harder or softer, it simply and only changes the position in the suspension's travel that you are at under any given load.

Wallowing won't be affected by preload changes, that's a function of damping rates, which isn't a setting that can be changed on standard SV suspension, apart from in a crude way by changing the oil in the forks for that of a different weight, (thickness).
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