Adjusting GSXR suspension, (on an SV).

I've got my rebound up a bit higher than standard because I was having problems with the wheelbase extending in the middle of the corner, even when trailing the brake slightly. Might just be my throttle control I need to work on but now I have the confidence to get on the gas a bit sooner.

Originally Posted by chakraist

I've got my rebound up a bit higher than standard

2 turns out is not higher,it is less rebound than normal on stock forks.
stock forks don't have enough rebound to begin with.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by zadar

2 turns out is not higher,it is less rebound than normal on stock forks.
stock forks don't have enough rebound to begin with.

I found the rebound to be the worst thing about stock forks, the fact that they would shoot up so quick when coming off the brakes, even with heavier oil.

I started with the stock gsxr settings and have ended up on slightly less compression damping, slightly harder rebound, and quite a bit more preload iirc.

(And I noticed a massive difference between brands of oil in the srad600 forks.)

Originally Posted by zadar

2 turns out is not higher,it is less rebound than normal on stock forks.
stock forks don't have enough rebound to begin with.

I'm not really down with the know-how on the terminology but I've set it up so the forks come up slower.

Originally Posted by chakraist

I'm not really down with the know-how on the terminology but I've set it up so the forks come up slower.

that would be more damping.

Just to resurrect this- my suspension adjuster on the bottom right hand side (compression on the right fork leg) seems to have become stuck- now can I just remove this with the nut and reset, or WD40 and work free? Little bit stumped

Thanks in advance.

[Bibio]

just a couple of thing to note:

the 'H' and 'S' markings on the adjusters does not mean Hard and Soft.

'H' is Slow and 'S' is Fast.

to explain this think of a spring between your hands (bulldog exercising thing) now compress the spring then slowly release it, this would be the 'H' setting. now compress it again and let it go, this would be the 'S' setting.

'H' (Slow) and 'S' (Fast) is the rate at which the dampening controls the spring in/on the fork/shoky. so the further you turn the setting to the 'H' the slower the dampening/rebound takes to return to 'rest' and the further you turn setting to 'S' the faster the dampening/rebound returns to 'rest'.

rebound: if the rebound has to much 'S' the front or rear of the bike will 'rise' when hitting a pothole, if the rebound has to much 'H' the front or rear will dive into a pothole

compression: if the compression has to much 'S' the front/rear will dive over bumps, if the compression has to much 'H' the front/rear will rise over bumps.

a good way of testing suspension is to ride over raised countdown strips at the end of DC's/MW's usually when coming to a roundabout. if you have it right then the bike should stay pretty level letting the suspension do the work.

spring rate: is the most important part. to hard a spring for bike/rider and no amount of compression/rebound adjustment will help, same goes for to soft a spring. dampening is the control of the spring, if the spring is wrong the dampening will be wrong.