Hello everyone.
Got a puzzling dilemma. I've got a '16 F800GS, it had 6k miles and its previous owner had the preload set to max, and dampening to full soft. The suspension is stock and so I thought the guy before me must have been pretty heavy.
Running the configurator tool that was very popular on many threads around here, it suggested to have the preload at 4 clicks from fully CCW, and the dampening 1.5 turns from fully CW.
I weigh 175 lbs / 79.5 kg, and am 6'2ft / 187cm tall and pretty much never go off road. For some reason, the bike only feels "right" when the preload is set to 35-40 clicks, and the dampening to nearly full soft!
This way the bike turns much better into corner, the transfer of weight on braking feels smoother, washboard roads feel comfortable but without any direction weaving. The bike just feels a lot more planted to the ground and I find myself feeling comfortable in going faster when the suspension is set this way. I've tinkered with it loads trying all kinds of settings.
The above mentioned setting of 4 clicks gives me the correct sag, but the bike just doesn't feel right that way. I know that suspension is very subjective, but surely for a guy with my weight these settings shouldn't feel right?
Is there something wrong with my stock suspension? Should I stick with the correct sag and just learn to ride it like this, adapting it as the new normal and overcome the woes I mentioned above?
Got a puzzling dilemma. I've got a '16 F800GS, it had 6k miles and its previous owner had the preload set to max, and dampening to full soft. The suspension is stock and so I thought the guy before me must have been pretty heavy.
Running the configurator tool that was very popular on many threads around here, it suggested to have the preload at 4 clicks from fully CCW, and the dampening 1.5 turns from fully CW.
I weigh 175 lbs / 79.5 kg, and am 6'2ft / 187cm tall and pretty much never go off road. For some reason, the bike only feels "right" when the preload is set to 35-40 clicks, and the dampening to nearly full soft!
This way the bike turns much better into corner, the transfer of weight on braking feels smoother, washboard roads feel comfortable but without any direction weaving. The bike just feels a lot more planted to the ground and I find myself feeling comfortable in going faster when the suspension is set this way. I've tinkered with it loads trying all kinds of settings.
The above mentioned setting of 4 clicks gives me the correct sag, but the bike just doesn't feel right that way. I know that suspension is very subjective, but surely for a guy with my weight these settings shouldn't feel right?
Is there something wrong with my stock suspension? Should I stick with the correct sag and just learn to ride it like this, adapting it as the new normal and overcome the woes I mentioned above?