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Some of you have Ohlins suspension (front forks, rear shock, steering damper). www.ohlins.com gives good general info. regarding the basic setup/adjustment of these components. (look under "motorcycles" and then "brochures and manuals"). Soon I plan on holding a "Suspension Day". Roy and I have spoken quite a bit about this. Pretty much a nice run where we can stop frequently to make suspension adjustments, take notes, etc. Suspension is pretty much a complete package and needs to be done from the ground up, meaning, proper tire inflation is necessary (I run 32/34 in my Dunlop D207RR's) and if you have just installed new tires, wear them in a bit before getting too critical with suspension.
There are no perfect settings. It's not an exact science, although some may claim that it is. What FEELS right to you is ultimately what you should ride with. Different styles of riding require different settings. Most often compression and rebound will be set front and rear, as will steering damper clicks, and not often changed. Although you may change these based on different rides or courses that you do, most people won't change them that often. Well, most people that ride wouldn't know if the damn thing was set totally wrong anyway. If you do hard sportriding/street racing you will probably notice minute differences of even a couple of clicks.
I'll keep anyone that's interested updated.
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Chuck
2002 Duc 998S Bostrom