Subject: Re: Wirth and Ikon - a review
Author: MGcoo-@aol.com
Date: Mar 4, 2005, 8:13 AM
Post ID: 1718492337
In a message dated 3/3/05 6:27:39 PM, johnulri-@yahoo.com writes:
| Something else dawned on me that others more articulate on suspension dymanics can help me with. - The V11 sport pilots will talk about how dialing in more rear height/preload will make their bikes handle quicker or they drop the forks 1/2" higher into the triple trees on the EV's for quicker response. Greg might have accomplished that with the slightly higher than stock rear shocks. I found when I put too heavy of an oil in the forks that the firmer forks ...also made the rear end feel like a buckboard even though I did not touch the rear shocks. Scary thought....race tuning loop suspensions. I'm sure Greg Field, who pilots his at 100mph+ can educate us best on his findings. |
Yea, never mind someone that actually races one. :-) Besides, its not scary
to race tune a loop suspension, the scary part is testing it.
Longer shocks on a loop do basically the same thing as adding preload on a
V11. Raising the rear of the bike makes the head angle steeper, which in turn
quickens the steering.
Bikes with traditional triple clamps can accomplish the same thing buy
sliding the fork tubes up into the triple clamps, the down side to raising the fork
tubes is decreased ground clearance. Any time you make a change to either the
front or rear suspension, you effect the other end whether you touch it or
not.
Ken
Asheville, NC