Race Sag Settings ?

[Dirt Dud]

What are you running your sag at ?

[jaysktms]

Between 104 to 108mm

[Rod Overstreet]

105mm race sag

[memphis2857]

I am running 110 on my 2011. Was recommended by several people in here. Makes the bike work really well.


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[Jakobi]

Which chassis?

Makes a big difference. The older linkage was happy running 105-115mm. The newer ones operate better in the 95-105mm range. In either case, a heavier spring with less preload will feel better than a light spring that's cranked up to get the sag figures on. Aim to keep preload under 10mm.

[Dirt Dud]

Jakobi it is a 2015 300 stock at the moment but I am thinking about having Drew Smith WER redo the shock n forks . I have about 30 to 40 hours on the bike and feel like it might benefit from a good suspension mans work . Would you have heaver springs put in ? I am 200 lbs with gear 57 year old fast c slow b rider . Geared more toward technical riding not so much fast riding , I have had the sag set at 105 now and it does work good . Plush suspension seems to work well for me but I am wondering if I went with a heaver spring and less preload . Thanks for the help !

[Jakobi]

If you're thinking of using a particular tuner, then I would simply work with them. At 200lbs you may find going up a rate is a good. Thing. What is your static sag atm? If its around 25mm I would go up a rate, where as if its 35mm I'd call it good.

[Anders]

On my new (to me) 2015 EC200 I have static sag at 30 and race sag at ~95 according to my mate who helped me measure it up.

I think this sounds strange as I am approx 85kg (~187lbs) naked and would have expected a higher value for the race sag. The installed OEM spring is 52N/mm. According to the owner's manual I should have a 54 or 56 N/mm spring. But at these measuremens the 52 spring looks to be spot on. How come?

I don't know how many hours the bike had with the previous owner, but it's not been used a lot. Perhaps 20 hrs.

I'll take it out on the first ride tomorrow and look forward to see how it all works out.

[Wimpy525]

Originally Posted by Dirt Dud

Jakobi it is a 2015 300 stock at the moment but I am thinking about having Drew Smith WER redo the shock n forks . I have about 30 to 40 hours on the bike and feel like it might benefit from a good suspension mans work . Would you have heaver springs put in ? I am 200 lbs with gear 57 year old fast c slow b rider . Geared more toward technical riding not so much fast riding , I have had the sag set at 105 now and it does work good . Plush suspension seems to work well for me but I am wondering if I went with a heaver spring and less preload . Thanks for the help !

I have heard that Drew does great work. I would suggest Budd Matto I had my suspension on my bike done by someone else and spent $$$$ and hated it! I brought it to Budd and for a very reasonable price fixed what I didn't like. The other guy wanted a 500 to fix it. Budd will hook you up with plush suspension just tell him what you want.

[hamilton]

Originally Posted by Anders

On my new (to me) 2015 EC200 I have static sag at 30 and race sag at ~95 according to my mate who helped me measure it up.

I think this sounds strange as I am approx 85kg (~187lbs) naked and would have expected a higher value for the race sag. The installed OEM spring is 52N/mm. According to the owner's manual I should have a 54 or 56 N/mm spring. But at these measuremens the 52 spring looks to be spot on. How come?

I don't know how many hours the bike had with the previous owner, but it's not been used a lot. Perhaps 20 hrs.

I'll take it out on the first ride tomorrow and look forward to see how it all works out.

My 15 250 has some strange sag numbers also?

When on the stand I'm 10mm less overall then my older bikes, very noticeable with the bikes side by side.
From the factory it had 40mm static sag and 90mm race sag with my weight at 160 lbs. With this setting rear of the bike feels too low.
So I added one turn of preload(which worked on my 12's that are at 30mm static and 98mm race)
Now at 35mm static sag and 85mm race sag???? (but feels better) I might just set the static sag to 30mm and see how it acts.
The bike is running and handling well, but my carb and rear suspension settings are way off from what I expected.

I sure wish I could pin point what they changed from 14 to 15.