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Enduro Suspension Tuning & maintenance of Enduro forks, shocks, etc |
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Having ridden it a couple times now, I'm liking it more and more.
I'm still uncertain if I have standard front springs or not, and some guides say I should have 20/60 sag up front, and others say 30/80!!! Either way, I'm liking it at the moment, and next month I think I shall buy a pair of 0.5N/mm springs, so I can put 1 in and try the middle ground out as well. Riding wise. I've stiffened the whole bike up and everything feels smoother than ever!!! Having ridden friends KTMs (300 exc, 350f exc, 350f xc, 525 exc) they always amazed me how they felt as though they floated, so mega plush. Then I rode a shitter 125 klx and the front end felt the same!!! Basically super soft like trials forks. Most of these bikes had been revalved for endurocross, either way in my eyes and for my riding they seemed WAY soft, but still better than my Shiver 45's (which I had revalved by a local expert, bought another set that had been revalved by a northern expert, and even made my own base valves, and still thought they were shit). So yes, against the KTMs these forks feel a little bit harsh when travelling mega slow over roots and all the other undulations in the ground you expect after a half decent heat wave, but Christ! When I'm hitting things at full force, like a hill climb with roots poking out left right and centre, the bike just coasts up, no bouncing, no wallowing, no harsh wrist braking jolts. Just smooth! So personally, besides playing with the springs a little, I will leave them for now, maybe I will want to look at valving after my next enduro, but I think that'll be a while off at the moment!
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2006 EC300 Enduro - Ignitech CDI - 38/NECW#2/165 FMF gnarly, FMF shorty, .50 front 5.7 rear 2016 RM-Z450 |
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