Soooo, I'm a total newbie when it comes to suspension setup on a bike. I've no idea whether the previous owner deviated from the standard settings or what the standard settings are. Can anyone tell me how it's done and what settings I might want to use? The bike's just used for road riding
Best thing mate imo, take it to a professional to set it up for your weight and riding style! Best money you can spend on a bike after decent tyres... If you don't know exactly what your doing, you'll end up tying yourself up in knots....
Ah right. Cheers, Jimbo. I did wonder. I saw a website a while back with Performance Bikes' and MCN's suggested settings and wondered if it'd really be that easy
There is a thread on this already in which a few have posted their settings/weight....... May or may not be of use to you chap.
sure it would be fine mate, but you can get it done for anywhere between £50 - £100 quid, ride in, couple hours later and its sorted.... if your like me and not clued up then i think its the easiest and best option....
MD Racing : Ducati Service, tuning, servicing, racing, parts, engine rebuilds, mechanic in Surrey Mike Dawson does mine, hes a wizzard pal - does lots of work with Ducati BSB, WSB and even Motogp.... ducati specialist but works on other bikes. give him a call, reall decent rates and a top top fella.
That's always the snag, Jimbo. We're not exactly tripping over people who do that sort of thing around these parts. Hell we only stopped throwing our faeces out of the window into the street a couple of years back
I've found a bloke in York who does suspension setups. Takes about 30 minutes and he charges £45. Sounds like a better idea than pissing about with it
For that it's worth a shot at least mate.... Just ask him to note your current settings and what he has changed them too... That way you can always put back yourself if you don't like it! ps - sure its fine but in my experience they normally take at least an hour?? not sure if thats right though - he might just be brilliant at it?? lol
Suppose you can't really tell but the guy's credentials seem to be OK. Reactive Suspension, Motorcycle Suspension Specialists, WP UK Service Centre
A mate of mine has arranged a suspension setting day with a guy called John from Alpha Suspension who's coming up from Leeds to Newcastle for the day, we've 12 confirmed so far i think. Looks like your in Teeside so not too far away if you fancied it. He's up on the 21st of April i think. If your interested let me know and i can pass my mates details on. Col
Cheers, mate. Appreciate you letting me know. Unfortunately I've already given this guy in York the nod so I'll have to bow out.
Rich, If you cab get to Leeds mate there is a top guy who does it, he sometimes has a stand at Sherburn some weekends or if ther is a show on too, usuaklly about 35 to 45 quid!! I'll pm you the link I was gonna go with Blaggers !!
