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10/2/2017 6:13am
10/2/2017 6:13am
Hi everyone,
What settings are you running on your cone valve spring forks, and how much do you weigh, what SAG do you run and rear spring?
Ive tested 400 and 420 oil with 4.8 to 5.0 springs with various preload and clickers. 196lbs, KTM 450.
Performance is great no matter what, just struggling a bit with balance (which is due to lack of time testing).
Just curious to see where everyone else landed.
What settings are you running on your cone valve spring forks, and how much do you weigh, what SAG do you run and rear spring?
Ive tested 400 and 420 oil with 4.8 to 5.0 springs with various preload and clickers. 196lbs, KTM 450.
Performance is great no matter what, just struggling a bit with balance (which is due to lack of time testing).
Just curious to see where everyone else landed.
2016 KTM 250f
4.7 spring
380mm
Fork tubes 2 lines up in clamps
Sag 105-106
Fork:
3 clicks of preload(Soft track, hills, ruts, needed more hold up)
Comp 9
Reb 8
Also I used this setting yesterday: (hard base track, trying to get more front end bite and settle in corners)
2 clicks of preload
Comp 12
Reb 12
If you want more bite in front end you went in the wrong direction on clickers. I run 13 rebound on soft tracks, 10 on hard packed. That will make it feel like tire is glued to ground on flat sweepers with poor traction. Compensate by going 1-3 click stiffer on comp instead.
The track was sandy but slick base in corners so the front end wouldn't settle with no ruts dive in on. The bike was riding high in the front. Going softer on preload and compression let the front end settle down and carve more in turns. Faster rebound gave me a bit more hold up where I needed it.
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180 lbs without gear
California mx tracks
Forks
4.8 spring
1 click of preload
350 cc oil (tried 390,380,370,360)
Fork tubes 3 lines up
14-16 comp
12-14 rebound
shock
108 sag
4.8 spring
1.25 HSC
12-14 LSC
10-12 rebound
6 on preload
12 comp
15 reb
1st line hight
390cc
forks go very high in a stroke, I started playing around with clickers and stoped at 16comp 12reb 1preload, it feels better but it's a little higher than what i like, and there was around 2.5" left till bottom. I didn't have oil with me, that's why I had to take out 10cc at a time. Overall 390/350cc feels very close for me. I like when bike feels a little lower on the front end, and I still have 1/2" till bottom. I'm not a fast guy, and my jumps is 50-75 ft.
(Weight 90kg (185cm) and running 4.8 springs with 420 oil and 0 preload. 13R and 10C)
I have tested 400 oil with more preload instead, but did not like the feeling of that.
Maybe going to 5.0 springs (1 or 2?) and instead lower the oil level for my weight to try and get that harshness out?
Takes some time to get the right combination, but great feel when you find it.
For sure the fork felt about 5x as plush as it did with 420 oil and 4.8 springs.
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