[SpudRider]

Originally Posted by rjmorel

Spud, I've been wondering about my suspension and how to make it ride less harsh on the street. I weigh around 180 w riding gear and the pot holes on Walla Walla streets are bad. When I hit them sitting down it really rattles the old back bones. I have less then 100 miles on the RX3 so it's not broke in yet and I thought I'd wait 500-700 miles before doing any adjustments to change things.
On the rear shock is the preload changed by just turning the ring under the spring? Is there any set screw locking said ring? Any special tool used to turn ring?
I don't know squat about adjusting suspension like racers do but I'm assuming I want the least amount of preload so it's not as harsh and squats down more. Then adjust dampening on shock to control the shock boing boing part of the ride?
Forks seem stiff to me also. Would your ATF oil be a better choice? thanks rj

I just got done increasing the shock spring preload another three turns. I did take a few photographs. I'm going for a test ride, but I will post a thread later on this topic. The job is pretty easy, and the rewards are satisfying.

You certainly will enjoy the forks more if you replace the stock fish oil, about 2.5W, with real fork oil around 10W, or ATF. Check out the following thread. Later, I will add more information regarding the ATF I installed in my forks.

http://www.chinariders.net/showthrea...386#post184386