I had an interesting conversation today with the workshop, it would appear that a small number 1st gen V4 owners have taken a cue from Ducati increasing the rear ride height on the 2nd gen V4 to increase the rear ride height on their bikes. Feedback from one customer who had the ride height increased by about 7mm has been very positive. I’ve significantly reduced the rear pre load on mine and given my experience with building my 853, I believe increasing the ride height on mine could be a positive move. Anyway, I’m going to give it a go for my trip to Almeria. I’ll let you know if it works. Andy
When Dave Moss had one to set up he backed the rear preload off so only one thread was showing compared to (IIRC) 6 threads as standard. I did this on mine and it was much better. Be interested to hear how you get on.
Thanks for sharing that Andy. Goes without saying it’s going to quicken the transitioning up a fair amount, plus adding some ground clearance. Usually the trade off could be a little more twitchy on the nose. Noticed they do have a adjustable length via the bottom mount. I’d be interested to know how you get on
Spring Preload but not ride height... Did you check sag before and after? And then adjust ride height
Yikes.... Zero! Not even looked at mine yet but will be interesting to see what I have... Can you remember what measurements you had after backing off the spring. How about the front?
Here are my last settings. I went from Dynamic to Fixed suspension. Much better I found. I am c 12 1/4 stone fully togged up.
Bloody light weight . Any chance of a higher resolution picture ? My poor near sight can’t make out the detail. Andy
Mines a March 2018. Also zero static sag. Added sag then changed to fixed settings for track using Dave Moss recommendations. Utterly different bike to ride. Much nicer.
Worth mentioning that preload is also ride height. If you’re letting off all the preload to get the right sag because your spring is too stiff ( sag done manually is near useless in my opinion but that’s another debate) then you are also dropping the ride height.
I’ve just put a softer spring on the rear shock. OEM on a 2018 is 95 N/mm, I’ve gone down to 90 N/mm. I too am a lightweight at just over 10 stone. I now have a bike that moves down evenly back and front when I press on the tank. Previously the front moved but the back didn’t. I took it out for a ride today and the softer spring has made the rear nice and compliant over the bumps. I’ve no idea at the moment what the sag figures are, but the arseometer says its nearer the mark now. Static ride height is down by 15mm from before, but before it had almost zero static sag and now it has _some_ sag (probably 15mm). I do most of my riding on this bike on the road, so compliance is key. It remains to be seen if the 90 spring is too soft for the track, where acceleration forces are higher.
