Et al, I was unaware until I met a fellow Mutley rider that the front pre-load is set manually. I was aware of the issue of the front diving during breaking, but haven't touched it until today. Following the instructions in the book I found the near side leg to be at minimum and the offside leg set to about 7 complete turns clockwise!! Surely these should always be the same? Anyway with new Ohlins Machatronic system installed I'm off for a test ride. 2010 MTS1200S - 125Kg Rider (naked...not how I normally ride) - 7 complete turns of pre-load on both front legs. Q. What has everyone else set theirs to?
At that weight, you'll probably need heavier springs to get it fully right. Mine is on a sheet filed away with the service history, but I think I'm up on 8.5 or 9.5 springs (for a 140kg rider)
He does claim that Chocolate Hob-Nobs are the international currency of corrupton so it's a possibility.
Well after nearly 200 miles I can confirm that the front end is very firm. Need to play about with the pre-load settings front and back, but as for compression and rebound I leave that to my Ohlins Mechatronic system.
Anyone got a front preload figure for rider of 85kg? That would save me a bit of frigging around.... Thanks
Yes, very sure. We can't all be skinny shortarses, there'd be nobody around to move the big heavy stuff otherwise.
18 stone and 6ft 4 ins, regretably neither skinny nor short and no longer youthful although still childish. Currency of choice, Estrella or Efes. Andy
Beer is open to negotiation at suitable exchange rates, as is whisky or rum. However, I can confirm that Hob-nobs are both legal to consume while operating a motor vehicle, and appear to stay under the radar of bribery with persons of a legal profession. Biscuit, officer? They are chocolate.
Estrella is the beer of Barcelona and Efes is a refreshing little something we found in Turkey a couple of years ago. Both are available from Tescos in their beers from around the world shelves. Probably the main contributory factor why I'm 18 stone. Andy
Come over to Belgium and watch a few of the classic race meetings in the Ardennes where you can get hold of all the high powered Trappiste beers and everything takes on a completely different appearance
Westmalle Tripel. Responsible for the most unusual sleeping positions in the world. After a particularly heavy night, I was apparently discovered in my bed the following morning still in the same clothes, head on pillow, torso at an angle towards the wall and legs straight up it.
So this is the original post that as far as I can see no-one offered up their settings. I upped the preload on the rear during a ride today and was really surprised by the change in character and finally reduced the chronic under steer pushing in Urban. Come on guys, cough up some setting information. Andy
Sorry no one has come back to you Andy. I'm having mine professionally set up this week so I will let you know as soon as its done.
try setting your static sag first. sorry not familiar with your bike or what adjustments you have. but set the static sag height and then add rebound and comprssion to suit your riding style there are a few videos on YouTube to advise the process better. both front and rear needs doing together
2012 1200s Touring adjustment full out to full in was 15 turns. Came out of the factory with 13 turns on which is spongy. Adjusted full in and backed off 1 turn which has made a small difference. As I am unlikely to ever be 15 stone again, I realise now that I probably need to look at a stiffer spring and/or revalving ............... or just put up with it :biggrin:. Andy
I've upgraded my front springs to 7.5Nm, which according to Kevin at FTR is 3 grades up from standard. Standard pre-load for the Ohlins on the 2010-2012 is 12 turns inwards from fully out, he set these for me at 10 turns inwards/clockwise from full out, due to the stiffer springs. As a note I now have some noise/rattle from the front forks. That'll teach me to mess with something that wasn't broken.
I can highly recommend this book if you want to learn about setting up suspension. Worth it's weight in gold imo! Suspension Tuning: How to Set Up Your Bike for Handling, Stability, and Control on the Street and Track: Amazon.co.uk: Andrew Trevitt: Books
