Picture of the Day

When: October 16th, 2008

Where: Sentul Circuit

What: Track Day – Exiting R2, 12K RPM, 3rd Gear

Suspension Tuning, Part 2

Once sag and preload are set, now is to set suspension damping. If spring exerts force dependent on how much its compressed, damping is to control the speed of the motion. There are two kinds of damping, compression damping and rebound damping. Compression control the speed of the shock or forks to compress while rebound control its speed to re extend after its compress. With no compression damping; the shock or fork will compress quickly, while no rebound damping the fork will extend back almost immediately. Just like a pogo stick, bouncing all over the place.

Proper damping setup will make the bike stable, especially under high speed performance riding. Some bike and after market parts even have further setup like high speed and low speed adjustment, this not to be confused with the speed of the bike but the speed of the suspension travel.

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Suspension Tuning, Part 1

All right, lets talk about suspension. As I mentioned at earlier post, I just got my self a Sportbike Suspension Tuning book by Andrew Trevitt. I look forward to learn about suspension setting and try to implement the knowledge I gain to my sportbike.

I highly recommend the book, especially if you interested to know about sportbike suspension. The basic concept of Spring, Damping, Geometry and so forth are all very clearly described. Good stuf!! If you want to learn about sportbike suspension go get a copy of this book.

“Pivot Steering” and two new books…

Just got two new motorcycle books during the Hari Raya holiday. “A Twist of The Wrist II” by Keith Code and “Sportbike Suspension Tuning” by Andrew Trevitt. I almost completed the TOTW II and let me say it was another eye opening just like the TOTW I. In TOTW II Keith Code shares the technique of “Pivot Steering”, I will share this more in this post, which by the way was totally the opposite of what I usually applied when I ride my bike.

“Sportbike Suspension Tuning” will definitely need another post, as I’m eager to learn anything about suspension and its tuning, so stay tune..