Kawasaki Sportsbike Riders Club - Australia - Online Forum

I tripped over this and thought it might be useful to others.

http://www.gostar-racing.com/club/How_I ... orbike.pdf

Linky not working Marty
Well for me anyway, my main work computer lunched itself & im on an old shitter ATM

Thanks. That's the first article where it displays the 3 stages of a corner in relation to suspension. Very good read.

Cheers mate,
I think the writer has good intentions and understands what they are trying to do, it's just a little poorly written or maybe I'm just being too picky.
ya know poor terminology, saying springs are too stiff if static sag is insufficient, not wanting the forks to bottom at all even in the extreme, saying that preload affects spring rate (ie prevents bottomout), but the jist of it all seems okay. More reading the better I spose.

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RichB wrote:Cheers mate,
I think the writer has good intentions and understands what they are trying to do, it's just a little poorly written or maybe I'm just being too picky.
ya know poor terminology, saying springs are too stiff if static sag is insufficient, not wanting the forks to bottom at all even in the extreme, saying that preload affects spring rate (ie prevents bottomout), but the jist of it all seems okay. More reading the better I spose.

If rider sag is set at say 35mm and there is no static sag, then the spring is too hard as far as I have been taught. I agree however with your take on bottoming out. With the spring rate thing, I think he is talking about a progressively wound spring, which will by design firm up through it's travel. Thus, more preload could put such a spring into a firmer part of it's travel couldn't it?