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Originally Posted by
Bonzo1
I have left the forks as standard, comp and rebound set mid point atm and have 65mm rider sag, of the 300mm available, i have ridden it down a geenlane with general lumps and bumps, riding nice and steady, used a further 135mm of the travel.
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Ironic thing is, you are using 200mm of travel, which is the same as the stock forks!
As Pete says, you really need to work on 1/3 sag (100mm) and understand that motocross springing and fork design means the last third (partly due to air gap size) gets progressively hard quite quickly. Lower rate springs may be the way to go, but trying less compression damping may be an easy place to start.
Don't forget also that the relative lack of travel at the rear (still 200mm) will somewhat limit/restrict what the front will do at the extremes. There's always going to be a bit of an imbalance having 300mm travel at the front and 200mm at the back. I always assumed that in an ideal world 240/250mm at the front would be about the maximum when matched to the stock rear travel.
What I would suggest is that you go for a ride over as rougher terrain/conditions as you're likely to meet in everyday use. If you just went for a gentle bimble in your first shakedown, then you aren't going to see all the travel used. Fix your cable ties on the fork tubes and give the bike a damn good hiding - your spring rate might not be as far off as you think!
