I dont have a ruler that measures in MM or CM but i have a million standard tape measures... whats the accepitable sag in Inches supposed to be? going to check out a job right now, but i'll measure what i've got when i get back and post up. see how far i was off.... lol

 

3-4 inches should be goodfor your bike... 1-2 inches max for your women[8D]

 

http://www.onlineconversion.com/

 

23 1/2" resting with the wheel off the ground.
22 1/4" when its sitting stright up and down on the ground, not leaned over on the kick stand
20" with me on it, sittin up forward in the "i'm tired i need to rest" position... lol

so is the preload set too hard? needs more travel? or just kinda personal prefrence.... I just wanna know what it feels like to have it set where its "supposed" to be for my weight and what not. i'm 170 by the way

 

oh and thats all measured to the 1/16 of an "... it just happend to fall on pretty even measurements

 

Klxer, thanks for the link!
23.5 inch = 59.69 centimeter = 597mm
22.25 inch = 56.515 centimeter =565mm
20 inch = 50.8 centimeter = 508mm

total travel with no load to rider3.5 inch = 8.89 centimeter or 889 mm
travel from resting on the ground to resting with rider is 2.25 inch = 5.715 centimeter or 572 mm

am i within spec on this ? thanks

 

http://www.4strokes.com/tech/racesag.asp
db

 

cool, thanks dave...
so it looks like my sag is set to High/Hard from what i understand. they say that the average sag should be around 103mm and mines at 89mm

now when they are talking about preload, is that the spring hight? or one of the clickers? my guess is its the bottom clicker that says TEN on it. Thanks for all the help, i really appreaciate it very much

 

Preload is the spring - spin the lock ring on the shock to adjust.

 

Ya when you adjust the spring by twisting the collors you are changing preload--its what you are doing.

The bottom adjustment is rebound, top is compression.