Yes, screw them all the way in to get them seated, then back them out. I set mine to four turns out soI dont bottom outon a small/med jumps, and I'm 180 LBS.

You might want to start there, and stiffen them up after you ride for a while if you think you need to. I just did it trial and error....

FYI, my rear shock dampening force adjusters are set to7 turns out for"Rebound"and 8 turns out for "Compression". Both of which are also about 1/2 of the factory settings.

Hope that helps...

 

hey Dirt are those "dirt plugs" any thing like these bolts at the bottom of my forks(this is a pic of my GT MTB forks)and yes if you were going to ask that is a disk brake caliper

 

Ok I have a question. And the book that came with our bikes is poorly written, so I am going to ask here. How would one go about setting it for the max? I can't even remember what I did in the beginning.Do I runthem all the way in and leave them that way for max? Or do I run them all the way in and then all the way out? Usually in the stuff I have dealt with screwing a valve in increases the pressure andthus in our case would produce the stiffest setting. Any thoughts?Also don't forget to bleed out the air once in a while by jacking the bike up and opening the top screws.

 

FYI - I've added a new sheet to the "Mods & Jets" spreadsheet for suspension settings. Its still in its development stages, but since we're already talking about it, I think I'll start a new topic now and post a new link to it.

Mike

 

Not exactly. The "dirt plugs" I was referring to on our KLX 250s are actually little rubber plugs that are internally inserted into the access hole where the adjustment screws are at the bottom of the forks. I called them "dirt plugs" since they plug up the access hole and keep the dirt and muck out.

You need to pop them off first, then adjust the screws. I would guess (don't know for sure sinceI never owned a GT MTB) that looks like its probably the same mechanical principal.

Hope that helps...

 

Deej,

If you want them really stiff ie letting very little air/fork oil??(not sure which -I've never personally pulled forks appart, I take them to the shop at that point..)out during compression then you will want to have them closer to being fully seated since that would allow less air/oil to escape during pressurization.

I don't know if there is an automatic amount of air/oil that will always escape if your were to fully seat the set screw, so I would not recommend doing that, but certainly you could play with different settings that are less turns from fully seated until you get you the degree of compression you want.

I would guess if you get down to 2 or one, and it still feels squishy to you, you may have to upgrade springs or forks which I think a few folks have already done as I recall.

Hope that helps...

 

What are you trying to say?

 

LOL...

er..aaaa...ummm... I think I'm referring to your need to jump supermotocross of course, which includes the need to land doubles and tripples without bottoming out....[sm=innoc.gif]

 

I mean it not like I couldn't stand to loose 10....or 50 lbs