Hope someone can help me out. Just brought my KLX250 home today and already suspect I will want to adjust my suspension for my weight. Can you please give me what works for you? How many clicks for the front and back shocks is what I am looking for. Thanks in advance.

 

The first thing to do is weigh yourself with all your gear on, including anything to be strapped on the bike (tool kit etc)

 

Ok, so all up I am about 220lbs. How many clicks To accommodate that load?

 

Watching with interest.
If I had any idea I'd say.

 

I am about 190# without gear and my new springs are waiting to be installed. I am old, slow, and prepping for the TAT carrying 20-50 lbs. of additional weight on the bike, 2009 KLX351SF.
John at Moto Pro chose these spring rates:
The fork springs would be a .48 kg/mm and the shock spring would be a 7.1 kg/mm.

I expect it will ride a bit stiff lightly loaded, but may be good for supermoto shenanigans and landing from jumps and drops. Expect it to be good with TAT gear or riding with a passenger.
I have no plans to re-valve front or rear yet.

 

No amount of clicks will accommodate your weight. I'm just a bit lighter than you by maybe 5 pounds, and once I have my rack bag and backpack on I'm over your 220# weight...a day's worth of water is heavy. However, since I'm not racing enduro competition with this bike, I don't necessarily want it set up like my race bikes used to be. I like a soft suspension on a trail bike. It also helps keep the wheels on the ground in rough terrain. Everything is a compromise, and there's a bit of preference to consider.

If memory serves, I'm running .44 or .46 Race Tech fork springs and an Eibach 6.0 rear spring. Almost no one can ride the OEM fork springs as they were somewhere in the .38 range only a fly weight could use. The stock 5.7 or 5.8 rear spring works for a lot of folks, but guys at around the 200 pound mark need at least one step up on the shock spring. Some even go to a 6.4 shock spring, but I found it harsher than I like.

 

I used a guide similar to this: https://dirtbiketutor.com/how-dirt-b...ur-suspension/
The first step was to determine if the oe spring rates were correct for me.
I'm about the same weight as you.
On my '12, the fork springs were ok but I needed to use a 6.0 on the rear.
I revalved both ends of my bike.
That made a huge improvement on how the bike handles terrain.

 

Okay, now I have to ask. If you are over 200 lb does the suspension bottom out? Rear bottoms and front does too?

I have to ask because it seems I've not had any problem with my suspension. I am third owner so I am starting to wonder if the suspension has been "played with". Kinda hope so.

 

GBAUTO, do you know what weight fork springs are in your 2012 model? I'm surprised you can ride the stock fork springs unless they dramatically changed somewhere up to your model. The fact that you use the 6.0 shock spring kind of tells me your fork springs aren't .38's like mine were.

 

At that weight your stock gear wont live long, if it isnt flogged out already.

Best get a suspension specialist to re spring and re valve for the weight needed.

My 06 had work done to suit 260lb/120kg, wasn't as easy as some brands but it works great.