Triumphrat

EZMOTO

having had my tona for 2 weeks i'm now finding faults with the stock suspension, the front under hard acceleration rises alot and dives alot under braking , i was wondering which adjuster i need to move is it the rebound i should be adjusting and is that located at bottom of fork?

cheers guys if you can help

Vffr1

Get the bike's supension professionally tuned, should cost about $30. Also the front forks are supposed to be maintained yearly, most bikes are never done which means if that is the case with your bike (which is about 9 years old) the front oil has basically turned to mud.

Get both of these services done and your bike should be a joy to ride. If you are still not happy, re-valving or different springs to match your weight might be necessary.

Michael

DEcosse

Here's a good general set-up guide for you.

Start by getting your preload/sag adjustments done. The preload adjuster is the larger outer one on the top of the forks. Screwing it in increases the preload.
The compression adjuster will help control your dive - that is the one at the bottom of the fork leg. All the way in is max damping.
Rebound is just that - will control how quickly it returns to neutral position. That adjuster is in the center of the top of the fork leg.

Here is the excerpt from the factory owners manual

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EZMOTO

You the man, many thanks for the pic and info

EZMOTO

just checked the front, 5 lines showing and 2 turns out for both rebound and comp! i weigh 225 lbs, now wonder she felt terrible, gonna try 3.5 rings showing and 1.5 turns on the compression & rebound, and see how it goes...

as for the back, it squats to much with my weight on, i take it i will need a spanner to wind the nut down on the shock for more rebound

DEcosse

That would be more pre-load

On the front you might need even more pre-load than the 3.5 rings at your weight.
But what you should really be doing is setting the sag accroding to the link I included - the pics were just to show you where adjusters were. The link shows how to set your sag.

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EZMOTO

done the sag i had 55mm on the rear

mrwog

I bought my 1996 Daytona 12 last year with only 8600 miles on it.
When I went through the bike checking everything out, I decided to change the fork oil. It was like water when I took it out.
many people never check or change the fluids in there bikes. Oil yes but brake fluid and such, no.
Paul

bradtx

EZMOTO, Here are the owner's manual settings for NORMAL dampening:

Forks, One full turn counter clockwise from fully clockwise for compression and rebound.
Shock, One and a half turns counter clockwise from fully clockwise for compression and rebound. A note of caution, my rear shock is installed backwards from my owner's manual. If the rebound screw doesn't turn fairly easily, it's the drain plug. Go to the other side.

After adjusting put about 50 miles of riding over every kind of road you can find before another adjustment.

Brad

Jollybox

DEcosse, thanks for that link, I was wondering about the 'factory' set up. Where can I get hold of an Owners Manual? I have the 'Workshop' manual but that does not detail these basic things. On the topic of suspension: is there a 'simple' way of replacing the fork oil? The workshop manual goes into great detail and lists a special tool etc. Is there an easier way?