Triumphrat

whoa · 03-21-2005

I'm really getting tired of the rocking horse feel at full stops, and my offroad is very infrequent and mild. I plan on replacing the springs on the forks as discussed here to help with the front.

What are the steps to adjusting the rear shock? I don't have an owners manual and the shop manual just discusses install/removal.

I see the adjusting screw at the bottom of of the shock (marked S-H) and the other adjuster under the seat.

Reading on triumph-tiger I see

"the top is the pre-load and the bottom is the rebound damping"

the setting for soft is 2 top 6 bottom,

hard is 5 top 3 bottom.

It sounds like for top and bottom adjustment, I turn the adjusting screw/bolt clockwise until it stops, then back it off by number of clicks.

Does this sum it up correctly? I adjusted the bottom for the hard setting. But moving the top adjusting bolt clockwise 15 turns never did get a full stop. How many clicks does it take, assuming it was set all the way counter-clockwise?

If my understanding is correct, it sounds like the rear was already setup to a hard setting. But the rear still feels very spongy. Is that about it for the stock rear shock?

[ This message was edited by: whoa on 2005-03-20 23:43 ]

tango · 03-21-2005

whoa,

The stock unit doesn't come close to an a/m unit but you don't realise by how much until you change it.

As you probably know I fitted Hagon front and rear and if I had to take off everything I've fitted that is definitly the one mod I would leave on.

I had the preload maxed right up on the o/e unit and felt it still struggled to cope with what I was asking of it. As I have mentioned, getting the rebound set right is a must.

As for adjustment you've just got to keep tweaking it till you get it right for you.

My advice though is, dump the big heavy o/e unit and invest in a decent one. I guarantee you won't regret it.

whoa · 03-23-2005

I now have my hands on an owners manual. And the wrench manager showed me there is a scale on the top adjustment where the bottom goes by clicks.

So now it is much much better. Before I felt like I was on a toy rocking horse when I stopped. Several inches to recompress. Now only a half inch or so. Next is to get it on the twisties and some rough roads to see how it does.

whoa · 03-23-2005

I now have my hands on an owners manual. And the wrench manager showed me there is a scale on the top adjustment where the bottom goes by clicks.

So now it is much much better. Before I felt like I was on a toy rocking horse when I stopped. Several inches to recompress. Now only a half inch or so. Next is to get it on the twisties and some rough roads to see how it does.

greenman · 03-29-2005

I have my 2002 bike set at 2 1/2 on pre-load and 4 clicks out for damping. Seems to work well. The manual quotes 6 turns out, this is virtually no damping at all on my bike. A click is 90deg of rotation on my shock. I weigh 77kg

Keep adjusting, it does make a difference.

Dave

greenman · 03-29-2005

I have my 2002 bike set at 2 1/2 on pre-load and 4 clicks out for damping. Seems to work well. The manual quotes 6 turns out, this is virtually no damping at all on my bike. A click is 90deg of rotation on my shock. I weigh 77kg

Keep adjusting, it does make a difference.

Dave

whoa · 03-29-2005

It does need more adjusting. The current settings make it a bit too stiff and now I'm on my tiptoes, rather than the balls of my feet.

And I need to check on the effects on cornering and braking where the front is still very soft but the back has less compression.

whoa · 03-29-2005

It does need more adjusting. The current settings make it a bit too stiff and now I'm on my tiptoes, rather than the balls of my feet.

And I need to check on the effects on cornering and braking where the front is still very soft but the back has less compression.

KuzzinKenny · 03-29-2005

When i picked my bike up the rear shock was set on 5 instead of 3, at the time i just thought it was stiff but after it fired me out the seat on a bump i new something was amiss, thats when i saw the thing was set at 5. i still need to find a good setting for solo and two up riding. one thing i`ve found hard now is adjusting the rebound screw after fitting the hugger.

KK

KuzzinKenny · 03-29-2005

When i picked my bike up the rear shock was set on 5 instead of 3, at the time i just thought it was stiff but after it fired me out the seat on a bump i new something was amiss, thats when i saw the thing was set at 5. i still need to find a good setting for solo and two up riding. one thing i`ve found hard now is adjusting the rebound screw after fitting the hugger.

KK