January '03 Performance Bikes magazine (UK mag) has a "Set-Up" column. I ran across this old issue and thought you all might find it interesting...for whatever its worth. They used a '02 TT600 but I'm sure this applies to other TT's and S4's.

stock settings:
rear-
preload: 37mm threads showing above lock ring
rebound: 1.5 turns out from full in
compression: 1.5 turns out from full in

front-
preload: 5 lines showing
rebound: 1.5 turns out from full in
compression: 1.5 turns out from full in

PB Road settings:
rear-
preload: 44mm threads showing above lock ring
rebound: 0.75 turns out from full in
compression: 0.5 turns out from full in

front-
preload: 3 lines showing
rebound: 0.5 turns out from full in
compression: 0.5 turns out from full in
tire pressure: 36 ft, 42 rr


PB Track settings:
rear-
preload: 44mm threads showing above lock ring
rebound: 0.75 turns out from full in
compression: 0.5 turns out from full in

front-
preload: 1 line showing
rebound: 0.25 turns out from full in
compression: 0.5 turns out from full in


If anyone is interested in the full 2 page article and dont have a back issue ...[sorry, Will and a number of other members got copies, both hardcopies and a scan I did, before it was lost to me...maybe one of them can pass it along...

The article discusses how to change the settings and what they did to test the settings including their impressions of various other changes (they suggest not raisingthe fork tubes in yokes, for example).

Generally article mentions the stock settings/suspension is quite good (you all know that already) and only needed minor tweaking to get the most out of it.

From Will:
"The settings are for an "average" rider who weighs somewhere in the neighborhood of 170 lbs. I discovered that the stock preloads were perfect for me, but that I had to add two clicks of both compression and rebound to suit the speeds that I go on track days. For comparison, I weigh a little less than 170 lbs."

[ This message was edited by: pantablo on 2004-07-20 03:08 ]

Thanks for posting this information!

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Will
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Pantablo
thanks for this, I missed the mag

Jon G
:wink:

Pantablo
thanks for this, I missed the mag

Jon G
:wink:

I thought this was useful enough to keep at the top, so we could all find it all summer! Let me know if you think there are any othr threads that should be kept accessible like this.

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Will
It's a squid thing. You wouldn't understand.

Sport Rider magazine online has a very useful (read: understandable) Suspension Tuning Guide

There's also a guide to tires.

Kurt

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Sounds like a great article. Can you shoot me a copy of the full article when you get a chance?

Thanks in advance,

Jeff

jjmeikle@comcast.net

ive never adjusted suspension on a motorcycle before, so regarding the above article, would having the shocks be tightened up in that particular way benefit sport touring with appx, 400 lbs at most on its back? if not, what would be recommended?

thanks

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That is a very useful information!

Can you email me a copy?

huskyal02@rcn.com

sorry Alan, I've lost the efile on my scan and access to the equipment needed to redo it.

Email me your address and I'll snailmail you a copy. I need to mail a copy to the moderators here-hopefully they can host a link to them or some other way to make them accessible, seeing as how I dont visit much anymore (bought a cbr600rr instead)...

pantablo AT yahoo DOT com

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