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<blockquote data-quote="Trfsrfr" data-source="post: 223965" data-attributes="member: 3959">I have about 5% knowledge/experience of MX bike suspension, I'm very weak here.Went to the track today and after about 2 hours I felt that the forks we're kinda hard/stiff, so I asked another local rider about my set-up. He came over and agreed that my front-end seemed pretty stiff, and recommended that I put everything in the middle.So we counted the compression clicks on the forks and they were about 15 clicks back, and we set them to 12. Didn't touch the rebound.Then I checked the rear top screw which I wasn't really complaining about, (with the new 5.4 spring I just installed), and it was 23 clicks back. So I put it at 12. Dude mentioned the high-speed thing but I have no idea what that is so I didn't touch it either.I kinda figured in the back of my head that I shouldn't have adjusted both at the same time, but I did, and the bike felt softer up front, but squirrely in the back.I wasn't really feeling it today so I packed it up and left early before I got hurt.Gonna put the new bars and grips on now and wait for y'alls response.Also - while I respect the opinions and advice to have the suspension sent out, thats really not in my budget right now, and I'm just a weekend warrior. I'm gonna have to do this the hard way, and hopefully learn a thing or two along the way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Trfsrfr, post: 223965, member: 3959"] I have about 5% knowledge/experience of MX bike suspension, I'm very weak here. Went to the track today and after about 2 hours I felt that the forks we're kinda hard/stiff, so I asked another local rider about my set-up. He came over and agreed that my front-end seemed pretty stiff, and recommended that I put everything in the middle. So we counted the compression clicks on the forks and they were about 15 clicks back, and we set them to 12. Didn't touch the rebound. Then I checked the rear top screw which I wasn't really complaining about, (with the new 5.4 spring I just installed), and it was 23 clicks back. So I put it at 12. Dude mentioned the high-speed thing but I have no idea what that is so I didn't touch it either. I kinda figured in the back of my head that I shouldn't have adjusted both at the same time, but I did, and the bike felt softer up front, but squirrely in the back. I wasn't really feeling it today so I packed it up and left early before I got hurt. Gonna put the new bars and grips on now and wait for y'alls response. Also - while I respect the opinions and advice to have the suspension sent out, thats really not in my budget right now, and I'm just a weekend warrior. I'm gonna have to do this the hard way, and hopefully learn a thing or two along the way. [/QUOTE]

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