Hi,
I have just received my 2nd hand ohlins shock and am going to be fitting it this weekend, i could really do with a good set of standard settings to start with...anyone ???....also which adjustment is which....obviously preload ( also remote preload ) is straight forward enough but i have a black collar at the base of shock ( comp damping?? ) and the remote canister as well ( rebound damping ?? ).....once im fairly near i will proably go see Roger@Revolution to fine tune it but would like to get it reasonable first .
Any help welcome as ever
Cheers
Ian
Cumbria - It may be quiet but it has some of the best roads in the world :-)
Trying giving Harris Performance a ring.
Lad i know has an Ohlins on his Bandit and it was all to pot. Rang Harris for base line settings and then tweaked it from there.
Failing that, just give Roger a ring, he may have an idea.
The black collar at the bottom of the shock is low-speed rebound (controls the rate the spring rebounds when compressed)
The adjuster on the remote resevoir is low-speed compression (controls how fast the spring compresses)
The high-speed settings (relating to shock speed NOT road speed - if you hit a kurb its gonna use high-speed damping, if you are on an undulating piece of road its gonna be low-speed damping) are controlled by the shim stacks and blow-by needle in the shock itself and are not user adjustable without a rebuild
As a general guide,
Set the preload first,
Then set the compression by bouncing on the rear of the bike until it compress in a smooth, fluid motion.
Then set the rebound the same
Cheers for the info so far guys...any more info keep it coming...shock goes on tommorow hopefully...one thing i have noticed is no bearings in either mounting point on the Ohlins....i know the std shock has bearing at lower end..is this normal for the Ohlins unit ?
Cheers
Ian
Cumbria - It may be quiet but it has some of the best roads in the world :-)
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