hey guys i have been having some trouble with suspension

[Live2Ride]

I was wondering if anyone could give me an idea of a good place to start with my suspension mods. I have an 02 viper with factory suspension, didnt want to upgrade, heard its too soft. I am an aggressive trail rider and I ride in vermont. I ride fairly tight trials and i want to have good transfer without loosing ski pressure. I have the suspension all screwed up right now and I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out what to do with it. I have never really learned to much about suspension adjustments but i am mechanically inclined and will understand how to do them. Because there is no snow cant ride it to test it so if u guys like how urs is set let me know. I am 6'1'' and 185. thannks.

 

[vmaxjohn]

I can't give you spring preload specs, but you need to shoot for a 50/50 control rod gap. If you lay across the seat, you will see the white washers on the control rods. You'd like half the travel above and half below.

You'll do this mainly with the rear spring preload. If your gap is mostly on top, you'll want to take some preload out, try 1 turn at a time.

I always recommend starting with the FRA (where the front of the rear shock mounts) in the center position. This way, you can tune on the fly with simply tools while on the trail.

As far as limiter straps go, you want enough ski pressure to turn reliably, but not make the sled dive into holes or be squirrely.

check out your control rod gaps, and post back. Once you get close, you may tune with the adjustable control rods, which give you more or less weight transfer. For twisty trail riding, you don't want to wheelie all over the place.

Good luck!