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[deej]

as the sun was shining this weekend and im far more confident/faster/sillier on the 748 im starting to notice more things about my bike.

my main concern is the way it bounces around when tipped over going to a corner, its not too violent but enough to make you sit up and take notice, how can i stop this. my bike has a ohlins rear with the easy option to fiddle around with the settings so do i need to stiffen the rear or soften it to make the bumps less noticeable. i would take it to a specialist but i think the nearest 1 to me is over 100miles away

sorry for my vague technical description but im not that technically minded yet

hope you can help as usual

[skidlids]

Peak Performance in Exeter is your best bet for a expert view.
Main thing is to get the sag right and then dial in the damping to suit.
Once you have the right amount of sag then I usually start off with Compression and rebound backed right off and push on the rear end and watch how quickly the backend returns. without any damping wound on it should compress and return quite quickly Then start adding rebound damping to give a nicely controlled return, if you add to much it will appear as though it doesnt recover to its starting position, which is when you start suffer from pack down over a series of bumps. Ideally it should just recover to its start position in one controlled movement. From there Dial in some compression damping, I usually set the adjuster about a third of the way and then go for a test ride. If rebound feels about right I can then concentrate on the compression setting. A road with a rutted feel is ideal as to much compression will easily be detected.

[RickyX]

Deej,

If it "wallows" (slow regular oscillation) in fast corners then you need to add more rebound damping. This is assuming that you've done all the other stuff like selecting the correct tyre pressures, spring rate, sag etc.

Richard

[deej]

only thing ive doen so far is the trye pressures

harv had the suspension set up for him and although were of a similair build when i bought it ive added a few extra pounds since then plus ive got more confidence in myself and the bike now especially after this weekends lovely weather

im really enjoying the duacti experience now apart from when i accelerated a little too quickly off a roundabout ( after being cut up by a golf vr6 driver ) and the front wheel started to wheelie whilst i was still semi banked over, kinda had a minor heart attack, other than though what great fun and what a graet handling bike especially on some of these twisty empty cornish roads

[DC]

Deej,

Where abouts in cornwall are ya?

I lived down there all of my life until about 4 years ago. I used to live on the south coast, near to Looe and polperro. About 20 miles from plymouth.

Dc.