Ducati Sporting Club UK > DesmoDue Race Series > DesmoDue - General Questions and Chat > Front fork height.

[skidlids]

Glyn send him back to school

[couchcommando]

LOL

dropping the forks thro IE having more rings showing will make it steer quicker Imagine a cruiser with it's long forks, having less rings showing is pushing more fork thro the yokes, if those forks were 2m long you can imagine how slow it would steer. By having more rings showing you are lessing the rake of the forks so making it steer quicker

I do think this type of bike can have them through quite a way as it's a stable machine, also rasing the rear suspension and the riders seat can have a good effect of getting more weight over the front again helping turn in.

[kye]

I know dropping the yokes down the forks make it steer quicker, it reduces the rake angle and trail, I was on about CoG and heights by adjusting both front and rear, i.e adjust both front and rear either way identically to keep the rake angle the same will still effect the handling like I explained wouldn't it?

[ali]

I tried all sorts of setups, but the one that worked by far the best was Neil at Sigma's recommendation, up both ends. On the SS I found up 17mm at the rear (a 10mm longer shock), and the forks flush with yokes gave the best balance of tip-in and lineholding.

Ps: too much rear ride height and the front tucks like a nutter (see crash no.2 at Quarry, Castle Coombe)