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[Spjallen]

How do you calculate what height to start at? Is it just trial and error?

[banger san]

Originally Posted by Spjallen

How do you calculate what height to start at? Is it just trial and error?

Depends if Julie has got heels on

[chris.p]

Wet your finger and stick it in the air


Chris

[skidlids]

Raise the rear to Max, drop the front as far as it will go, then keep raising the front of the bike until you stop falling off when you tip in.

Actually you don't need to get to that point but just get close enough so that you can push it back up with your knee

But don't try using that setup in the wet, this recipe seems to work for Dallas OK

[banger san]

Originally Posted by chris.p

Wet your finger and stick it in the air


Chris

I'm not going to say a word

[Spjallen]

I'm too thick with this subject to know if you are taking the mick or giving proper advise Kev!

[chris.p]

So I have been told, Ducati's work best the higher they sit, raise the bike bit by bit till it gets unstable on a straight, then back it off slightly and adjust the front so that it will turn but not run wide. The thing is that if you get faster you will have to adjust again as it will behave differantly.

Basicly, get it working so that you are comfortable, but remember as you get faster it will need adjusting again to get back to that comfortable feeling.

Always note any changes you make and note alongside that what differance it makes on track.


Chris

[skidlids]

Originally Posted by Spjallen

I'm too thick with this subject to know if you are taking the mick or giving proper advise Kev!

You may want to start at the opposite end of the spectrum as Chris suggests

The spectrum ranges from

It's so stable its slow turning but good in the wet

TO

It's so Unstable it keep wanting to Tuck the front and is lethal in the Wet

Finding the point in between the two that gives you confidence to push the bike is where you want to find, then once you are happy with that you can try going more in the unstable direction and see if it improves your times or your physical endurance, ie. not any faster but as fast for longer

[dunlop0_1]

Kev is right Simon.

[mat2hew]

Originally Posted by skidlids

Raise the rear to Max, drop the front as far as it will go, then keep raising the front of the bike until you stop falling off when you tip in.

Actually you don't need to get to that point but just get close enough so that you can push it back up with your knee

But don't try using that setup in the wet, this recipe seems to work for Dallas OK

that's basically what I did, make big changes. then you feel the difference.