Suspension adjustment for the Transfagarasan

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bulgarianfalco · #1 Post by **bulgarianfalco** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 1:51 pm

Well, I'm off to ride the Transfagarasan highway in Romania ( of Top Gear fame ) again and thought I should have another fiddle with the suspension - looking for some very basic pointers :

I have a Mille Ohlins on the back I'm going to meddle with 2 adjusters - at the top is a black knurled knob with an 'S' and an arrow on it - I'm presuming anti-clockwise for softer?

Then, almost inaccessible down below is another black knurled knob - can't see any markings but again anti-clockwise for softer (looking normally at it, rather than upside down looking up) ?

Just so I'm not completely wasting my time ;)

Other preparation is a combination of gaffa tape and rubberised carpet mesh backing to protect the paint from soft panniers - tasty!

#2 Post by **mangocrazy** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 2:58 pm

Hi! Long time since we've heard from yo... All going OK?

Yes, the top black knurled knob on the bottle is the compression adjuster - clockwise for firmer, anti-clockwise for softer.

The one at the bottom that you have to grovel to get to (and which is too close to the exhaust for comfort) is the rebound adjuster. When you're on the RH side of the bike turn the adjuster towards the front of the bike to increase rebound damping and towards the back of the bike to decrease. It's worth counting the number of clicks it takes to go to maximum (i.e. when you can't turn it any more) so you have a baseline setting if you get confused.

flatlander · #3 Post by **flatlander** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 8:11 pm

The carpet mesh may leave black stains they come off with wd40 I use old t shirts etc now

bulgarianfalco · #4 Post by **bulgarianfalco** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 8:29 pm

mangocrazy wrote:Hi! Long time since we've heard from yo... All going OK?

Yes, the top black knurled knob on the bottle is the compression adjuster - clockwise for firmer, anti-clockwise for softer.

The one at the bottom that you have to grovel to get to (and which is too close to the exhaust for comfort) is the rebound adjuster. When you're on the RH side of the bike turn the adjuster towards the front of the bike to increase rebound damping and towards the back of the bike to decrease. It's worth counting the number of clicks it takes to go to maximum (i.e. when you can't turn it any more) so you have a baseline setting if you get confused.

Yep, all ok out here, the Falco getting quite an easy life in a heated garage during winter, but not getting the time to put many miles on :) New oil and filter waiting to go in, touch-up paint to be applied, the usual jobs...

So for the adjustment, if I'm on the throttle side of the bike, the part of the rebound adjuster that faces me goes towards the front of the bike to increase damping?

#5 Post by **mangocrazy** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 9:41 pm

bulgarianfalco wrote:
mangocrazy wrote:Hi! Long time since we've heard from yo... All going OK?

Yes, the top black knurled knob on the bottle is the compression adjuster - clockwise for firmer, anti-clockwise for softer.

The one at the bottom that you have to grovel to get to (and which is too close to the exhaust for comfort) is the rebound adjuster. When you're on the RH side of the bike turn the adjuster towards the front of the bike to increase rebound damping and towards the back of the bike to decrease. It's worth counting the number of clicks it takes to go to maximum (i.e. when you can't turn it any more) so you have a baseline setting if you get confused.
Yep, all ok out here, the Falco getting quite an easy life in a heated garage during winter, but not getting the time to put many miles on :) New oil and filter waiting to go in, touch-up paint to be applied, the usual jobs...

So for the adjustment, if I'm on the throttle side of the bike, the part of the rebound adjuster that faces me goes towards the front of the bike to increase damping?

Yes. Glad to hear it's all going good - sounds like you're settling in nicely...