highspeedsteel
New member
Hi all,
I did a race at the weekend on my 2000 EC250 and the suspension seemed very harsh. The race had a lot of small square edged hits and ruts. I was finding the bike was very harsh on the smaller bumps when hit at moderate speed. If I really attacked things the suspension/handling actually felt better but my fitness precluded me from really do that for to long. Anyway I ride most of the time in sand and have set the bike up for this which has mean't I have the rebound cranked up abit and also the compression. I can't tell you the exact settings off hand but I will try and fiind out tonight. I have a feeling that I have the compression and rebound a little to high, not so much a problem in sand where the softness of the sand takes some of the hit out of things, but in this harder soil it was awefull. The bike is fine on larger hits/jumps. I measured the sag front and rear after the race and found that the rear is nearly spot on, maybe a little bit more sag (5-10mm). The front didn't have enough sag, but I hadn't released the air when making the measurement so should do that and re take the measurements.
Does anyone have much experience with the conventional Marzo forks that came on the 2000 model bikes. The adjustments don't seem to do a lot. Just sharing a few things if anyone has any sugestions on how to make it less harsh then let me know.
Thanks
Kerry
I did a race at the weekend on my 2000 EC250 and the suspension seemed very harsh. The race had a lot of small square edged hits and ruts. I was finding the bike was very harsh on the smaller bumps when hit at moderate speed. If I really attacked things the suspension/handling actually felt better but my fitness precluded me from really do that for to long. Anyway I ride most of the time in sand and have set the bike up for this which has mean't I have the rebound cranked up abit and also the compression. I can't tell you the exact settings off hand but I will try and fiind out tonight. I have a feeling that I have the compression and rebound a little to high, not so much a problem in sand where the softness of the sand takes some of the hit out of things, but in this harder soil it was awefull. The bike is fine on larger hits/jumps. I measured the sag front and rear after the race and found that the rear is nearly spot on, maybe a little bit more sag (5-10mm). The front didn't have enough sag, but I hadn't released the air when making the measurement so should do that and re take the measurements.
Does anyone have much experience with the conventional Marzo forks that came on the 2000 model bikes. The adjustments don't seem to do a lot. Just sharing a few things if anyone has any sugestions on how to make it less harsh then let me know.
Thanks
Kerry
NO. The 17mm nut on the compression adjuster on pre-2004 Ohlins was NOT a high speed adjuster. It is the whole compression valve assembly. Don't remove or loosen this unless your tearing the shock down.
