I bought my bike late last fall a 2012 late production bike I was told. Most of my riding has been in coll to cold temp's until this last few days. Just under 2300 miles so far. My general feel is the front end is starting to loosen up nicely but the rear just doesn't feel right, it feels like the rear is taller than it should be. I stock seat had to go and initially I bought a Baldwin GT saddle, Liked the saddle but still left with the feeling I was rocking forward too much on throttle transitions. Sold the Baldwin and had Laam build me a seat, better but still not perfect. I decided to check rear preload. I first removed all adjustment from the rear but left the rear damping a 3/4 a turn out from full as it was. Now hear is the kicker, and I checked this a few times, my sag with my big 240 lb ass on the bike was ( 1 5/8 inch) 40mm!
I have 14mm preload on the front fork dialed in and I need to do some checks there but I road last week with 12mm front preload and it road hard but that could have been because it was 37 degrees.
My question is could the suspension still be breaking in? I would expect more sag in the rear with ZERO preload.
Will front preload if it is too low shift the weight to the front enough to affect the rear sag measuremnt?
I have 14mm preload on the front fork dialed in and I need to do some checks there but I road last week with 12mm front preload and it road hard but that could have been because it was 37 degrees.
My question is could the suspension still be breaking in? I would expect more sag in the rear with ZERO preload.
Will front preload if it is too low shift the weight to the front enough to affect the rear sag measuremnt?
