[drag racer]

my front end washes out prety bad. has a real good tire on it not new. any advice on adjusting the suspention weight 165pounds

[crfsonly]

165 is a pretty good weight for the stock suspension. make sure your shock sag is correct. you can also adjust the height of the forks in the triple clamps. also tire pressure and body position in turns matters.

ken

[drag racer]

its just the right hieght for me. but i can move the forks if that will help and raise the back shock, do i need to go up or dowm with them? i will put it back facory setting to.

[crfsonly]

raising the forks in the triple clamp will help transfer more weight to the front wheel and should help keep it planted while turning. again, first set your rear sag correctly test. then if it's still pushing raise the forks and test again.

[drag racer]

i have one more question, whats
rear sag?

[crfsonly]

your owners manual will help you with how to set your sag but essentially it is the correct spring pre-load for your riding weight.

[drag racer]

thanks i set it back to stock and it fix the probelem. ilost my owners manual so i didnt mess with the sag. whre shoud it be for a165 pound person

[zj4041]

165 is a pretty good weight for the stock suspension. make sure your shock sag is correct. you can also adjust the height of the forks in the triple clamps. also tire pressure and body position in turns matters.

ken

im somewhat of a newbie.. how do you adjust the height of the forks in the triple clamp? any good posts on it?... owners manual says the the top of the fork needs to be flush with the clamp? even if i loosen the clamp and push he fork up.. there is only like 1/8 to 1/4 inch it can move up intill it hits the bottom of the handle bar.

rob

[Aussiecrf230]

A quarter of an inch can make a fair difference. Do it and see how it feels.

[Toe mass]

If you haven't done this already there are some good how to vids on you tube for setting sag , a workshop manual for your bike would also be a huge investment for you to , I couldnt live without mine!

[crfsonly]

Toe mass is spot on...correctly setting race sag is huge in front end handling. keep in mind that correct race sag can not be achieved without the proper spring rates. one common mistake is to set the race sag without the rider in ALL their riding gear. they must be in full riding gear to have the correct weight for setting the race sag.

[Jdsmall]

what do you ride? track, woods, desert?