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Originally Posted by pete
in fact you should run the damping as soft as you can that works for the terrain yer riding...
to much damping dosn't let the shock re-exstend between close bumbs...
is the same as having the spring pre-load set to high as the shock not being able
to fully exstend between bumbs is pre-loading the spring for the next bumb...
prob not to much of a issue on a hawk but it also makes it hard to hop the rear
wheel for going over logs and the like...
set the sags....
here is a suspension spring rate calc....
http://www.pontiacracing.net/js_coil_spring_rate.htm
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Could well be that you are right. Luckily, this shock comes with spring pre-load adjuster as well as variable damping, so he will be able to find out for himself. And then hopefully tell us his results. My way works well for me, but I'm pretty heavy.