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Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Western PA
Posts: 363
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TT250 fork rebound damping
I was looking at seeing if I could mellow the front of the bike's response to some of the poorer asphalt here, and l noticed the TT250's screw adjusters on both forks are already at maximum. It was set to this out of the box.
Am I correct at guessing this is rebound damping? It might explain the occasionally firm ride at the front over bumps. Anyone had much joy experimenting? |
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Volcano, Ca
Posts: 7,112
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On both my neighbors and my wife's TTY250, I ran them all the way down (clockwise) and backed them out about 1-1.5 turns each. Then evenly adjust from there. I don't think they do much beyond 2 or 3 turns. The end of the long rod is then pulled out of the hole. Have you changed your fluid? The stock stuff was funky.
I'm still messing with the shock more than forks....
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Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Western PA
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I've not looked at the fluid yet, I think I might leave that for a long weekend, or maybe the end of the season as I prep for Winter.
I'm not unhappy with the way the bike rides, but I think at somepoint I'd like a stiffer front end. It's a lot more likely than me losing some weight ![]() |
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Volcano, Ca
Posts: 7,112
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It's a super simple task. Drop the tire. Loosen the top tree clamps, then the fork caps next, then the lower tree clamps. These inverted forks literally fall right out when you loosen the lower tree so make sure and catch it or it will go bouncing across the garage. With the caps loose, hang onto the cap, spin the fork tube to loosen. Then slide it open and dump it until you get about one drop every two seconds. Refill. I just did it on Q and it took all of half hour, start to finish. I have the same issue. It's easier to go up a little on the fluid weight than to go down a little on my weight. ;-)
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Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: akwesasne, NY-13655
Posts: 2,220
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damping, rebound, suspension, tt250 |
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