How to Adjust Suspension on a Dirt Bike

Here's a quick tip on how to adjust the suspension onbut the clickers aren't in the same spots. Number three
your dirt bike if it has adjustable forks or shocks. Theshows where the rebound clicker is on the shock, and
purpose of adjusting it is to make the suspensionnumber four is where the compression clicker is. The
perform at its best on certain types of terrain or sizeshock is usually around fifteen clicks also.
shape of obstacles. The faster you go, the stiffer you'llSetting it up for your style
want your suspension to be. If you are a trail riding,If your bike still has stock suspension and it's not
then you will want it to be softer than it would normallyextremely worn out, then the stock springs are usually
be for riding on a motocross track.set up for about a 130-165lb rider for motocross. If you
Front Suspension/Forksweigh more than that, you'll want stiffer springs, but if
There are two things you can do to the forks withoutyou weigh less than that then you'll want softer springs.
changing your springs, and these are adjusting theAnother pointer when you're adjusting you clickers is
compression and rebound speed. As seen in thethat you want the forks to be equally adjusted. What I
picture above, number one shows where the clickersmean by that is when you adjust the right side of the
are for adjusting the rebound on the bike, and numberforks compression or rebound, then you will want the
two shows where the clickers for changing theleft side to be the same, otherwise it might not feel
compression speed on the forks are. To slow downright or be as consistent. This does not mean that you
stiffen either the compression or rebound on the forks,have to have the compression adjusted the same as
you will want to turn the clickers in/clockwise with athe rebound for either the forks or the shock. I usually
screwdriver. You will hear a "click" about every halfkeep them the same because I am not the fastest
turn, and all the way in is about 15 clicks for most bikes.rider and tiny adjustments like that aren't really
You do the same thing for speeding up/softening thenoticeable for me. If you are picky about your
compression and rebound, but instead of turning thesuspension then you make little changes by having
clicker in you will turn it out/counter-clockwise.different combination settings. If you have any
Rear Suspension/Shockquestions, feel free to comment. Thanks for viewing,
It's basically the same routine for adjusting the shock,and good luck!