there is waaaay more going on with suspension tuning than just adjusting oil flow. the suspension needs sent out to be set up for you. once that is handled, the rebound and compression clickers that are built into the suspension stock are for you to tune it. your statement saying there should be a simple knob for suspension is like saying there should just be a simple knob on the side of your carb for tuning. you just adjust more or less gas, right?
In 4 strokes and 2 strokes direct injection is the wave of the future my friends. My wife's Suburu BRZ is 12:1 compression direct injected 2 litre and runs on 93 octane fuel, red-lines at 7,300rpm and does 143mph stock. With a conventional ignition/fuel system (no computer controls) this could never happen. Look at F1 cars or MotoGP bikes, this technology will make it to the showroom in the near future and we'll have enough horsepower to properly kill ourselves until the end of time. Bikes made a big leap and then kinda stalled out while the economy recovered... It will come around. I have my organ donor box checked and I'm ready for it. lol
On my 98 husqvarna wr250 I never had the suspension right. The dealer installed the heaviest front fork springs with heavier oil and the heavier rear shock spring. The bike ran awesome but was unridable off road. Being street legal I used it as a dual sport on road only or smooth dirt roads. But with my left kickers they weren't high tech but I could ride any one of them. On some I did change the springs. But they got better off road. The new bikes just don't dial in suspension wise. If your not a certain weight the new bike is unridable till we dial it in? If we ever dial it in? We spend so much to purchase it then can't ride it. I lol after my bad experiences with three new bikes then I throw a leg over my left kicker and forget about the money I wasted buying a new bike. I like the '15 husqvarna te300 2t as a dual sport but my wallet is as tight as a clams butt. I would like to get the Honda xl650l dual sport 4t and the te300 for more off road. The suspension needs to be tweaked on the te300. I'm afraid of having two road bikes again.
just because some clown screwed your suspension up to the point of being unridable doesnt mean anything, it just has to be done right. same as the older huskies. i have to do work to any of my huskies suspension to optimize them, sure they feel good until you set them up..then the light bulb goes off and you ride faster and easier. as far as your 98 went, i got my 95 back from wer and it feels FANTASTIC. plush plush plush but in control at speed. worth every penny!
I have no clue were to send the suspension and what to have done to it. Next time ill ask here. The only husqvarna site back then was Craig. It was better before the dealer touched it. There was like no oil flow or dampening on the forks when I got it back. It was so stiff I couldn't ride it off road. My '86 400 wxc was stock and I could ride it better than the new '98.
Bill, the heavier oil in the front forks the dealer did for you was definitely a mistake. The huskys of that era came with 10wt fork oil so by installing 15wt the forks were never going to flow correctly. Most tuners actually went to a lighter oil for better response on those bikes. The tuners were also drilling out the base valves for more flow so the heavier oil was a step in the wrong direction. I can see how it never worked for you.
