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Adjusting rear suspension

danielcure

danielcure

Husqvarna
A Class
Hi Guys,

Is it possible to raise the height of the bike by adjusting the rear suspension. The bike seems to sag quite a bit when i sit on it, I am 6.1Ft and 190 pounds... Even in photos the bike looks tiny with me on it.

Any advice would be great.
 
How does it ride? The amount of static sag doesn't really indicate how the bike's suspension is going to work.

About the most you can do on the TR is spring preload - but I wouldn't put the spanner on it until you're satisfied it's not working the way it's set.

I had a complete re-spring, re-valve, re-everything done to my TE 310, and it felt soft and cushy when I first sat on it.
I was worried he undersprung it - but the bike flat worked, zooming across the desert at a clip, or riding slow and technical.
 
You should check rider sag, i.e., the sag with the rider fully geared and on the bike. This process is outlined on several youtube videos for street bikes. It makes a difference - and sag will affect the steering geometry as well as possibly affecting rear shock action due to the placement (depth) of stroke - a too-hard spring will not let the shock work fully and too soft will have it working too far into the stroke. If the spring rate is not correct for your weight, the sag measurement will indicate that also, by being out of the normal range -
 
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