• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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te250 supermoto help

Jacob Redding

Jacob Redding

Husqvarna
C Class
Hi Guys,

Jacob from Melbourne, Australia here.

I have just purchased a 2011 TE250 and started converting it primarily for commuting around the CBD and inner suburbs with brief off road stints when time permits.

I have a few questions in regards to suspension setup.

- Has anyone got any guides on how to set the preload on the front forks? The manual is quite vague and the google webs have not giving me a definitive answer.

- Has anyone got any tips on setting the stock suspension up for more road oriented use?

My background is in racing road bikes, 80cc GP Metrakit, VFR400 & CBR600 so i'm use to quite a stiff bike.

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Hello let me help. I usually shove the forks up .5" or so on enduro bikes to go with SM wheels, this quickens up steering.

Good rule of thumb with dirt bike suspension is to run all the clickers maybe 75-80% of the way in. Tightens up compression but the major problem will be not enough rebound. With it rebounding too quickly on the forks you get slow turn in as the front does not stay "squashed" for the corner and it bounces back up causing instability and loss of front end traction. On my TE511 I can slow the rear down pretty good, but the front has way too much rebound. I just ride around it and deal with the slow turning bike. Proper fix I guess is to mess with the internals. Spring rate will make the rebound also faster so be careful when lowering the bike by cutting ht esprings as that increases spring rate. I run stiffer rear compression than front to help the front sag and rear stay stead. Too quick rear rebound will make the bike "wallow" in turns if its unbalanced with the front.

Ever see a suspension pro bounce your seat and forks then start messing with the clickers? Part of that is matching the rebound F/R.


That is all I have learned in 2 years. Nothing will beat a proper set of offset triple clamps and revalved internals, but on the road I make the dirt stuff work :)
 
Great advice! thank you.
I have the compression clickers turn in the majority of the way but as you described it sounds like i need to slow the rebound down. It's very bouncy at the moment, especially under hard braking.
 
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