damping control

[edtheguy]

Anybody out there understand how the damping control works?

What does it activate?

Is it mechanical or electronic?

Thanks

 

Ed

[friesman]

the bigger the number the stiffer your ride will be. I understand it to be a mechanical device.

 

The owners manual says to only move it one notch at a time, before taking it for a ride...dont knoe what the reason is for that statement.

[GaryZ]

Anybody out there understand how the damping control works?

What does it activate?

Is it mechanical or electronic?

Thanks

 

Ed

 

A compressed spring will release the stored energy and bounce. The shock is designed to reduce this bounce to keep the suspension movement controlled or "damped". There is fluid in a shock absorber that gets moved from one chamber to another. By limiting how much fluid gets moved, the shock resists and "damps" the spring bounce. A hole between the chambers allows the fluid transfer to happen quickly. A small hole makes the transfer harder and provides more "damping". The knob on the Gen 1 rear shock allows the rider to adjust this hole size. The only way to adjust damping on the front is to change to a different weight fork oil (lower number = less damping).

 

I like to set my springs very soft and adjust the damping to taste. On my VR the front forks are filled with 7awg. On the rear shock I set the damping at "1" and took it for a ride. I then tried "2", "3" and so on. More damping makes the ride stiffer, even with the spring set soft . . . I was happy with the ride when set at "3".

 

[Marcarl]

And here all along I thought mine wasn't working, because when I turned on it nothing got damp, not even me!! I looked for a place to add the damping juice, but could only find the blinker juice reservoir.