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Quick question, had the misses on the back of my CBR600 and the back end is quite low. I know I will have to adjust the rear shock so do I wind the collar out to lengthen the spring or wind it in to make it shorter. I am of the opinion I wind it out but suspension is witchcraft to me.

Cheers in advance

Dave.

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just had a quick google and suggests taking as far one way then count back number of turns the other then go halfway back and start from there :shock: might need a bit of trial and error :lol:

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Normally you would just adjust the damping up, there's normally a screw and that adjust the damping,

And not the spring!!! I would find the damping screw and put a turn on that towards heavy 😀, making a note of how much you turn it, so you can turn back for solo use.

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Wind it out the aim is to have the bike level when loaded, you may need to increase tyre pressure too by a couple of psi :thumb:

 

No you don't , you wind it in to increase spring preload . I honestly would have thought that was obvious .

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Wind it out the aim is to have the bike level when loaded, you may need to increase tyre pressure too by a couple of psi :thumb:

 

No you don't , you wind it in to increase spring preload . I honestly would have thought that was obvious .

 

So I wind the spring in ?

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Wind it out the aim is to have the bike level when loaded, you may need to increase tyre pressure too by a couple of psi :thumb:

 

No you don't , you wind it in to increase spring preload . I honestly would have thought that was obvious .

 

So I wind the spring in ?

 

Compress the spring .

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Wind it out the aim is to have the bike level when loaded, you may need to increase tyre pressure too by a couple of psi :thumb:

 

No you don't , you wind it in to increase spring preload . I honestly would have thought that was obvious .

 

Stand corrected :salute:

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Wind it out the aim is to have the bike level when loaded, you may need to increase tyre pressure too by a couple of psi :thumb:

 

No you don't , you wind it in to increase spring preload . I honestly would have thought that was obvious .

 

Stand corrected :salute:

 

A pleasure to be of assistance .

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I don't know why they even put pillion seats and pegs on mid range sports bikes . It's just not what they are designed to do .

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