ZX9R E1 default suspension settings?

Anyone know what they are?

IHJFGI and found Bears reference to the PB article, but not the article
itself.

Found a few default settings, but for the Bs or Cs or unspecified model.

Also has anyone got that PB setup guide? A photocopy/scan would be much
appreciated.

 

Two secs. I'll have a look. Do you want a PDF workshop manual. I should
have one somewhere. Probably C1 though.

 

Lifted from Dr Molly's site:

http://www.sportsbike.org/suspension/pictures/sus1w.htm

HTH, I have the setup we used for Elly's bike here too if required.

 

And in hot pursuit of the Bad Form award:

The book says (stock settings):

Front preload 13mm from top of adjuster/5 lines showing
Front rebound (fork top) 10 clicks out
Front compression (by spindle) 10 clicks out

Rear rebound (by shock linkage) 10 clicks out
Rear compression (by brake reservoir) 10 clicks out

Set the static sag first.

On Elly's bike we ended up with 4/4/6/6/10
A fast road setting is 4/4/4/3/10 with a bit more rear preload.

Have fun ;-)

 

Bad form and all that, but I appear to have deleted it all. DOH.

 

Check your static sag before you use the settings on my site.

 

eric the brave banged the rocks together and they said :

Doh indeed, no worries, EBay will have one

 

Pip banged the rocks together and they said :

Cheers mate. Having a look at Mollys site I think i'm a bit of a Keith
and then some.

I'll return them to stock, see what its like, and then probably adjust
the front rebound/compression for my svelt figure.

 

Molly banged the rocks together and they said :

Will do.

On your site there are stock and PB settings for the E1/C2, and only
Keith settings for the C1/C2, correct?

Just want to be certain cause I know some browsers make a right cock up
of tables, shifting things round to where they shouldn't be.

One thing of note is that I will be replacing the 190 rear with a 180
profile when the time comes, as I know doing that on old E1 vastly
improved the turn in. (but its the same physical height so should make
no difference to ride height)

 

Pip banged the rocks together and they said :

Hmm, those are different to the default settings on Mollys site.

 

The owners manual for my bike disagrees too. It says :-
Front spring preload adjuster 13mm from top of adjuster.
rebound damping force adjuster 8th click from fully turned in.
compression damping force adjuster 8th click from fully turned in.

Rear - rebound 8th click from fully turned in - compression 10th click
from fully turned in.

If you still need a scan of the PB article I can do you one.

 

Found it. Only for c1-c2 though.

http://zapik.com/tmp/zx-9r-98-99x.zip

 

It's not, you know.. it's slightly bigger.

190/50 sidewall height = 50% of 190mm = 95mm

180/55 sidewall height = 55% of 180mm = 99mm

So the bike on 180/55's rides 4mm higher at the rear, which sharpens the
steering angle, improving turn in..

 

Do you, Molly and Elly all weigh the same then?

I suspect you'll all need very different settings.

 

eric the brave banged the rocks together and they said :

Superb. You da man.

 

ginge banged the rocks together and they said :

Saving me playing around shimming the rear.

Nice!

 

ginge banged the rocks together and they said :

Well of course, but its always a good idea to set the bike back to
factory settings and then adjust from there.

It also helps me make more accurate guesstimates as I can mentally plot
a "body weight to settings" graph and extrapolate it to my weight. And
then find out I should set everything to negative clicks.

It also helps because I can find out that the previous owner had the
front rebound set two clicks different on one side.

Du with a side helping of 'oh.

 

All depends on if you are running a 5.5" or 6" rim. 180's are supposed
to go on 5.5" rim. The ST runs a 180 on the 6" rim from factory though.

 

Alan banged the rocks together and they said :

If you can that'd be great Alan.

Email address I use to post here is valid.

Cheers!

 

IIRC they changed the tyre on the E1, but kept the same geometry, which
slowed things down a bit and spoilt the bike. Most people in the know
just changed back to the original set-up.

Probably one of the reasons why they've gone up to a 190/55 on the new
10R actually, to get back to the older turn in characteristics but keep
a wider contact patch. But, erm, Wibble-flip-dibble-doo.. as they say.