Sportrider recomends these settings for your bike. You might also want to check our their suspension tuning guide. Its pretty good. It will explain the basics of suspension setup, but I have found that the easiest way to learn is to do it yourself. Exact setup depends on your wieght (in full gear), the type of riding you do, how aggressive you ride, ect...
I would suggest that you go by Sportriders settings (baseline) for a short while, and as soon as you get accustomed to them go to a road that you ride often, and adjust everything to full soft. Be careful when your suspension is set like this. The tires will not grip well and your suspension will have very little rebound and dampening so mistakes in your riding will be very noticable. Just do this to get an idea of what full soft suspension feels like. After you see what this is like adjust your suspension halfway between full soft and your baseline and ride the road again. This will give you an idea what the difference is when your suspension comes closer to being correctly tuned. I take tools to adjust my suspension all the time when I ride, and I would reccomended that you keep a small notebook to record all that happens i.e. settings, what each change did to feel ect... It's just a matter of tweaking and adjusting until you get a setting that feels comfortable and offers good performance characteristics.
Keep in mind I am not an expert on suspension tuning, but I have read plenty of articles on the subject. I'm just an above average amateur wrench that strives to know every aspect of my bike.
I would suggest that you go by Sportriders settings (baseline) for a short while, and as soon as you get accustomed to them go to a road that you ride often, and adjust everything to full soft. Be careful when your suspension is set like this. The tires will not grip well and your suspension will have very little rebound and dampening so mistakes in your riding will be very noticable. Just do this to get an idea of what full soft suspension feels like. After you see what this is like adjust your suspension halfway between full soft and your baseline and ride the road again. This will give you an idea what the difference is when your suspension comes closer to being correctly tuned. I take tools to adjust my suspension all the time when I ride, and I would reccomended that you keep a small notebook to record all that happens i.e. settings, what each change did to feel ect... It's just a matter of tweaking and adjusting until you get a setting that feels comfortable and offers good performance characteristics.
Keep in mind I am not an expert on suspension tuning, but I have read plenty of articles on the subject. I'm just an above average amateur wrench that strives to know every aspect of my bike.
