Trying to set up my stock suspension

[MtnEX]

This thing handles great... this much I know...

But the suspension is HARSH!
It wears me out.

I ride woods/XC... and I get a lot of kicking, and bucking, and twist at the bars.

Cornering it seems like I'm either railing... or blowing it totally pushing wide.

I don't want to say exactly that it's pushing.
I seem to be able to set the front end OK with my forward riding style.
But it does seem to blow out and push through the middle and on exit.
Especially if it's a rough or difficult corner.
In the heat of the moment I might be on the steering stops too... dunno...

Where it's the worst at is corners that cut uphill. I run through several that shoot uphill at or past the middle of the corner, and I shoot out on exit.


I weigh about 200 pounds...
My rear is untouched, still at stock adjustments.
My front is still at stock settings except I have the rebound and dampening set dead in the middle at 10 clicks.

I haven't had a helper available to set my preload/sag yet.
I'm thinking this might be some of it too.

What should I do for the time being for my weight?
About where should I be on clicks for XC woods terrain?

[JParisi48]

i set everything all the way down, then on the front shocks set rebound and compression both 2 clicks up for me( maybe like 4 for u, i weigh 150) and it feels amazing. for the back i just kept same rebound and 2 clicks from zero. try it but, i also came from a peice of junk 300ex so this feels amazing anyway lol
but it soaks up almost everthign in the woods...

[MtnEX]

I thought about starting a click or two off full soft on all the settings and working up.

I thought that might have my rebound way to slow though...





Anyone know how close in the number of clicks that the adjustments have to stay within?

The manual says something about that I think.