Stock shock settings?

[hondaex03]

I have stock shocks on my '03 400ex. I was wondering how do you know what setting the rear shock should be at? What does rebound, compression and pre load mean? And when should i make changes to it?

[JDiablo]

i never new stock shocks had all the compression and all the other goodies....:confused: lol:rolleyes:

[k2-dawg]

Do a search. There are tons of threads discussing shocks and setups.