Please help with Suspension set up 2016 Viper RTX LE

[kanadacat]

We had 9 sleds stolen in St Agaths on Jan 15th by a group of no good scum of the earth lower than squid #*$&@ Quebec thieves, enough about those bastards.

Anyways 4 of us ran out within 3 days and bought 2016 Viper RTX LE at an incredible price from Sport Alary in St Jerome, ask for JF he was throwing these sleds out the door at cost.

I need your combined experience and help with these Fox3 Evo shocks that have 75 settings on each shock...exaggeration of course.

I would like to know for someone that is 200lbs and an aggressive yet responsible trail rider where I should be starting from with the settings to get ourselves dialed in and requiring little to no tweaking.

Any help would be appreciated.

PS: Don't ever park your truck and trailers anywhere near St Agath Quebec as they are the capital of snowmobile thieves, the QPP were really good to deal with but unfortunately like fishing you can only catch one fish at a time and they said we were the 3rd parking lot hit that weekend and last year alone over 175 sleds taken from the Laurentide area. They only hit Ontario and USA as they don't #*$&@ in their own backyard and steal locally.

Our insurance agent is a sled fanatic who lost 3 brand new ones with us and no word of a lie, over 120 thousand dollars taken and we were all paid out within 5 days settled and cheque in hand 2 days later so 7 days from theft to cheque in hand....beat that with your 1800 I cant speak English insurance brokers....if your curious....Co-Operators Insurance in Smiths Falls Ontario

 

[cannondale27]

70main
110evol
13compression
8 rebound

 

[kanadacat]

70main
110evol
13compression
8 rebound

Perfect what about the rear skid?

 

[cannondale27]

Perfect what about the rear skid?

Still working on it. Have you checked FAQ? Adjust rebound first. As fast as possible without kicking. Then adjust compression. Start about 13 click out.

 

[Brad389]

Sorry to hear about your lost. Put your shocks on the shelf and put a good set of elkas on it. Call advanced technologies in Buckhorn. Great guys to deal with and your sled will ride like a dream.

 

[fxnytrortxkid]

Lol not far off on 76 settings. But the ones on that sled have best chance of being acceptable ride quality. Cannondale I'm sure has logged tons of miles An helped lots get these balloon animals they put on front working ok

 

[jeffgilbert]

Still working on it. Have you checked FAQ? Adjust rebound first. As fast as possible without kicking. Then adjust compression. Start about 13 click out.

I assume this is the rear shock you are talking about? What about the front one on the skid?

 

[TD Max]

The clicker adjustable Fox shocks including the Float 3's are fantastic shocks. The key issue is like most every AC shock built the valving is too stiff and as a result the adjusters make far to little difference. I converted my single knobs to DSC's and had Carver revalve them and they are just plain awesome.

For the moment I'd suggest that you use Cannondale's starting point recommendations and in the off season have the shocks serviced and the valving changed to suit your weight and riding style.

 

[weasel33]

X2 what TDMax said. If you take the time to set them up properly ( and get them revalved ) they are some of the best shocks on the market

 

[cannondale27]

I assume this is the rear shock you are talking about? What about the front one on the skid?

Front you want to concentrate on spring Preload. There is a sweet spot and its within half a turn. If you find it and go one half turn further or back it wont be there. This is the majority of control for a light front end feel. Clicker if you bottom just go clockwise with clicker 3 clicks at time till it stops bottoming. My 7 position transfer blocks are in #2. Limiter straps all the way out.