RS VECTOR ER Rear suspension KICK! HELP!

[Shane]

Okay, I have had trouble withthe front bogie wheels inthe rear suspension warping and bending. That is hopefully being taken care of by Yamaha. However, the rear suspension KICKS LIKE NO TOMORROW! I weigh 220 without riding gear. I have 160 Mega Bite studs down the center using only double backers and the sled HOOKS UP! However, I NEED to get rid of the riding what feels like a bucking bronco in the bumps. What setting work? I have pulled the limiter straps to the second hole.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Oak Hill]

I weigh 250 dressed. set you rear springs on soft and your anti bottoming springs on soft. This will eliminate the kick altogether. I only bottom once in while and I ride hard.

 

[Nice Rumble]

Pulling your limiter straps to the second hole will only change ski pressure not affect rear suspension. Do what Oak Hill suggests, set your rear settings to full soft, the cam and the rail stoppers.

 

[Shane]

Setting the suspension to soft will cause excessive bottoming no?

 

[Nice Rumble]

Set it according to your weight. Check the manual and suspension guide. I'm light so I go soft. If you're average weight, go medium. If you're heavy, go hard.

 

[Tfin]

Personally I would leave the rear cam that adjusts the torsion springs set to firm. They're suppose to only set ride height due to the riders weight. Maybe try the medium setting.

Then definately move your anti-bottoming stopper to the most forward (softest) position. This way it won't engage the spring until much later in the travel and will significantly redue the kick back your having. Some guys have removed the stopper all together.

If your suspension is set up properly, you should be bottoming out every once in a while....but only on the largest hits. If you're not bottoming out at all, then you're not using the suspensions travel to its fullest.

 

[Oak Hill]

Well said Tifin. That is exactly how my suspension performs at the settings mention above in my post. Try it, you'll like it.

 

[twomorestrokes]

I agree also. I weigh 220 and couldn't stand the kick either. I moved the torsion spring to H and set the bottoming stopper on soft. (forward I believe) It's much better now. Stll rides better than Pro Action even stiffened up.

 

[mrrestless]

Heres another good trail set-up... try removing the anti-bottoming stoppers entirely and bumping up the pre-load. You will have a plush ride, no excessive rebound and shouldn't bottom out any worse unless you decide to really go ditch banging.... the severe kickback is a result of getting into the last 30% travel (happens easy with heavier riders and having the leverage bump up because of the stoppers. It defeats all the shock tension and the speed of rebound is too high for the shock to control in the last part of the stroke. Won't huet to try and takes only a minute to bolt em back on.
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[pro116]

limiter straps

Nice Rumble,Limiter straps do affect the rear they allow weight transfer to your track.If you ever tigten them up a lot you will notice it considerablt stiffins the rear suspension.

 

[kviper]

I have spen't a lof of time trying to get this suspendtion working wright for my size, 6.0' 235. At your size i will gurantee you that you have way to much sit in even at H on the torshion spring seting. You should have 2/3 inch gap in your transfer rod's when siting on the sled with gear on. I will bet you will come up way short. The optional spring's frome Yamaha are not available yet and likley will not be till next year. You can move the wheel's and spring sadel's on the rail back to give the spring more advantage and take the bottom resister's out. There is already a hole there just as though it was put there for this purpose. I took a die grinder to one hole on each wheel inside of the rail to slide the bolt frome the outer wheel and sadel through so you don't have to remove the center wheel's and shaft. After this is done and you have more preload you will need to put 3 or 4 turn's more preload on the front spring in the skid to regain the same amount of transfer that you had before. IT WORK"S. The problem you are having with the stock setting's and your size is when you have this much sit in you are riding in the coupled part of the suspendtion and that makes it stiffer and you are alway's hitting the bottom resister's and then the shock can't handel the rebound. You will ride higher in the softer portion of the suspendtion and it will feel like you have twice the amount of travel and way less bottoming. If you have any other question's feel free to ask. kviper