Paul Aschmann Fast A level rider

Firstly, what I didn't enjoy about the stock CRF suspension were the forks in particular, they were relatively stiff  in the initial stroke, the bottoming resistance felt good (probably due to initial stiffness) but overall it felt as though it was setup for a very wide open sweeping pasture. :) I struggled to turn the bike without raising the forks 15mm above the top clamps which in turn sacrificed stability. The shock on CRF was good, it had a nice progressive feel through the stroke and I felt like it was a good match to my weight and ability.

Once the work had been completed I was itching to see what difference it had made, on the first ride the forks were considerably plusher than the stock suspension throughout the stroke and actually tended to bottom a little bit too easily with a nasty metal on metal clank. After some tinkering with the oil level height (added an additional 10mm) it made a substantial difference. The oil level height gave the fork additional bottoming resistance but seemed to sacrifice a little bit of plushness in the mid stroke. Once we had the oil level height sorted out we started to get the rebound and compression settings figured out. We slowed down the rebound and compression and the forks had a great feel to them. Since the shock felt pretty good from the get go, a few rebound changes slowed it down sightly which gave it a more responsive feel.

At the end of our test/setup session I felt it gave the bike a more nimble feeling with the ability to turn easier. Under hard breaking the front and rear suspension felt controlled and didn't step out of line.

Once we had the rebound issues worked out of the rear shock the bike felt stable and smooth over jumps. The bike sat through small choppy sections on our test track and maintained traction which was a good improvement over the stock setup.

Overall I was happy with the Race Tech valving and Diamond-like Coating from Extremeion

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