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Proactive Suspension Adjustments
Once you have the suspension adjusted for decent overall feel, you can make
proactive adjustments when faced with different racing conditions.
Situation
Actions
Sand track
Lower the rear end (increase race sag).
Sand track
Stiffer compression and rebound damping.
Long fast track
Lower the forks in the clamps by 3 mm.
Tight slow track
Raise the forks in the clamps by 3 mm.
Mud track
Lower the bike if the rider has difficulties
touching the ground.
Rear shock
The rear shock on your Cobra is adjustable to your riders weight and riding style
by changing the spring rate (stiffness) of the spring and / or by changing the
damping valves.
Due to the complexities of the shock absorber internals, Cobra recommends that
you either send the shock back to us for damping valve changes or send the
shock to a competent suspension specialist such as PR
2
.
Cobra offers stiffer and softer shock springs depending on the weight of your
rider. See the Parts Shock section or the Optional component section at the
beginning of the manual for these other components.
Front Forks
Cobra offers stiffer and softer fork springs depending on the weight of your rider.
See the Parts Shock section or the Optional component section at the beginning
of the manual for these other components.
The front forks are designed with the damping components in separate fork legs.
The
compression damping
duties are performed in the
right fork leg
and the
rebound damping
duties are performed in the
left fork leg
. This allows easy
adjustment of the damping characteristics by appropriately changing the viscosity
of the fork oil in the fork leg controlling the damping characteristic that needs
changed.
Example: if stiffer compression damping is required, switch from 20 (standard)
weight fork oil to 25 or 30 weight oil in the right leg. If softer rebound damping is
desired, switch from 20 (standard) to 15 or 10 weight fork oil in the left leg.
NOTE:
Fork oil level affects bottoming harshness, and oil viscosity affects valving speed.
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June 2006
Allegan Motorsports - 800-475-5660