Setting Suspension Sag for Balance - Chris Birch

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🗓️ 22 August 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Setting your motorcycle suspension sag is crucial for your bike's handling and safety, not just to keep your tires in contact with the ground or to compensate for added weight. Renowned adventure rider Chris Birch highlights the importance of getting this adjustment right. Traditionally, measuring sag has been tedious, often resulting in incorrect settings. However, with a new device that simplifies the process and allows you to do it solo, accurately adjusting your sag for varying loads is now easier than ever, significantly enhancing your ride. Links: Photos and links related to this episode can be found in the show notes on Adventure Rider Radio. Subscribe and never miss an episode: Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode! We release new episodes every Thursday, packed with insights you won’t want to miss. Suggestions: Have a show idea or suggestion, send us an email. We'd love to hear from you! Leave a review: If you loved today’s episode, please take a moment to leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app. Your feedback helps us reach more listeners and improve the show. Follow us on social media: Join our community on Facebook and Instagram. Support us: Please consider supporting us! Your support helps us keep the adventure going and brings you even more great content. Share the podcast: Know someone who would benefit from today’s episode? Share it with them! Spreading the word helps our podcast grow. Join our newsletter: Stay up to date with our latest episodes by signing up for our newsletter at Adventure Rider Radio. Get all the best content delivered straight to your inbox.

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0:00.0	Well if you think that setting your suspension sag is all about keeping your tires in contact with the ground or maybe that it makes up for the extra weight you packed on your bike you're wrong
0:09.4	Because according to Chris Birch renowned adventure adventure bike rider, trainer, pro racer, that adjustment
0:14.9	on your rear shock, that little knob that you turn up when you put some extra weight on,
0:18.3	well that's all about how your bike handles and even your own personal safety. So getting it right is super important
0:25.6	and relevant to how your bike handles on or off road. Now for those who have done
0:30.4	the adjustment and I hope you have you know you got to have a buddy there to help measure
0:34.3	your sag, then you got to make an adjustment, measure again.
0:37.4	It can be a bit of a pain in the butt to say the least, not to mention having this other person
0:41.3	stand around the whole time you're doing it.
0:43.2	In particular, if you don't have a remote adjuster knob, it gets even slower,
0:47.2	you know, the nut that's on the shock that you have to wind up or wind down,
0:50.8	which is probably why it's so often left set incorrectly for our varying loads.
0:57.2	But with a device that I tried out and have completely fallen in love with, setting your motorcycle suspension sag, couldn't be simpler, and it couldn't be more accurate.
1:07.0	Because with this thing, you can do it all by yourself.
1:10.0	And that means the next time you change your load, there's no excuse for not adjusting your sag to match the change and load.
1:17.0	This is a device that's easy to use, extremely accurate, and will change your ride for the better.
1:22.0	All this coming up on today's episode.
1:25.0	I'm Jim Martin, this is Adventure Rider Radio.
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