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Performance and purpose of kit suspension (Differences compared with standard suspension on commercially available machines)<br />
Spring characteristics<br />
Commercially Purpose To increase comfort when riding in urban areas while<br />
available machine<br />
preventing bottoming even with two people on the bike.<br />
specs<br />
Performance/characteristics Combination of springs and bump rubbers.<br />
Problem with circuit Easy to fully extend when braking. (high preload.)<br />
Road-holding property of rear tire is easily lost during braking;<br />
rear tire behavior (hopping, sliding, etc.) easily occurs.<br />
Kit suspension specs Addition of a rebound spring near full extension alleviates the above problem.<br />
Damping force characteristics<br />
Commercially Purpose To maintain comfort when riding in urban areas and improve<br />
available machine<br />
road-holding properties when banking into bends.<br />
specs<br />
Performance/characteristics Limits reaction force to the minimum required damping load.<br />
Problem with circuit Reduces machine stability. (excessive movement when<br />
accelerating, passing over a gap, etc.)<br />
Reduces turning performance (stroke volume is excessive<br />
and the rear of the machine is lower than the front)<br />
Kit suspension specs Limits excessive dipping by increasing the damping force on the compression side.<br />
Others<br />
Kit suspension specs Change in total length Being assembled with a rebound spring, the kit suspension raises<br />
the road-holding property of the rear tire when braking. (The total<br />
length is changed according to the rebound spring setting.)<br />
*Spring load: Depends on the stroke. Damping force: Depends on the stroke speed.<br />
Spring load (N)<br />
Damping load (N)<br />
Commercially available machine<br />
1G<br />
Kit<br />
Stroke (mm)<br />
Commercially<br />
available machine<br />
Kit<br />
Stroke speed (m/s)<br />
R1:293mm (STD:290mm)<br />
R6:287mm (STD:290mm)