WR250R / WR250X Suspension Adjustment - How To Write Up Tutorial

assume you have proper spring rates in place

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I like to start in the front and then go to the back.

I reset each adjuster to zero and then click out to the factory(medium) setting for that adjuster (described in the owner's manual).

Then make a one-click adjustment according to how you want it to feel.

Take it for a quick test ride down the road and over a few curbs to test the adjustment out.

Make further adjustments if desired until the suspension is complying to your environment.

Compression damping is on the bottom of the forks hidden by the rubber stopper to keep the dirt out. Rebound damping is on the top center of the forks.

Compression damping is on the kickstand side of the bike located at the top of the shock's remote reservoir. Rebound damping is on the bottom of the rear shock just below the spring.

You can take your bike off the stand now. You will only need a flat-blade screw drive and a small pick to perform the damping adjustments.The below damping adjustments. A stock WR250R/WR250X has spring rates for a 180-210lb rider.will adjust how the bike reacts when you hit an object and the suspension absorbs that hit. Softer will let the suspension travel up more easily. Harder makes the bike more responsive in transitions and makes the turn in sharper, at the cost of instability.You're essentially making a valve smaller or larger in the adjustment unit inside the suspension unit. You want the ride to be responsive yet predictable. Remember spring rate needs to be correct.will adjust how the bike reacts after the compression stroke happens and the spring starts to return to it's natural state. Said another way, this is when the spring pushes back out to it's normal length after being compressed from a hit. Rebound damping will let that happen more slowly or more quickly. Not enough rebound usually feels like a pogo-stick bouncing and can shoot a rider up off the seat after a hit. In extreme cases not enough rebound damping will actually throw a rider off the bike after a large hit. Remember spring rate needs to be correct.; imagine a motocross bike after it lands a big jump or runs through the whoops section. The bike softly bottoms out (compression) and then raises back up very gently(rebounds). You see the tires suck up into the fenders for a moment and they can stay there for a fraction of a second due to proper spring rates and damping rates. The rider will ride off like nothing ever happened and his tires always stay in contact with the ground. The suspension keeps the bike level and planted; only letting the tires ungulate beneath the rider.I don't track my bike so I prefer a softer more supple ride for daily commuting and ADV riding. If you're tracking your bike on the weekends you may want to keep a flat-blade and piece of paper with two sets of settings written down. A few turns and you're good to go!is to make sure you have proper spring rates in place, have preload set correctly, and change one variable(damping setting) at a time. This way you can feel exactly what you did. Each click makes a surprising amount of change on this system so go slow and make small adjustments. I recommend no more than one or two click adjustments.