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Springs are stock. Exhausted all other options. Gonna pull the springs and head that route. Thanks for all the feedback. Sean

Thanks for the quick responses. Answering all questions: I use the static method for setting sag. My target sag measurement was 30mm. I thought the damping and rebound wouldn?t effect sag settings, but I backed them off anyway on the Hondas to eliminate it as a possible cause to the problem. Shooting for 30mm on all bikes, I was able to set sag on the Suzuki and Yamaha with no problems. The anomaly in my situation is the two Honda bikes. On both bikes, I ended up with over 45mm of sag on the front ends? which would indicate the need to increase the preload to reach my target sag of 30mm. I increased the preload as far as it could go and ended up with 40mm. Since I couldn?t increase the preload any further, 40mm of sag was as good as I could get. I ran into a similar problem on the rear of both Hondas. Rear sag numbers were in the 15mm range indicating a need to decrease preload. After decreasing rear preload all the way, I ended up with about 20mm of sag. I could never attain 30mm of sag for front or rear on either Honda. It?s as if the range of the preload adjustments were outside the capability of what I needed to reach my target 30mm sag. As I mentioned, both Hondas displayed the exact same anomaly: too soft in front with no more room to tighten and too stiff in back with no room to loosen. I?m certain that the measurements I?m taking are correct and the calculations I?m using are accurate. Thanks again for any possible feedback. Sean

Need help. Unable to set sag on RRs. We have a 900 and a 954RR. When we try to set the sag, the numbers never come out correctly. Over the last couple weeks, I?ve been trying to figure out this problem; I?ve tried online references, contacted dealers and consulted a couple track guys. Nobody has an answer. I?ve only been messing with suspension for a couple years so I?m kinda green, but this shouldn?t be this hard. I got four bikes together to set sag: my gixxer, an R6 and the two RRs mentioned earlier ? all stock. The numbers came out perfectly on my bike and the Yamaha. Going by the numbers (for calculating sag) on the two Hondas, I ended up with maximum preload on front and minimum preload on rear and the numbers were still off. I found it strange that both Hondas reacted the same way. For now, suspension settings are back to stock. Anyone have any ideas? A little background: 1998 900RR and 2003 954RR. Both bikes are stock and in very good condition with stock suspension. Geometry is good for both bikes. Stiction is good for both bikes. Factory suspension settings for a 180lb rider feel way off. Baselines that I?ve acquired from other riders give funky sag numbers. I just don?t get it. I?m relatively certain that I?m using proper procedure for setting sag: backing off damping, taking and calculating the numbers. I did after all, have no problems with the numbers on the non-Honda bikes. Additionally, had the numbers been wrong for only one bike, I?d suspect there were something weird with the bike. This issue although occurs on both bikes and in the exact same way. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Sean