Cobra CX65 - Rear Shock Adjustments

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the fork is forced to move very quickly such as on harsh landings or when
traversing sharp edged bumps.
Rear Shock Adjustments.
Always start with standard settings and make damping changes in no more than
two click increments and only make one change at a time.
Symptom
Action
Rear end feels stiff on small bumps
Softer Low Speed Compression
Damping
Rear end ‘sways’ on straights
Harder Low Speed Compression
Damping
Bike tends to jump ‘rear end high’
Harder High Speed Compression
Bike tends to jump ‘rear end low’
Softer High Speed Compression
Frequent rear end bottoming
Harder Compression Damping
Bottoms after end of continuous bumps
Softer rebound damping
Rear end ‘kicks’ over square edge bumps
1) Harder rebound, 2) Softer Low and
High Speed Compression
Rear end feels stiff under acceleration
bumps.
Softer Rebound and/or Stiffer Low
Speed Compression Damping
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.
Shock preload
Loosen the set screw and turn the spring perch in
full turn increments to get the desired sag settings.
NOTE:
Always leave the spring perch rotated in such
position so that the set screw is easily accessible.