Setting Suspension Sag for Balance - Chris Birch
Chris Birch measures motorcycle suspension sag using a simple tape measure.
Setting your 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.
John Casebeer measures motorcycle suspension sag using the Slacker electronic measuring device that makes it possible for one person to sit on the bike and measure at the same time, turning a two person task into a single person task.
Image: John Casebeer - Slacker
Image: Chris Birch - Say No To Slow
About Chris Birch
Chris Birch is a life-long motorcyclist and has been an off-road riding instructor in New Zealand since 2007. He first started out as a trials rider and moved on to enduro riding in his teens. He’s an eight times national enduro champion in New Zealand, and is New Zealand’s most successful Dakar Rally competitor finishing 27th and 2nd in the rookies class in 2012. He’s now one of KTM’s highest profile Adventure Ambassadors. Chris has a background as a mechanical engineer which gives him a unique perspective on the physics of motorcycle riding and the techniques. He now runs his coaching business full time and spends most of the year travelling around the world running coaching clinics and going to adventure bike events.
Website: Say No To Slow
Image: John Casebeer - Slacker
About John Casebeer
John Casebeer is the owner of Motool, Inc and the inventor of the Slacker digital sag scale.
Website: Slacker