Content tagged with suspension
Fork oil doesn't just get old, it shears thinner under normal riding, and the shims that shape your damping curve fatigue right along with it. Neither shows up until you already blamed something else.
How to measure and set static and rider sag on a motorcycle, and why a stock suspension that "feels harsh" is often just set up wrong for your weight, not actually bad.
The wheel swap gets all the attention in a supermoto conversion. The suspension mismatch that actually makes the bike feel vague on pavement is a damping-character problem, not a spring-rate problem.