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Concep Two9:
How much effect does the rear wheel position in the swingarm have on rear shock performance? I'm thinking my KX250 wheel is too far back and softening the action, to where it's hard find a good setting.

alward25:
What is the shock's history? spring, valving, service.  Is your spring for your weight?  Sag?  If the wheel is all the way back is will affect performance, more leverage.  Wrong spring is frequently the problem. 

Concep Two9:
Thought I might get those questions, so.. PC revalved set up for me, last service was around 6 months ago, with 4-5 rides since. Static sag is in the right range so my spring should be correct. Race sag, 100-103. The problem is I'm having to dial in more compression than I think should be nessesary, to rid the to-soft feel. The wheel IS pretty far back, so considering knocking out a chain link to see if that helps.

Dutch-K5 Fan:
I don't think there's much difference between race sag with wheel up front, and wheel al back.
Can be measured easy without chain to be sure.
For my self have never feld much difference.

Have been reading the Suspension Bible from Race Tech for 3 weeks now, it's real fun.
On the chapter: Troubleshooting it says.

SHOCKS
Feels Loose/ Shock Pumps:

A: not enough low-speed rebound damping
B: not enough high-speed rebound damping
C: not enough low-speed compression damping
D: springrate too soft
E: too little preload

So testing is the only option to find out if it's A,B,....... or E

Hope it helps.

Dutchie

don46:
Wheel position can have some effect the further back will create more leverage, but, I wouldn't think it would be significant. Have you checked your Nitrogen pressure or had it recharged? you will need a bottle ant the right set up to do it properly, if you check it using a gauge you will lose to much pressure and that will make your shock really soft. Nitrogen pressure does help a little bit.  I would think that a couple of clicks of compression would help your cause, if it kicks after compression then I'd add rebound.  some valving makes very little difference till you get almost all the way in or out

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