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Sapper:
The positioning of the rear wheel fore or aft isn't going to have any effect when only moving less than an inch. Granted the front wheel placement has an effect due to it being the lead wheel. The rear wheel trails.

I'd say it's either in your track conditions and the suspension isn't set up for it or your adjustments aren't right. Since you said it was built for you, I'd set the clickers in the middle and start from there.

I have all the settings written down for my sons bikes, for the tracks we frequent based on track conditions. Muddy, hard pack, loamy, etc. Even fork height settings. I don't make an absolute science every race like the pros do, these are just things I did along the way and wrote them down and it helps.

Concep Two9:
Thanks for the input!, I also had a couple tuners offer some thoughts, here's what they had to say;


Actually the position has a lot more to do with sag numbers than actual suspension action / although the engineers here will dispute that /  its just what you feel as a rider You will be able to feel how it wants to 'turn in ' longer - slower / shorter - quicker - the latest bike to really feel the effects of the rear wheel is the 10-13 yz450f . If you moved it from the front of the slot to the rear , then that huge change would probably need a little compression tuning as well .Small changes / like adjusting the chain , you wont feel anything



For the most part, damping is a velocity (shock compressive/rebound speed) sensitive feature - force relative to speed.  Moving the wheel around within its limits won't change the shock speed much so it won't have much of an effect on the damping.  Spring rate is a position sensitive feature - force relative to position, and moving the wheel back gives more leverage on the linkage so you will end up with slightly softer suspension.  If you move your wheel around, just re-set your sag and you should be fine.  There shouldn't be much of any change to damping. 

ewilly:
I am always looking for suspension tricks to avoid paying $$$

THX

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