FasterClass: Motorcycle Street Tire Rebound Wear (TRAILER)

Bad rebound adjustment ruins motorcycle tires faster than any other wear issue, event flat spotting. In this tutorial Dave focuses exclusively on how to read street tire rebound wear. Proper fork and shock rebound adjustment have the single greatest affect on the handling of your motorcycle.

[K-sogx]

Really enjoying this series, the more in depth explanations are helpful, especially on what to look for and how to adjust the suspension to correct it, keep up the good work guys.

[Bikeadelic]

I had a car for almost a decade before i got a bike but even when i was buying 12 year old bmw’s I thought theres no way the shocks will be ok. Sure enough i took them off and they were toast! So I started to tell people when they talked about buying a new car (new for them still second hand) that they should check their shocks if the car was more than 5 years old. They would say “if they wear out it would be in the service manual”. I’d never get anywhere with them but It’s nice to know I am right and not just “fusy” as some of my friends said.
The first bmw i bought i crashed very soon after getting it. I remember feeling like the suspension was just bouncing like it only had springs. When I was repairing it I took the shocks off and they were completely done. I always wondered, had the shocks been good could I have saved it?
Theres also a huge thing about stiff suspension on cars when reality is you almost always need it softer. Especially on uk roads.

Sorry to rant but I’m hoping someone here will care and dave deserves whatever help i can give him with youtube algorithms

[garonimuswallace]

So, between fork/shock oil services, how many times would the settings be adjusted on the average street bike? 1 per 1000 miles? 500?

[karlogrady]

Great vid Dave.

Question. Just went out on my 'go to' road for *cough cough* testing my suspention that im in the middle of fine tuning and noticed when i got back that on BOTH front and rear tyres my trailing tread pattern is higher than the leading tread. What is this ? a rebound issue ?

I in the middle of setting up my new suspention and just noticed it, but yet again ive never know what to look for in tyres before watching all your vids over the last few months. Appreciate the help.

[mikebroon]

If on the sides the tread is flaring up slightly ?

[robzz]

What would it say about rebound if the edge of the chicken strip on the rear tyre is wavy?

[黃紹瑋-ul]

Is the blue line in 2:13 means that area wore more and the rebound is too quick or not ? Thank you.

[chevchelios]

so..if my leading edge has more wear, on my back tyre, how do i adjust the rear shock?....i have triumph speed four with new dunlop mk3s...rear shock is stock...in my last tires i had significantly more wear on the leading edge and i would like these dunlops to wear more evenly