How does a motorcycle's rear suspension work? | Home Schooling Lesson 7

Welcome to Bennetts BikeSocial's #Motorcycle #Homeschool in association with Honda Engine Room.
This is a series of short, entertaining and easy to understand explanation of a motorbike, it’s components and how both outside influences and rider adjustments can affect the balance, control, grip and stability of the bike.

#Lesson 7: How to set up a motorcycle's rear suspension and understand what it does


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[derekbond]

Every motorcyclist should watch basic tutorials like this to understand the simple goings on underneath you. Well explained Adam.

[robholloway]

Great content Adam and made a lot of sence thank you 😀😎

[joeldude]

Thank you...confirms my research....simple and easy to understand...thank you. After getting Ohlins upgrade my riding camera is more stable and the bike is way more stable and planted on the road...all becasue of the simple facts you havce stated...it's so easy to nderstand when it is explained clearly and simply, thank you sir.

[nealeburgess]

Good stuff. Still waiting for the chocolate cake though!

[Lostoldman]

Hi, after repositioning my bump stops all the way down for testing purposes should my motorcycle ever hit the bump stop to the top on rear shocks under normal riding? As they do should I turn preload up 1 step at a time until this doesn’t happen? Thanks.

[jamie]

so tell me in general the swing arm pivot point is fixed or does it move when tire and rear shock is moving??
i am replacing a single rear shock with a new one thats shorter in length so trying to figure out what part of the bike has to move to mak my install possible?
thanks

[carboxysome]

I don't understand how does the chain remains tight during arm swinging up and down, unless the center of arm rotation is the same as center of the chainring that drives the chain, which in most if not all motorcycles, it isn't. This information seems impossible to obtain on the internet??? I've seen center of arm rotation put just behind the chainring, but wouldn't that mean when the arm goes up, the upper part of the chain would loosen up a bit, reducing the load on the engine, and when going down the load would suddenly increase, how can this sudden change be good for the engine? I want to build a DIY motorcycle or rather a motorized bike but I want it to have rear suspension and I can't wrap my head around how should I do it so that the operation of the bike is safe during intense suspension arm swinging.

[AnthonyJohnston]

What would happen if you flipped the rear suspension upside down? I tried to do that on my electric bike which only has adjustable springs and not dampening or rebound. But in doing so it seems to rebound much faster when going over bumps. Any help would be appreciated

[GeordiLaForgery]

Good stuff. The previous owner of my cb500x changed the linkage to lower the seat height, it's a bit more like a cruiser position now I guess, never experienced the stock one.

[vndyofficial]

Great video, basically explained nothing

[____________________________.x]

"motorbikes have springs" - sigh, I'm still looking for anyone to describe how linkages are progressive

[electrotechusa]

Sorry. Didn't get what I needed from this. With a title like this, I was expecting an introduction to... geometry in suspension. Not types of suspension. This video is not titled well IMO.