SUSPENSION - SLANG TERMINOLOGY
BOTTOMING - A riding situation whereby all the suspension travel is utilized.
CLICKERS - The knobs or screws that control the LSC & LCR circuits of the forks or shock.
STIFF/SLOW SOFT/FAST - These words are used to describe the damping quality of the forks or shock. With regard to the "Clickers", these words refer to the direction of rotation that you will turn the clickers in order to improve the damping. Turning the clickers clockwise will make the damping stiff/slow. Turning the clickers counter-clockwise will make the damping soft/fast.
FLICKING - The action of putting the bike into a full lean position quickly.
FRONT END DIVING - This is what happens when the front forks compress quickly. It usually occurs when braking for turns.
HANDLING - The quality of response from the chassis of a motorcycle, while riding through a variety of obstacles like turns, jumps, hills, whoops and bumps.
HARSHNESS - A word used to describe the quality of the damping.
HEAD SHAKING - A term that describes the high speed oscillation of the forks when braking for a bend at the end of a fast straight-away. Every motorcycle has a certain frequency band when it oscillates. This frequency can be tuned to a higher vehicle speed with a sacrifice in the bike
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