Tiger 1050 Stock Fork Springs & Rebound Control

I had the pleasure of working with a local Tiger1050 rider who wanted better suspension performance so I invited him over to get a few measurements and see what he needed to get the improvements that he was looking for.

After checking sag there is not doubt IMO that a 185lb rider needs some higher rate springs to arrive at the desired sag and reduce brake dive. I did some checking with data acquisition and found that the rebound adjustment clicker is very sensitive to small changes. So when you adjust your Tiger's rebound just a little will make a significant difference. I am posting up a couple of images one with 5/8 turn from full in on the rebound and one with 3/4 turn from full in. The slope going up is the compression and the slope coming back down is the rebound. What I need you to notice is when properly set for street you want the forks to pop back up a bit over static sag and then drop and settle without any pogo effect. For track use you would want the rebound to pop back and settle without overshooting the static sag. This is just a push test (Me pushing down on the bars and letting the back come back up).

This image here is with the rebound screw at 5/8 turn from full seated.


This image here is with the rebound screw at 3/4 turn from full seated. You can see on the overshoot of the static sag that 1/8 of a turn on these forks make a significant difference.