ARE YOU SITTING COMFORTABLY?

Here’s a tip for all you DIYers looking to beef up your suspension with a new Fancy Dan multi-adjustable rear shock: all the damping adjustments in the world won’t matter a whit if your spring rate isn’t in the right ballpark.

I learned this the hard way. I recently splurged big time on a shock for my woefully underdamped V-Strom 1000. The shock is top of the line and features 22-way adjustment for high- and low-speed compressions damping and the same number