So I've been messing with the triple clamp and axle offsets on my moto a lot lately. 2mm fore or aft can have a HUGE effect on the way the front end oversteers or understeers, wants to take high lines/low lines, outside lines/inside lines, and steering input required.
The total amount of offset on a moto axle lug and triple clamp is a bit more than that on a DH bike...I think. So it stands to reason that an even smaller amount of offset change would produce drastic results on a DH front end.
I've noticed the understeer issue on a lot of modern bikes with slacker head angles. Lots of pushing in corners, and a necessary large weight shift to the front end to get it to knife in.
Just out of curiosity, is there any data available for crown offsets and overall offsets for all the major DH forks? 40's, 888's, Boxxers, Dorados, BOS, whatever else. Would be interesting to see what variation there is between each model. Perhaps there is a more ideal offset to match every head angle?
The total amount of offset on a moto axle lug and triple clamp is a bit more than that on a DH bike...I think. So it stands to reason that an even smaller amount of offset change would produce drastic results on a DH front end.
I've noticed the understeer issue on a lot of modern bikes with slacker head angles. Lots of pushing in corners, and a necessary large weight shift to the front end to get it to knife in.
Just out of curiosity, is there any data available for crown offsets and overall offsets for all the major DH forks? 40's, 888's, Boxxers, Dorados, BOS, whatever else. Would be interesting to see what variation there is between each model. Perhaps there is a more ideal offset to match every head angle?