CRF300L - Rally Raid suspension - a short test (see description for more info) скачать в хорошем качестве

CRF300L - Rally Raid suspension - a short test (see description for more info)

2024 Honda CRF300L fitted with Rally Raid Products (UK) Level 2 Fork and Shock, plus their RR (adjustable) Lowering Link. Just my short video of the bike on whoops to give some reference of the difference. This is not a review at all. https://www.rallyraidproducts.co.uk I am nothing to do with Rally Rally Products. I paid for and fitted this myself. This is not fully adjustable suspension for racing. It is simple high quality replacement shock and fork internals that suits this bike, especially with the optional remote pre-load adjuster. Having ridden the bike for sometime on the standard suspension with the rear pre-load increased a lot for my weight, I knew I would need a lowering link too. Not due the increase in seat height particularly, but once you set the rider-sag in the usual region of 30% the pitch of the rear is too high for the front geometry I found. Even with evenly matched uprated front and rear springs fitted. The steering rake still becomes a bit too steep and sharpens the steering too much. There is not enough fork tube left to raise the front any further to compensate. It is as if Honda designed the geometry for the rear suspension to actually sit lower than 30% sag in my experience. I use this set-up with the more extreme 44mm lowering link position (including in this footage), but only when unloaded and with some added pre-load to compensate. The steering geometry is nice and relaxed, which suits an easy trail bike. But, BE WARNED in this set-up the rear tyre does occasionally just contact the rear fender and the skid plate could touch down (only when riding like this or harder though). That is even with a smaller diameter than most, rear Michelin Anakee Wild 120/80 18 fitted currently. When I load the bike with any luggage or re-fit a tyre with a higher profile than this, I will be using the higher 22mm position of the lowering link at least, to prevent any contact. Take Rally Raid’s advice on this though. This is just my experience for information. November 2025 updated: For a loaded trip through Wales in September, I adjusted the RR link to the higher 22mm position. The rear spring rate fitted is still 90 (just for the relevance, my inseam is about 32” and I am nearly 90kg or 200lbs). With my luggage this worked fine, with just some preload added to the optional remote adjuster. One spring rate higher may have been ideal if I loaded the bike all the time, but I rarely do. I had also fitted a higher profile tyre again (measured) a Michelin Tracker 100/100 18, the smallest available, and a bit closer to the even smaller (measured) profile of the original 120/80 18 IRC tyre. The Trackers appear to be in MX sizing, so be aware of the actual differences in height/width when trying to compare with only the stated profiles. The lowering link does affect the progressive rising rate of the spring (as highlighted on the RR website). I’m no suspension technician, but; In the 44mm lowered position, with a lot of pre-load added, it feels almost linear in rate with little bottoming resistance at all. In the 22mm position (higher), the effective spring rate definitely feels higher/stiffer, even with reduced pre-load set, and I feel the rising rate is more progressive too with a bit more bottoming resistance. I have read (but not measured it yet), that the difference in link alone also affects the amount of travel, potentially increasing overall travel, particularly in this case in the lowest 44mm position. I will probably stick with the 22mm setting now, only as I do like an occasional jump and it hits the rear tyre in the 44mm setting. I imagine Honda designed the linkage and rising rate to cope with huge differences in rider weights, but this rate does not then really suit modification to a stiffer spring with the new achievable rider-sag and the geometry is then out. I think the change of link is required as a minimum with a change of rear shock (standard length). Perhaps someone can sell us an entirely redesigned linkage to a rate to suit an uprated shock please. Rally Raid? After experiencing my set up so far, I would like to try a CRF300 with the Rally Raid standard length Level 2 internals fitted at the front and the shorter shock of the Level 1 fitted at the rear, but with the standard linkage. I think this set up (with the springs for your weight) could give the best combination of steering geometry, reduced seat height (or at least no higher than standard), with enough support and tyre clearance at the rear. It would then give some adjustment still remaining in the fork clamp height. (A redesigned linkage may still be the better solution though). If you are inexperienced and/or your inseam is much less than perhaps 30”, you may still be looking at reducing the height further than my theoretical set-up above. Perhaps you also need the Level 1 front fork internals too and then still need a lowering link to correct the steering angle again. #crf300l #crfrally #crf250l