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Amazing! He’s a great coach, straight forward and honest. Even though my time with him was short, not one second of the whole hour was wasted. He gauges where you are skill wise and adjusts as needed. Got my list to work on. The videos are great!!! He is truly dedicated to helping riders in this industry.

Miyouko Wu

Thanks for showing me the process of how to learn; having a ‘map’ of how to approach it. I understand it is a process and a dynamic one over time and changing conditions but now feel I have a better understanding of what/how and why each setting should be approached. I like starting with one thing and changing it 25% and then another +25%, making notes and arriving at too much one way or the other and then working back and forth in smaller increments to find the right setting. As my understanding grows and the fear of unknown goes away with experience I am now confident I will soon have a setup that both works and gets the bike geometry with me on it to work in balance. Today’s ride after two days worth of stop/settings change/start/stop was fantastic, best the bike has ever felt.

Scott Peterson

Dave set up my bike the improvement is unbelievable, I’d recommend anyone who rides get it set up by dave.

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Eddie G, Thailand

Hey Dave,

Hello again from Thailand.

As always, I want to thank you for helping me, and the community, set up our bikes.

I have learned so much from your videos and remote tuning. My bike performs so much better now. Every time I think it can not get any better, it does.

Whenever people talk about bikes and handling I assure them that your premium account it the best money spent if you are interested in improving your suspension, knowledge and skills. People have begun to ask me to help them set up their bikes. I always tell them I am a student and do not know everything, but I am happy to share what I have learned. I also suggest they contact you in person, or at least watch your videos.

I got a great deal on a second hand 2017 street triple 765RS. It was a great deal because it had 65,000km (40,389 miles) on it. The first thing I did was change the brake oil and the front fork oil (5w Motul from your recommendation). I knew the rear shock needed to be serviced as well so I contacted Ohlins Thailand. (note: all other maintenance was up to date. oil, filter air cleaner, valve check etc etc).

Our initial remote tune had the bike turning much better, but I knew I needed to get that rear shock serviced. Ohlins suggested service at 40,000km, I was well above that. I had about 70,000km on it when the shock finally gave up, no rebound adjustment left, harsh ride. I had to wait for rebuild parts to come from Europe.

While I waited I took advantage of the time and ordered the correct spring weigh for my gravity challenged body. At 105kg I went with 9.5n front and 110n rear springs from K-Tech. The set up with the correct springs and all new oil and gas in the front and rear really made the bike feel great.

It felt like it did not want to turn in as well as it had before. I was a bit perplexed so I returned to my notes and watched a few more videos to see what I could figure out. I tried every adjustment that I thought would help, and just could not get it. Then it came to me, check the fork height. Turns out the shop had the forks a bit too low. Once they were adjusted to the factory suggested height the bike turned in so much better.

I had it all set up, it was feeling perfect, then I had an unfortunate meeting with a car that had failed to stop at a stop sign. I was able to get it slowed down enough that the bike and I were only slightly damaged.......

So while I was waiting on parts, I again went shopping for suspension upgrades....ha ha ha. I bought a set of Matris valves and shim kit for my forks.

Wow!

The overall ride became much smoother. Now it handles even better! Stopping and turning have a much more fluid feeling. It seems to be much more stable and predictable. I have only been out for two days now so I am still new to it. I will experiment more and see if I can feel any additional benefits.

As I was setting it up the last time it was not feeling quite perfect. I was stumped. I reached out to you to see if you could help. With a basic description, a few tire photos, and a photo of the zip tie on my fork you suggested 3 clicks less preload and 1/2 a turn more rebound. DAMN! from 14,000 km you hit it! (after the fork oil was warm I needed to add a 1/4 turn more rebound, but wow!).

I am grateful for the the continued help. Off to ride more canyons tomorrow.

Thanks.

eddie

Martin Dekker, Remote Tune

Hi Dave,

It's been awhile since I last spoke to you about my bike suspension setup and had made some more adjustments that were so perfect, the bike runs on rails now, I just kept riding it and each time I did I kept wanting to thank you for your expertise.

After our last email I still had damping problems. Still very harsh. So I ended up taking out the emulators to see what preload setting they were on and found they had 4 turns on the preload spring which was factory set when I purchased them. So I backed them off totally so that the adjusting screw on the emulator was only touching the spring and gave it 1 turn. (Thought I'd start from scratch).

I also cut some new spacers as I didn't get the previous ones perfectly square when I cut them down, and made them slightly longer.

Put everything back in the forks, checked oil level and topped it up and left the top preload adjusters at zero.

My static sag is now 25mm and max 1mm less with me on the bike.

The rear factory shocks I changed awhile back to progressive ones with nitrogen damping reservoir no adjustment(I don't know if thats what you call them but). I've set them to 2 full turns which is about 2-3mm preload. (It looks like I'm using just using over 3/4 of my travel on the rear.)

Took the bike for a ride and the damping became a huge improvement. The forks are really absorbing the bumps and the tire is staying on the road and not bouncing. Made a slight 1/4 turn on the top adjusters and the bike feels like it runs on rails now. Cornering is instant, only need to give it a slight counter steer and it dips in to the corner perfectly.

Still having problems with placing a mark or cable tie to check bottom out as the fork shrouds I have are stainless steel whether I spray some chain lube like you mentioned on it, I can't get the shroud up enough to see the marks, but have done some emergency braking and know I'm not bottoming out and since the bike now rides like a dream I'm very happy with it as it is and its an absolute joy to ride (hence I kept forgetting to thank you for your expertise).

So thanks Heaps!!! Dave for your expertise. Anyone that I meet on the road now that complains about their shocks I just say two words "Dave Moss" lol.

Cheers Mate Appreciate it.

Charles Velasquez (Remote Tune)

Dave,

Don't get me wrong I love engineers that are perfectionists. When I am on my bike riding at high speeds I want my bike to be built by the most particular person in the world.

I always sing your praises and try to get people to watch your videos because it's made such a huge difference in my riding enjoyment.

It's much more fun to have you ride properly set up for your build and riding style and have more confidence.

I am confident you are the best person in your field and that I can get information straight from you is priceless (not that I am saying to raise your rates) and it shows you love what you do and actually care about helping others.

Happy New Year Dave!

Cheers!

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