A Message to Our Riders

Motorcycle manufacturers ship bikes from the factory with the understanding that any size or types of rider may end up on them, not to mention that their components must be easily mass manufactured and assembled within a certain price point. The bike could end up almost anywhere around the globe on almost any kind of terrain.

It might be raced, commuted, or just end up collecting dust in the back of someone’s garage. The rider may be 140lbs, 250lbs, or two 160lb people of varied abilities. The factory has to maintain its reputation and safety record by making sure that under any and all circumstances the bike will perform fairly well if not very well. This is a very difficult task and the factories set up suspension in very odd ways to accomplish this. What this means to the end user is that the bike is good, but far from perfect.

Thanks to the quality of modern bikes, it can take very little tuning to transform this compromised suspension system into one that melds rider and machine into a perfect system. Suspension tuning has to follow a scientific process for getting close to an optimum state of tune. Getting the spring rates sorted out is the first step in setting up suspension. Damping follows this and cannot correct problems that originate in spring selection. We take your suspension, address every single aspect about the components inside and out, and turn it into the best suspension that you can buy. We spend more time with our customers to make sure that they get the perfect setup, and we guarantee it! If you ever have a question or problem with your current suspension and are not satisfied, call me directly and I personally guarantee that you will get taken care of.

Thanks for your time;

Mike Sampson
FCR Suspension of West Virginia