. Generally I find 32psi front and 34psi rear (hot) works well on track days, however for the road I find a few psi under the recommended manufacturers pressures works well, but set these when the tyre are cold. I find never going below 30 and above 40 psi

pressures, but if you've lost this ballpark settings are 42psi in the back, 36 in the front. Drop standard pressures three or four psi for hot trackdays, otherwise leave well alone.Now grab a notebook and a pen to note each change as you go along. Like

Throttle control comes from a properly set-up bike. The rider has to get the bike to handle as he wants it by feel. He needs to know when the bike will start to move around, when the tyre will reach the limit. Throttle control can be learned

Chris Pike is John McGuinness’ chief chassis technician: “Knowing the road you’re going to ride is a good start. If you can’t avoid the bumps and ruts, the best you can do is set your bike up to cope with them. We put progressive, road

to the white lines on a left-hander you could take at 60mph if it’s subject to a 30mph urban speed limit.The key to opening up an unknown road is to get into the ideal position as early as possible. This gives you the chance to settle into that position over

BATTLING BRIT Tom Sykes reckons he’s cracked some part of the Yamaha R1’s set-up before getting serious at Brno this weekend. The Yamaha man, who despite a string of good rides in 2009 has been overshadowed by the phenomenal performances by team

K-TECH will be running an open day at their Derbyshire HQ on the 10th September offering discounted suspension set-up from their specialist technicians.At the set-up day K-Tech will adjust your settings to the optimum performance of your suspension

FAUSTO GRESINI has announced the set-up for the Claiming Rule bike his team will run alongside the RC213V in 2012.The Italian team have hired the services of British frame builders FTR to house a Honda CBR1000RR engine within the prototype chassis

HE TOOK the first two pole positions of the 2008 125cc GP world championship - and now it sounds like Bradley Smith is going to use the same settings as then for his 2009 campaign.The ultra-fast red-head was just 0.1s behind Bancaja Aspar team

mix with other bikers you find new inspiration to try new things. At the moment for me this statement specifically applies to suspension set up. I have discovered that all those little anodized nobs and screws that you find on most bikes suspension can