UNTILL I GET THE ELKA'S COULD SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT SETTINGS I SHOULD HAVE MY SUSPENSION SET AT FOR A 195LB. RIDER WITH MOSTLY TRAIL RIDING AND SOME JUMPING? TODAY I TIGHTENED THE PRELOAD ON BOTH SHOCKS (TIGHTER???COMPRESSING THE SPRING...RIGHT) IT SEEMS TO BOUNCE ME RIGHT OFF THE BIKE (LITERALLY...i WRECKED!!!)WHAT'S WRONG. I'M STILL BOTTOMING OUT. I DON'T UNDER STAND SUSPENSION, I WILL ALSO NEED THIS INFO FOR THE ELKA'S. HELP PLEASE!!!!!!

 

The Elkas will pretty much come setup for you. You might need to fine tune them.

You need to stiffen up your rebound setting. It is the screw located at the bottom of the rear shock.

/NotuRaptor

 

I loosened up my stock shock a lot as far as spring tension. Then I slowed down the rebound. I have the compression in 4 clicks. I weigh right around 210 and have had great luck with this set up. It is bucking you off the bike because it is too stiff with too fast rebound.

 

Is the rebound the "ramp style" adjustment at the bottom of the front shock, and the threaded part of the top of the rear shock? If so I already have these cranked down on stiffer setting. Need more info!!!

 

You can't adjust the compression or the rebound on the stock front shocks. The only adjustment is for the preload using the "ramp" adjustment you mentioned. When I was running the stockers up front, I put my preload on the stiffest setting. Truthfully it doesn't matter that much where you put it in terms of preventing the shocks from bottoming.

As far as the rear goes, you adjusted the preload if you cranked down the threaded part at the top of the shock. Now that you increased the preload, you need to increase the rebound. You now have more force trying to return the shock to its stationary length. Look for a small screw located near the bottom of the shock when viewing it from the rear of the quad. You need to turn this about a half turn clockwise and retest. As you turn the screw clockwise, it slows down the rate at which your shock can return to its stationary position after being compressed.

Sounds like your shock is returning too quickly right now and bucking you off. An improper rebound can also cause you to endo off a jump because the rear shock compresses when you hit a jump. Then right before you go off the jump, the spring uncompresses due to the lack of ample rebound and sends the backend flying higher than the front end.

/NotuRaptor