I really like the longer videos like this. Thanks Kris!

Excellent tips! Love the classic rock in the garage advice. I need to get out there and start the maintenance. Almost as fun as riding......

Awesome Video!! Thanks for all the great information!!👍🏻👍🏻

Great tips, love this types of videos keepin rockin!!

Great video and really helpful tips !!! Thank you !!! Να στε καλά μάγκες !!!

I love Kris Keefer.

Thanks so much for taking the time to make this video. I’m going to be putting the 2:1 rule for compression/rebound to use next time I go to the whooped out testing grounds.

This guy is spot on! excellent vid.

Keef-diggity dawg! Thanks for the great content on here and your splendid podcast. Cheers, from Nelson, New Zealand!

Great video!! thank you

I’m 5’10” and run the pro taper Carmichael bend on stock clamps at zero position and it allows perfect riding triangle.

Very helpful video

1) Sag: Make sure you get the right suspension springs for your weight before you mess with sag. That is an issue for heavier guys above like 180lbs. If you are a 220lb guy for example, and set the rear spring sag with the stock springs, the forks will be so low the bike will be un-ride-able. I never noticed that when racing at 180lbs. :) Slacker tool is awesome for a one guy operation. But I set it to zero on the stand, carefully remove it and set the sag, carefully put the bike back on the stand, and it will be reading 1 or 2mm instead of zero. Something moved, (even when I used double sided sticky tape between the magnet and my axle.), but not hard to deal with. 2) Tire pressure. I broke my foot because I did not check air pressure. The pressure was low enough for the rear tire tread to actually twist sideways a bit on the face of a jump, and the rear of my bike followed the tread direction as if I cross rutted. Off balance on the landing, (take off really), and broke my foot. I was only about 3 feet off the ground. Jeff Ward once said that he runs 13psi in each tire, and that is good enough for me. :) 3) Adjust suspension. More on that later. lol 2 for 1 rule? I don't understand the reasoning and you did not explain, so it is probably "tribal knowledge", and it assumes the rebound is in the best spot to start off. This area really needs some explanation from a pro like Bones, because handed down tribal knowledge does not explain anything. 4) bar and lever position. I totally agree about riders rotating their bars forward too much. I think it came from freestyle. But the levers should be pointed down more so you can keep your elbows up for any unexpected hits, (on today;s freeway tracks, you have a point, but still.). James Steward did a show about a crash of Chase Sexton at the last national, and even James missed that Chases elbow as at his side pretty much, when he hit the face of a smaller jump. He would not have crashed if he re-gripped the throttle and kept his elbows up. Withe the levers pointed down about another 5 or 10 degrees, all you have to do is keep your wrist straight, and your elbows will be higher and ready for a hit. The "rider triangle" is the same as the 80's. The seat is just higher,---and the plastic longer. Wheel base, foot peg location and bar location (if set up like you did) are all the same, (with small variances of course). Shifter? I have always had to bend the tip of mine up a bit, because one spline is too high and the other too low. Had to do the same with my modern bike. 5) Maintenance. Your on your own there because there is so much, and different way of doing things that are acceptable for quality maintenance,--but "condensation" is when water vapor turned into water, like on the outside of a cold glass of lemonade on a hot muggy day. It is not called condensation when you force water in places with a pressure washer. We have a terrible education system,---and it shows to the elders.

That slacker thing is amazing!

Gold info brother

Great video, thanks

My wife heard that first tip and was shook. 😂 accurate so accurate

Do you use the bar mounting in fender direction or the closer to the Seattle one on the YZ please?

Ohhh wow ! Changing the oil every 2 to 3 hours of ride time! I've been doing every 3 rides !

Interesting 2 for1 rule. Have to check my notepad for how close am to that on my machines. Seems like a fast way to get a new off stock base then go from there Thanks!

Great video! I'm 5'8" and 150 lbs riding a 2020 CRF450R. Will I need to re-spring the suspension for my weight or is the stock spring rate correct for my weight? Any tips on tweeks for my height/weight on this bike are appreciated.

Great video. Please send me the front tire pressure chart

I am trying a new method next summer for suspension settings. I have the right spring rates, and set the rebound by estimate for now. Then I start riding with my compression on full soft, (all the way out with the screws.). I start off riding slow and softly and pick up the pace until I start bottoming out. Then I go stiffer on the compression about 3 clicks and keep doing that until I am hitting everything, and bottoming a bit only on the biggest hit of the track. Now my springs are perfect and the compression is perfect, and there is only one factor left, the rebound. Simply ride with more and less rebound dampening, and note how it is feeling. It is hard to dial in something that has several factors. If you get the compression and spring factors under control, then the rebound will be much simpler to dial in as the last factor. Make sense to you guys?

"God knows, having your wife out in the garage setting your sag could be a nightmare..." :D :D :D However, believe me: I am a wife, and having my husband to help me to set MY bike's sag isn't a piece of cake either. 😬

hi Keefer, Im 6 foot rider and should i bring my handlebar back in the mounts or front? On yamah 250f 2022

What's the recommended tire pressure for all conditions from hard packed tracks on? I have a kx450f

The twoffer from the Keefer

I love your videos... they help me so much... I'm a noob Rider been riding 4 years I'm 50 years old.... I know you probably won't respond.... I'm having a hard time finding out what the springs and shock are stock on my bike I weigh 145lb... I have a 100% stock YZ 250f 2022 monster energy edition.... Are those the proper springs for my weight??... no one seems to have an answer...I can't find it online thank you if you respond graciously 🙏

When you say 2 for 1. Does that mean if I do 2 clicks hard on compression I go 1 click soft on rebound or does that mean I go 2 clicks hard on compression 1 click hard on rebound?

I actually dont know where I am at on my clickers, what the best way to get back to 0 / the base?

1 ride in Glamis and I'll put 2 hours on my bike........... I've never known anybody to do 4-8 oil changes in 1 Glamis weekend 🤷‍♂️

Everyone says to "set sag" you gotta "set sag" but there is no correct sag number and very few videos explain what sag does and how to tailor sag to your bike and your riding. KAWI for instance does not provide any sag numbers in there manuals, the do a shock spring measurement that no one talks about.

Thank you for the "relationship" advice, here's mine; No girlfriend till you've made your fortune, mean time use protection, hit it and quit it, *OR* pump it and dump it!

Who in the world changes oil every 1 to 2 hours. Why not just replace the bike every couple hours with a new one. Give me a break.

Did you seriously just imply women cant read tape measures?

...why is Mr Keefers child washing his bike for him when he gets home? "I have a kid so he washes my bike when I get home" What?

Mr Keefer "tough talked" his kid three times and dressed down his/'all' wife's/women's intellect once through this instructional video. Are the Chauvinist tough guy vibes and statements about riders own family throughout the video needed and in line with Rocky Mountain values and mission??!! Surprised you posted this Rocky Mountain.