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Does your bike do this?

oh yeah, if i sat with my weight on the seat, i'd be bouncing all over. i use my legs partially as shock absorbers which works well, but doesn't completely reduce the bounce.
 
The bucking this really really sucks. There is a strech on 101 close to LA that is horrible (i rode down there to visit a friend at UCLA), any way I was only going 65 in the fast lane but I got a headace and it felt like I was gonna puke. Never riding there on 101. :barf
 
Hey Johnny I had the same problem in bumpy roads, than I got a steering damper, and the problem was still there, and one day it was gone.

Try the following technic: when you lean over on bumpy surface throw your inside shoulder closer to the ground in a more agressive position, move your butt just a little off the seat (just a little, not dragging knees around) AND don't grip the bars. Just keep your hands on them, don't grip them.

You'll notice the bike alot more stable and you'll actually feel the susp working.

Let us know how it went.
 
MR. WOMO: go get your suspension setup best you can. that means matched spring rate for your weight, riding style, race sag, fiddle with the knobs, fresh fluid, etc. even then you may not like the suspension and that's a limitation of the equipment as designed into it but it will be performing the best it can. and this is why it won't react the same given all kinds of variables too - single square edged hits, rough washboard, high speed, low speed - there's only so much the suspension can do the way it's designed. that's why such a huge aftermarket with valve emulators and stack tuners and such exists. the manufacturers can only put on so much trick stuff given a price point. sometimes you don't get much to begin with! (looks at my current bike with no adjustments whatsoever except rear preload :( ).

there was a section of 280 that drove me nuts or more accurately my old kawi nuts - the rear suspension was basically a pogo stick and was doing a patty cake on my ass. after a basic setup at a suspension clinic it was much better, especially the front end! but not perfect in the rear - the stock shock just sucked.

then I bought a RSVR. and holy shit - the suspension components on that bike just put everything I had ever been on to shame. it sailed over just about anything it was freaky. stiff but somehow compliant and controlled. razor sharp handling, whoa! again, got the basic dial in at a suspension clinic - Gary J. rocks :thumbup that bike cost plenty bucks for such a suspension (and wheels and all that other good stuff) but you are getting what you pay for in Ohlins components. I'm lucky to have had that bike it was an eye-opener to the world of moto exotica and top shelf components.
 
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