Modern Vespa

I've been trying to figure out how to best set up my new shocks that are multi adjustable for compression, dampening and rebound, but haven't really found much online.

I finally found some info in a BGM shock manual that was in German. I used google translate to translate the pages on setting up the shocks and adjusting. This should be enough to apply the same principles to my SIP shocks. Plus there is a little blurb about adjusting shocks in a SIP document I found.

Both documents attached below.

If anyone else has some tips for adjusting these types of shocks, please share!

Adjusting 3 Point Shocks for Vespa.pdf
Description:	BGM translation	Download
Filename:	Adjusting 3 Point Shocks for Vespa.pdf
Filesize:	317.76 KB

SIP Shock setup.pdf
Description:	SIP explanation	Download
Filename:	SIP Shock setup.pdf
Filesize:	4.26 MB

I want to make sure I understand where the correct settings are on specifically my SIP shocks. So i've attached photos pointing out what I believe each adjustment is. Let me know if I've got these wrong.


Spring Preload

Compression Damping

Rebound Damping

Love this post - though I am too lazy to read and understand all of it.
Hopefully someone will boil it down a bit.
🙂

At least now I know which one is compression and which one is return!
Thanks!

The only one I know you have correct is spring preload. the rest is mystery, I don't have them fancy shocks like you big city folks.

Thanks for this thread swiss1939.

SIP just uploaded a great series of videos on this topic.

https://youtu.be/KrA_TTTHvqo

https://youtu.be/DSYbFiJ-A88

https://youtu.be/YKYowWTu_Q4