It's been said that alignment is not important with dirt bikes because they are never pointed where you're going. Recently The owner of G.M.D. Computrack Boston bought a used dirt bike. The KTM had better suspension than the YZ 426, his last off-road bike, and turned much better. But when ever there were braking bumps or whoops, the bike would swap uncontrollably, Every one said this was because the suspension was too soft, so he decided to investigate. After measuring the chassis a very large twist was identified in the frame and an even bigger twist in the swing arm.

The chassis was then aligned and reassembled with same setting as before. Guess what. The so called experts were right, the suspension was too soft, but now the bike would track straight through all the whoops, railroad beds, braking bumps and even turned quicker and more predictably. He did change to stiffer springs and incidentally the harshness in the fork was found to be from shattered shims in both the compression and rebound circuits of both forks. So the alignment allowed the optimum suspension settings to be used with out compromise. Until the chassis was properly aligned those setting could never be found. If all you need is a subframe straightened we can do that too, but you may be missing out on the best your suspension can be. Remember, the more travel you have, the more lateral movement there is through out the stroke, and more critical alignment becomes.

Sag and Spring Rate Settings:

Moto-X and Off Road                                      

Preload 8-10mm

Free Sag 25-35mm

Total Sag- 95-105mm