In case it matters, I am talking specifically about motorcycle suspensions, although I assume the principles are the same.
Everyone says that when you get serious about track day riding, you first upgrade your suspension. All else comes after.
For the record, I couldn’t find anything online answering my question.
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From the factory they are built to be smooth and handle a variety of riders with a certain amount of “sag”. It won’t be even or perfect for everyone, and a lot of them have adjustable features to set the “rider sag”. It’s not particularly important for street or regular off road riding. But in a race where you push the bike to it’s limits the last thing you want is something like your front wheel lifting because you are too light for the forks, or bottoming out because you are too heavy. You get springs that are built to better handle your specific weight and make fine adjustments on the preload so that when riding you stay evenly within the range of travel offered by your suspension. In other words the oem stuff installed at the factory targets a comfortable ride for as many people as possible, upgrades for track target predictability and stability for you specifically. At least as far as my knowledge goes for motorcycle suspensions.
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