Most riders spend thousands of dollars on aftermarket exhausts and engine tuners, but the cheapest and most effective way to go faster is actually free: documenting your suspension settings. A motorcycle that is perfectly sprung and damped for your weight and riding style will always outperform a more powerful bike that is fighting its own chassis.

The Philosophy: The Precision Mechanic

Motorcycle setup is a game of incremental adjustments and rigorous documentation. The "Motorcycle Setup Info" template is designed for the rider who understands that "handling" isn't a fixed attribute of the bike, but a variable that changes with track temperature, tire wear, and rider confidence. It moves your tuning from "trial and error" to a repeatable scientific process.

The Blueprint: Chassis Architecture

The structure of this log is built around the three pillars of motorcycle dynamics: contact, damping, and geometry.

  • The Contact Patch: The Tire Pressures field is your most frequent entry. Even a 2 PSI difference can be the difference between a confidence-inspiring corner entry and a vague, sliding front end.
  • Suspension Synchronization: Dedicated sections for Front Forks and Rear Shock allow you to track preload, compression, and rebound clicks separately. The Front Suspension notes and Rear Suspension Notes are vital for documenting how the bike reacted to specific changes—for example, "increased rebound to stop pogo-ing on corner exit."
  • Geometric Variables: Fields for Chassis Setup and Gearing track the physical configuration of the bike. Whether you’ve dropped the forks in the triples to sharpen steering or changed the rear sprocket for a shorter track, you have a permanent record of the configuration.

Usage Scenarios: The Track Day Pivot

You’re at a track you haven't visited in a year. The air is 15 degrees cooler than last time. Instead of starting from scratch, you open Memento and find your entry from the previous visit. you see your Odometer Setup Values and the Gearing you used. You make a small adjustment to your Tire Pressures based on the lower temperature, but keep your Suspension Setup the same. Within two laps, you are within a second of your personal best, because your baseline data was already established.

Power Feature: Notes for Subjective Feel

Engineering data is only half the story. The Notes field is where you capture the "subjective feel"—the feedback from the handlebars that sensors might miss. Documenting that the bike felt "nervous under hard braking" or "ran wide at the apex" allows you to look back at your Chassis Setup and make the specific mechanical change required to solve that physical problem.