I have an AF and could not get the rear suspension to work for me at first, for exactly the reasons you mentioned.
The bike works better more sag, I really like it at 18mm/33% but you need some compression damping to have any support. I have a super deluxe ultimate on mine with lots of spacers and some actual LSC dialled in and it's much better.
I also have an hd5 which has a more straightforward progressive leverage curve and it's far less picky about setup despite being otherwise the same suspension layout.
June 27, 2021, 11:48 p.m. - Kenny
I have an AF and could not get the rear suspension to work for me at first, for exactly the reasons you mentioned. The bike works better more sag, I really like it at 18mm/33% but you need some compression damping to have any support. I have a super deluxe ultimate on mine with lots of spacers and some actual LSC dialled in and it's much better. I also have an hd5 which has a more straightforward progressive leverage curve and it's far less picky about setup despite being otherwise the same suspension layout.