Your correct.
The front takes a lot of preload to get it matched up close to the rear. If the front is a lot lower in ride height, I found the rear measures less as the front comes up.

 

Thanks Budro I will try raising the front an inch. I must say it sure feels tall.

 

Looking back at my notes, after 3 adjustments my total preload settings for my bandits on my ‘22 RMAX4 were…

Rear preload - “no end play” plus 5 turns
Front preload - “no end play” plus 27 turns

These settings made the front barely higher than the rear but got rid of the nose dive when braking.

 

Sid, did this raise your machine and if so how much?

 

Yes. My machine was and still is higher than it was with the sagged out factory tenders. It’s kind of hard to tell exactly how much it changed because the suspension wasn’t setup very good from the factory, with front lower than rear, and the tenders were already collapsed completely at less than 500 miles when I noticed it. My clearance at the skid when I decided to install the bandits changed quite a bit, but it was all for the better in my opinion.

On worn out tenders (bed empty, no pack outs or cooler)
Front - 12 1/2”
Rear - 13 1/4”

On Bandits after settling (standard load of pack outs in the bed, cooler between the rear seats, after 2 days of riding)
Front - 15 3/4”
Rear - 15 5/8”