Gsxr 600 k8-k9 rear shock on a pointy?
 

Hi all, Im after some advice/opinions re fitting This shock to my 2007 K6 pointy. I have searched and found a lot of good info but nothing too specific regarding this particular shock on a K6. For reference im 12st kitted up.

It measures 320mm (10mm shorter than standard)
Spring rate #510
Seems I'll only need to do away with the tool box and not cut battery tray etc.

My main concern is how the shorter length will affect the bikes Ride height/handling? Does a 10mm reduction in shock length equate to a 10mm reduction in ride height or is it not that straight forward?

Ive read that raising the rear helps turn in, so would it be worth while fitting shorter dog bones such as these to bring rear back up to somewhere close to standard and compensate for the drop caused by the shorter shock, or will the difference in height/handling be negligable?

I plan on fitting new fork springs & oil in the very near future too, but thought I'd start with the rear.

Any help much appreciated, Thanks.

Re: Gsxr 600 k8-k9 rear shock on a pointy?
 

Ok, After MUCH reading through MANY posts it seems the general opinion is that shorter than stardard shock is not the way to go and that raising it with shorter dog bones is also not good? Can anyone confirm or correct me on this?
Reckon a rethink could be in order, possibly a 06-07 zx10r or can i make the above work?

Cheers

Re: Gsxr 600 k8-k9 rear shock on a pointy?
 

I raised the back of mine by 30mm via dog bones, didn't feel too different so i can't see why you couldn't use them to compensate a shorter shock. Though of course i'm no expert.

Re: Gsxr 600 k8-k9 rear shock on a pointy?
 

did you buy it?.

Re: Gsxr 600 k8-k9 rear shock on a pointy?
 

Zx10r shock. Job Done!

Yeah, no luck locating a zx10r shock but this came up and after checking out the sv rear shock compatibility chart that's floating around on here, all seemed well. Seems a few yanks on svrider have used similar but I'm not sure about it. Fitting should be a doddle but it's the suitability I'm more concerned with. Shorter shock seems like a good idea for a shorter rider like me (5'7") just wondering if I'll upset the balance/geometry of the bike in a big way.

Would if I could find one...

Ooo actually your 5'7" yea it'll be reet!

Lower it a fair bit for you and won't affect the handling a great deal. Get it bolted on, if you hate it flogg it. Chances are its 100000x better than the oem part

I kinda thought that, just dont want to adversely affect handling if I can help it so I'm wondering what I can do to negate effects of slightly lower rear end. Options seem to be either dog bones to compensate (bit crude, granted) or maybe lower front end by a similar amount to the rear by having more front fork showing through the top yoke (10mm or so).

Re: Gsxr 600 k8-k9 rear shock on a pointy?
 

As long as you're happy with it, then it's OK - but 10mm at the shock is more like 30mm at the wheel, which is a big drop, not that the height at the seat is the major difference, what really changes is that the linkage is constantly in a higher part of the rate curve.

A short shock and shorter 'dog bones' to get the height back is less than ideal as even if the seat comes back to the level you'd like it to, the suspension is always higher up it's travel at the linkage, with a suitable spring it might be OK, but it's not really the way go about it for best suspension action.

Which is not to say that many people haven't done exactly that, and seem happy with it - but I couldn't recommend it.