Sorry to ask but...rear shock?

[yorkie_chris]

It is soft but it does work OK. You need to drop subframe down slightly to clear the battery, and remove part of the tank hinge.

Thanks for all the help guys, think I will keep an eye out for a cheap 636 shock as this generally seems to be the most popular and the most straight forward to change.

[yorkie_chris]

Yeah for that you need to chop the battery box a bit, raise the battery a bit, and lose the fusebox tray.

[Mr Speirs]

I also chopped the tank hinge thing when I did my zx10r shock for poos and laughs.

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by Mr Speirs

I also chopped the tank hinge thing when I did my zx10r shock for poos and laughs.

I did not as it was not fouling.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Yeah for that you need to chop the battery box a bit, raise the battery a bit, and lose the fusebox tray.

Yep I did the same...

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by Jamie_SV

Thanks for all the help guys, think I will keep an eye out for a cheap 636 shock as this generally seems to be the most popular and the most straight forward to change.

Don't discount a ZX10-R shock, as Britney correctly stated, they have same spring rate as the 636 and you may get a newer one. I managed to get mine with less than 50 miles in it from a racer who was replacing it with something exotic.

Does anyone have any further info on fitting the ZX6R shock? I've just received a nice low-mileage one and plan on fitting it when I do my forks and brakes. I've searched and searched and it looks like you either cut the battery box and move the battery or move the whole battery tray and undertray back by making new mounting points? Anyone got any pictures?

[dizzyblonde]

Originally Posted by Jamie_SV

After searching through loads of previous threads regarding the rear shock upgrade I have just about got it figured for my bike.... I think!

My bike is a 2001 sv650s, from what i can gather the best option would be an SRAD GSXR 600/750, or Kawasaki 636 shock. As neither of these drop the back end and fit pretty much straight in, with a little modification to the battery box.

Is this the case? and if so what year shock should i be looking at and are there any preferences to the GSXR or 636 shocks.

Cheers.

Originally Posted by Jamie_SV

I weigh 80KG 13st in old money.

I just do weekend blasts the odd bit of touring and was planning on a track day this year, not much with pillion.

Going to fit hagon progs to the front along with SAE15 oil?

Just out of interest......why the fancy non SV one?
so if your fitting Hagon progs, have you thought about matching the rear with a hagon shock?. It worked super for me, transformed one of mine tremendously, even my chap was surprised at the difference.
Its plug n play after all, no need to chop anything, and they work exceptionally well in tandem.

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

just to chuck a spanner in the works...

I put a 2nd hand oem shock on my SV that had done 3k, transformed the bike and I didnt have to mess about worrying about spring rates etc etc, cost me £25....

I got Pete n Lissas first shock under the bed for 25 quid, its only got around 1500 miles on, I thought that it would be worth a go, as the old ones like a pogo now and stressing the front end out on Dave too much, hopefully it will be fitted in next week or two....fingers crossed

[yorkie_chris]

Cost is the big factor against the hagon, it's not that different to standard. Has anybody properly abused one to see if they still boil and get all out of shape?

It's 5x the cost of a used one from another bike.

What we need is for someone to make some SRAD shocks into remote reservoir ones with a harder spring and damping to match.