rear shock change

[Taipan]

Originally Posted by Lucas

there is a metal plate on the tank hinge that holds the battery, that'll need cutting off, then the battery tray to allow shock reservoir to fit. the battery is moved up 40-50mm ish, leaving a small gap between it, reservoir and seat underside. the fuse box tray have to go, then just relocat the fuse box where ever fits.

i'll take some pics over the wknd, i'll be a lot clearer

I'd appreciate that, thanks.

[chris8886]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Do you take a pillion a lot?

With ZXR shock if you are riding fast the lack of ground clearance is annoying.

i rarely take a pillion so that doesn't bother me too much and i figure it'll feel better than it does on the rare occasion that i do take one.

when you say fast riding can lead to a lack of ground clearance, is the ground clearance any different to what it is now? as i'm quite happy with how it is currently when i go on track days. i can get my knee down no problem without scraping the footpegs.

[yorkie_chris]

The stock naked pegs p*ssed me right off with the lack of clearance.

I used SRAD 750 shock first, that was good length, about 350mm. But too light in spring, softer than stock. Could be good for you as you're a little lighter than me and as you say rarely have pillion.

ZX6R 05-06 is other one I have experience of, spring rate was better, a little stiffer than stock. But it is about 335mm rather than 337 of stock so it lowers the bike when actually you want to raise it.

wow 23 pages, hot topic, ZX6 shock a lot better than a ZX10, I had a zx10 on my zx6 and swapped it for a zx6 as the zx10 was far too hard.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by SUPERSTARDJ01

wow 23 pages, hot topic, ZX6 shock a lot better than a ZX10, I had a zx10 on my zx6 and swapped it for a zx6 as the zx10 was far too hard.

You can't say anything is better based on that logic. Look at B1 ZX6R, they kick you in the rse every ripple you hit, but shock is actually pretty compliant on the SV, just the linkage of the ZX6 makes it feel harsh.

What year shocks you have/use?

Originally Posted by Sally

Right questions....

Bike: K5 Pointy, half faired, 13K miles.
Me: 100kgs without kit, 6ft.

Just replaced the front springs with .95 or .9 (I forget what the units are, kg/mm??) and replaced the oil with 20W Silikone(brand of oil, I think its spelt like that!).

What rear shock am I looking at? Bike gets ridden fairly hard, coupled with me being heavyish.
I can't use the table until I know what the spring rate I need is... Is it the same as the front? -95 (kg/mm??)

Cheers

Sally.

You are the same weight as me and we are both on pointy's. The Race Tech Spring rate calculator said

03-07 Suzuki SV650S

Type of Riding: Street
Rider Weight (without gear): 100kgs

Recommended Fork Spring Rate for Street: 0.901 kg/mm (use closest available)

Recommended Rear Shock Spring Rate for Street: 8.81 kg/mm (use closest available)

Use closest available - Which is why I bought the ZX10R 09 shock at 9.1 kg/mm because it's within 0.3 of the recommended figure. The only other shock that close was the 03/04 GSXR1000 at 8.6, but given the choice of a 1 year old shock with negligable mileage, or a 6-7 year old shock it, to me anyway, was a no brainer. And the ZX10R shock has more adjustment (not that I'd know what to do with it, but I'll take it to an expert to be set up if I need to).

I should add the caveat that I know nothing, I've just made decisions based up what I have read on here and if it turns out to be no good, I'll fling the shock back on ebay. If this is bad advice I'm giving Sally, somebody please shout up!

I've also upgraded the forks with 0.9 linear K-Tech springs and 15w oil.

I have no idea what I'm going to do with my battery, I don't know if there is space on the pointy to turn it on it's side or if I need to buy a smaller battery, or indeed if it's just not possible to fit that shock (again in which case it'll go back on fleabay).

[yorkie_chris]

Most interesting one I have seen is DavieSV using sachs from an aprilia.

[Binky]

I've got the 05 ZX10 on a K2. Feels spot on, such a massive improvement. Can't compare it to anything other than stock SV but i'd imagine it was quite firm in comparison to others.

No ground clearence issues either, got after market rearsets on though.

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

You are the same weight as me and we are both on pointy's. The Race Tech Spring rate calculator said

03-07 Suzuki SV650S

Type of Riding: Street
Rider Weight (without gear): 100kgs

Recommended Fork Spring Rate for Street: 0.901 kg/mm (use closest available)

Recommended Rear Shock Spring Rate for Street: 8.81 kg/mm (use closest available)

Use closest available - Which is why I bought the ZX10R 09 shock at 9.1 kg/mm because it's within 0.3 of the recommended figure. The only other shock that close was the 03/04 GSXR1000 at 8.6, but given the choice of a 1 year old shock with negligable mileage, or a 6-7 year old shock it, to me anyway, was a no brainer. And the ZX10R shock has more adjustment (not that I'd know what to do with it, but I'll take it to an expert to be set up if I need to).

I should add the caveat that I know nothing, I've just made decisions based up what I have read on here and if it turns out to be no good, I'll fling the shock back on ebay. If this is bad advice I'm giving Sally, somebody please shout up!

I've also upgraded the forks with 0.9 linear K-Tech springs and 15w oil.

Yeah a 09' 10R shock sounds like a good shout!
Any ideas when you're going to try to fit it?
Where did you get the data for the 09' from?
The table only goes up to 08'!

Cheers, Sally.

[yorkie_chris]

racetech might have it