rear shock change

Originally Posted by newts924

Am i right in thinking that a gsxr 1000 k4 would be suitable for me on my K6.

I don't want the height to change that much as i am a short ****, but i am a little fat short **** weighing around 14 stone.

Also would this fit without any cutting of the battery box???

I have read through all the posts in this thread and i am still none the wiser As you can tell i am not technically minded

PS. Front end is standard at the moment

Thanks

i have the k3 gsxr1000 shock on my k3 and you still have to cut the battery box i also belive because the k3 has a higer ass than your k6 you will need to to cut more out of the box or even remove somthing (i think thats what i read)

any way its a simple job but you do need the right tool and parts

tools needed/equipment (what i used)

• stand that lifts the rear wheel EG abba stand you cannot use a rear paddock stand
• brake bar to get rear wheel/shock bolts and dogbone bolts undone
• sockets
• torque wrench
• small stanley knife or saw blade to cut the battery box

you will need to greace the linkages as suzuki dont know what greace is lol, also use thread lock on all the bolts (blue stuf not red)

parts

• Shock
• order 1 x 09103-10143 BOLT 1 x 08319-31107 NUT from suzuki for the bottom of the shock

thats about it i think, apart from remember to ziptie the front brake on lol

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

why do people put shocks in that weren't designed for your bike?
Wouldn't it be so much easier to research which companies make SV specific shock, and just wack it in and have done with it?
Much simpler than the mathematics of this that and the other to 'make it fit' then finding you have to change the front end as well because the back end wasn't supposed to be in there in the first place, and no chopping of battery boxes.

My suspension is perfect for me, as it was designed for my bike in the first place.

£50 quid linear springs, £10.99 20W oil and £35 for a 4K miles ZX10R rear shock?
Better suspension for less than 100 notes, can't complain...

The SV suspension, coupled with a 17 stone fully kitted up biker and then add amazing Scottish roads, equals a fustrated Sally..
The suspension just isn't built for me, hence I am changing it, maybe I will see an improvement, maybe I won't, but will just sell it on if it doesn't....

I would say the SV suspension is built for a skinny 8 stone, 5ft4" European, not a 6ft 16 stone Scotsman who has a liking for beer and fatty foods

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

Was it really that cost effective to experiment with all that stuff? and no you can't try out my suspension, shes gone on SORN today

Nah, not six stone..ten

Cost effective yes. If I broke the bike for parts tomorrow I'd lose less than I would if I'd fitted hagon F+R or some other "OEM replacement" shock.
Plus, knowledge has no price. And you cannot learn until you try things out.

You miss my point, the stock forks are designed for someone of 6 stone. By changing the springs you change the weight they are designed for.

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

Because a made for purpose shock costs anything from 250 to 500 quid. The lower end of that price range (Hagon, etc) don't have the adjustability either and are not that much better than a brand new one from Suzuki. Yes there's some improvement, but when people do it and find a big improvement, how many miles was on the shock they just replaced? I'm heavy, and don't give the bike an easy life, but my original shock was practically un-rideable after 16000 miles, just fitting a low mileage Suzuki shock was a massive improvement.

£500 and the rest
Penske 8987 which is the all singing all dancing model* with high and low speed compression adjuster is about USD1300

You don't notice suspension getting worse, because it goes slowly. Then it gets past a point where it is actually dangerous.


*For that you get it built for you, your spring rate, valving to match, are you fast road/comfort/race, support. Etc. Etc. And they hold money well, and can be adapted to fit different bikes.
Hagon do not actually ask what weight you are, you just get "a shock" 'cos it's progressive, innit!

[Binky]

Is it just me or does the 08 ZX10 shock not fit the SV.

Just something i've heard though...

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Binky

Is it just me or does the 08 ZX10 shock not fit the SV.

Just something i've heard though...

I think "the shadow" tried it on curvy and it was way soft. Dunno whether that's spring rate or what. Could have been an 09 shock too.

Al just sell it if it doesn't!

WB fitted one to his curvy just now!
Theres a thread going about!

Is it ZX10 shock to length 338mm for 2 gen.?

Originally Posted by koss

Is it ZX10 shock to length 338mm for 2 gen.?

Not sure what you mean by 2 gen
2004 onwards are all 338mm according to CheGuevara's table. Maybe he can confirm his source.

There's a model specification table on here that shows the shock being changed in 2008. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Ninja_ZX-10R

You can tell the difference because the 08 onwards shock has a copper body and a silver spring, earlier shocks have a red spring.

[yorkie_chris]

2gen = pointy i.e 2nd generation.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

2gen = pointy i.e 2nd generation.

Well I realised it meant second generation, but he was taking about a ZX10R shock, which is the same length regardless of which SV you put it in, so I assumed 2nd gen he would have to relate to the ZX10R it came out of, not the SV it was going into, hence the wiki link. As it happens we think 1st, 2nd and 3rd gen ZX10R all have the same length.