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At least I have an excuse now for slower riding - Im still on the standard stuff! :D ;)

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LOL....i've rustled a few feathers....a nice example of the napoleon complex. :)

I guess its also no coincidence that you two, seem to be the biggest 'mod'ers'.

Each to their own i guess and what you do with your hard earned is up to you, but IMO its madness to spend serious wonga on a budget bike. When i had my SV i totted up the cost of making the changes i wanted and i laughed.

I guess im still not going full out on my R6. I have R&G's,yoshi carbon trc,tail tidy,db screen and a few others things. I considered a full system, but it didnt seem worth it. I'll get one when i get a litre bike somewhere down the line.

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Just seen one on Ebay 120 miles on it £69.00 I think, I weigh approx 12st 6 lbs, be about 78 kgs, so thinking of going for that shock or similar and upratings springs and oil in the front, let,s face it anyone who saw me on the N Wales rideout will know Im not the quickest rider around so dont need it to be too cutting edge, but the standard shocks got 27,000 on it so I may as well replace it with an upgrade

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No co-incidence that the person who thinks modding a budget bike is madness is after a litre bike.

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Hagon rear shock set up for your weight. About £220 IIRC

New uprated springs and thicker oil. £110.

Wouldn't bother with the fork top adjusters. -£46 :D

Money left over for a stubby.;)

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I'm not after a litre bike any time soon. I've only had the 600 for a few months! I'm not against modding a cheaper bike like the SV. If you can do it cheaply etc. But putting expensive parts(especially on a curvy) seems a bit much to me.

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It is actually... The rest of my mods are just daftness, I do them because I like doing them, it's an end in itself not a means to an end.

But, a while back I was thinking of getting a second cheap SV purely as a commuter and the very first thing I would have done is fire on an SRAD front end and a 636 shock... To me it's a bit of a waste of money to spend £2000 on a bike that doesn't work half as well as it could if you spent just a little more. It's a bit like buying a GSXR1000 and fitting michelin macadams because they last longer, and subsequently having to ride the GSXR at half its potential- I consider both a false economy. Or alternatively, buying a blue-ray DVD player and connecting it to a 14" portable. A relatively small investment leads to a relatively big improvement and increase in enjoyment.

What's definately not a coincidence is that most of the people who recommend suspension work have done it, and I think it's fair to say that most of the people who don't, haven't. Everyone knows the SV suspension is its weakest point but most folks don't really know what a difference it can make.

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Take it out on the track once and compare it to the already notoriously soft suspension of the TDM 900 and you will know very soon. I know I did ;)

When I bought my curvy I already knew that the (front) suspension would not suite my riding style, and I knew already that I would be spending some cash to fix it.
But the simple truth is that Curvies are extremely abundant and cheap on the second hand market here. And spare parts are relatively easy to come by. So imho it makes sense to do it.

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Racetech springs, emulators and oil will cost £220 delivered from PDQ. Now, how do I know that?

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i love my 04-05 gsxr 600-750 front end the brakes and handling are amazing