zx10 rear shock basic settings
 

hi has anyone got any basic settings for the zx10 rear shock, or settings that have worked well on theres. cheers in advance mark.:D

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I put all the damping adjustment to baseline (center) and set the sag to 35mm. Worked well for the short time before I crashed. (about 1.5K miles) I am not a good enough rider to feel differences the adjustment made. My riding is on the road, so does not push the shock that hard (although I am lardy)

Dunno if that helps!

Re: zx10 rear shock basic settings
 

Set it up in the bin and save for a proper shock intended for the bike

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:scratch: :lol:


Ben

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When the interest on ?40 worth of ZX10R shock gets up to the ?400 odd quid for an ohlins, WP or maxton shock then I doubt there'd be an SV left to put it on....

Bodging can work very well on the road, we're not all ragging SV's round a track with a massive budget.

Re: zx10 rear shock basic settings
 

Granted I found Robs reply funny but good point and well made.

End of the day SV is a bike that does pretty well(IMO) with OE suspension ie does what it say on the tin.

In saying that, it's funny how peeps will spend millions(okay slight exaggeration there :mrgreen:) on tartifying :-s their bike but yet think spending £400 or what ever on the suspension is too much...funny thing the human brain hehe.

To be honest , most of the peeps who will scoff at the use of a shock from another bike are selling/working on bouncy bits....lets just say, they have been spoilt but that is not to say the 'bodges' errr sorry, 'redesign of original specification' ;-) don't work.....no matter what anyone says.



Ben

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fit it and take it to your local friendly bike tuners to have it set up for you, prob only cost a few quid.

I am thinking of taking my Kwak to JHS to have it done.

Re: zx10 rear shock basic settings
 

wow im glad i asked now!:why:

due to the fact that not all of us have up to £400 quid to spend on a rear shock i think ill stick with the zx10 shock, but thank you so much for your intelligent input to this thread!:D

thanxs for the usefull (not useless) replys
cheers mark.

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It was only a fiver for a can of black spraypaint! :-D

Re: zx10 rear shock basic settings
 

Set the sag properly, for you, that is the rear should be sat about 25-33% down it's travel when you're sat on it with a mate holding the bike.

For most bikes there's something like 10cm of travel from top to bottom travel when measured at the rear wheel axel.

For the damping set both rebound and compression somewhere in the middle and work from there ;)