Suspension - Heads up for all you who have never touched it.
 

Do it.
Now.
Give it a go. Honestly.

I've never touched the suspension on any of my bikes, but I just stiffened up the front + rear and oh my. The bike corners better, feels soooo much better under braking so much more confidence in the bike it's unreal. (SV650 k9 sport by the way)

Full 5 click on front and up to 5/7 on the back. Beautiful now.

That is all. :)

Re: Suspension - Heads up for all you who have never touched it...
 

Of course the other side of *that* coin is that when you go to adjust it you find the adjusters have all seized up...

Druid

Re: Suspension - Heads up for all you who have never touched it...
 

Standard springs and gubbins?

Interestingly, I adjusted the back shock softer about a month after buying t'bike. Much nicer for me, but we have too many undulating roads in this tractor-sodden neck o' t' woods.

Re: Suspension - Heads up for all you who have never touched it...
 

Standard everything. Bike is 6 months old and not had any suspension mods.

Re: Suspension - Heads up for all you who have never touched it...
 

Maybe I need to grow to full size then! I was up East Anglia last September, on a very tatty Kawasaki ZL600 with pogo-sticks on both ends. It seemed smoother, not hard compared to Wurzelland though! Had some very good riding, once I got past the caravans.

Out of interest, how do you normally ride? Are you fairly smooth, or do you wring the bike's neck a bit?

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:smt077 lol
i have the same bike but bought it in oct08 (yes somehow its a k9 acording to the main dealer) with stock suspension & last week after a very helpfull chap sugested i adjusted fork setting by increasing the preload i was stunned by the change :smt120 it always used to feel like u would lean so far nice & smooth then feel like it was washing out i thought it was square tyres till i got new ones then i just thought it was the 60profile tyres :smt013 now am well happy !!!
b4 this all i had done was 2 clicks up on the rear :confused: but now the better weathers due im going to find the time to set it up to wot feels best :smt077

Re: Suspension - Heads up for all you who have never touched it...
 

Have already adjusted the rear two days after purchase, with the front you said 5 clicks Dave? sorry to be a bit personal but how heavy are you? just to give me an idea how far to tighten mine up. I am about 15 stone and ride the poor little bugger a bit hard around the bends! Obviously its different depending on the individual but would be good to have a starting point!

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I'm 13 and a half stone mate. But sometimes I enjoy having a good thrash and when braking hard it makes the front sooooo much firmer.

I sometimes ride progressively and smooth and other times I will wring it's neck. Depends what I'm doing, where and how I'm feeling.

Re: Suspension - Heads up for all you who have never touched it...
 

A K9 has clicks?

Re: Suspension - Heads up for all you who have never touched it...
 

Whatever you want to call it :)