Handling questions.
 

Hi all,
I just bought this http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-m...leage/92959395

Paid £1100,Couldnt get him down anymore than that.Being on 20000 miles i couldnt really push any more.

Rode it home and it seems great.The clutch switch was playing up but it has asv's on it so i am thinking i will just short the switch out so its always on.
Anyway i am used to sports bikes and i was wondering if anyone can reccommend any suspension tweaks to sharpen it up a bit?

It seems to fight a bit when turning in and you really have to counter steer hard to get it to corner although with the throttle open a bit,its slightly easier but obviously not at all what i am used to.I was thinking of fitting a tyre with a sharper profile (pilot power 2ct's etc) I am not really fussed with getting huge miles from a tyre.I only work 5 miles from home so wont be doing loads of miles anyway.Also has anyone tried dropping the yokes down a bit so you have some fork showing above the top yoke?

I have noticed there is no compression damping,rebound or preload adjustment so thats out, but is there any common mods made to the standard setup?

Re: Just got me an sv
 

Loads :p

Better springs for the front end, in conjunction with emulators, plus slighty thicker oil depending on your weight.

Throw the rear shock away and either get a GSXR or ZX6 shock to replace it, unless you get a proper replacement Ohlins, Maxton, Penske etc.

Change the rear dog bones to raise the front, to help quicken the steering

There's loads of suspension threads on here

Welcome

Re: Just got me an sv
 

raise the front? wouldnt that make it worse?

Re: Just got me an sv
 

Sorry raise the rear

Re: Just got me an sv
 

ok,what model and year rear shock?

Re: Just got me an sv
 

Use the search facility at the top

Re: Just got me an sv
 

been doing that but its not very organised.A bit like searching for a needle in a haystack

Re: Just got me an sv
 

its where we all had to start ;)

Re: Just got me an sv
 

Have a look here, but a lot of the links are broken

http://www.svrider.com/tips/tips.htm

Re: Just got me an sv
 

here a list, wasn't that hard to find

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.p...ght=shock+swap