clio172

I bought my lovely SV off an owner from this fine site about two and a half months ago and have currently covered around 3.5K miles.

The rear suspension had been wound right up and is spot on, the front springs have been replaced with 'uprated fork internals' (pretty sure they are ohlins springs).

The first thing I noticed was the hard front suspension, I have never ridden a standard curvy sv, having now covered some decent mileage I am fairly used to the suspension set up.

The bike is on M1 Sportec metzelers and It rides fine at 60+ on sweepers I can crank it over, but on slower bends I have less confidence, I am within about 8mm of chicken strip on the rear so am leaning it over ok.

I have no confidence in anything other than perfectly dry roads at less than 60 as I say at higher speeds its fine. I am happy with the back setup but the front seems to skip accross the tarmac. The front tyre looks very 'dimpled' round the sides and the tread at the sides has worn at slightly different height.

I am sure this is due to the front suspension, it only feels about 10% too hard, any idea what oil would normally be used in this conversion and which I could try to soften it up. I do not want to revert to standard soft shocks, or spend masses of money on my bike.

Any ideas? Please help!