Front Forks?

Hello again folks!

I am here for a bit more advice!

Riding around, I felt like the front end felt a bit 'wrong'...

I took the bike in, and have been told be the lovely guy's at jhs that the front suspension is a tad on the shody side!

They said a fork kit is in order... but they are very busy at the mo...

SO...

A bit of advice...

What do you guy's think the options are? - How much to get better than stock suspension? - any ideas or suggestions welcome!

The bike is a 650sv '99 curvy.

JHS said oil, an springs... (kit contains that they said) - just wondered what people here thought, as they are too bsuy at the mo. - As in, what kits are around, just 1? - or various options?

Ta!

Mike

Originally Posted by mikeSV

Hello again folks!

I am here for a bit more advice!

Riding around, I felt like the front end felt a bit 'wrong'...

I took the bike in, and have been told be the lovely guy's at jhs that the front suspension is a tad on the shody side!

They said a fork kit is in order... but they are very busy at the mo...

SO...

A bit of advice...

What do you guy's think the options are? - How much to get better than stock suspension? - any ideas or suggestions welcome!

The bike is a 650sv '99 curvy.

JHS said oil, an springs... (kit contains that they said) - just wondered what people here thought, as they are too bsuy at the mo. - As in, what kits are around, just 1? - or various options?

Ta!

Mike

I wondered about this: http://www.motorcycle-road-and-race....ucts_id=403160

How many pies you had lately? The SV is notoriously under sprung for average european weights, tho I will contend that the spring rate is just about perfect for featherweights. Hagon & Ohlins do spring + slightly thicker oil kits to sort this; most suppliers will be able to sort you out. There are two types of spring, progressive (their rate increases as it's more compressed) and linear (same spring rate throughout travel). Personally I've always preferred linear, but this is very much a personal preference.

Also, I'm vaguely aware that you can retrofit pre-load caps from a pointy to a curvey's forks, tho someone else will need to confirm this. That can certainly help you get your sag levels sorted.

If you really want to sort out the front then the damping needs attention, as it's arguably a notable weak point once spring rate is correct for your weight. To combat this gets more expensive, you could go for new fork internals, either complete replacement or addition of emulators (eg RaceTech), or even a complete front end swap (tho that's something for the dedicated).

Search button well advised, this has been covered quite a few times lately

EDIT:
Correction - it might be hyperpro (like those you link) that do the progressives rather than hagon.

[yorkie_chris]

There's quite a few kits out there, hyperpro, ohlins, hagon.

Just springs and oil they're all the same really, whereabouts are you? I've no jobs on at the moment...

Most will advice progressives for street, linears for track.

The weight of oil is another variable, most go for 10 or 15.


You'll never get the damping right with stock internals, they're a compromise between high and low speed, the better either one gets, the worse you make the other.

Preload caps from a pointy will fit with no mods and allow you to set preload to get the front sag about right.

Emulators are the next step, and new forks arent all that hard to do.

Hi, based in Bristol.

What about the ones in my link above?

Any good?

How much would ya want for doing this???

EDIT: your in leeds! hats a fair treck from Bristol!!! - advice still very welcome tho!

Bike is for road use. - Everyday for eveyday stuff, BUT on weekends... !!!

[yorkie_chris]

Bristols probably too far for it to save you any money, but for springs and oil probably around £50 as I doubt anywhere else would do it for that.

Yes that kit is as good as any other.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Bristols probably too far for it to save you any money, but for springs and oil probably around £50 as I doubt anywhere else would do it for that.

Yes that kit is as good as any other.

See above! (the edit!)

[yorkie_chris]

Well alls you need is a jack and a couple of spanners to do it, so get a kit and the mighty org will walk you through it

Did forks and oil to my bike, transformed it. You can also fit the preload adjuster from an SK2 curvy (I bought mine from a Suzuki stealership) to let you set the sag properly. Definitely worth the modest outlay if you're planning on keeping the bike for longer than 6mths.

Originally Posted by Tim in Belgium

Did forks and oil to my bike, transformed it. You can also fit the preload adjuster from an SK2 curvy (I bought mine from a Suzuki stealership) to let you set the sag properly. Definitely worth the modest outlay if you're planning on keeping the bike for longer than 6mths.

Hmmm.... preload adjuster eh???

As for the comment on weight from sum1... I only weight about 10stone! so not a big fella! - any benefit from the preload adjuster? - any1 got one for sale? lol!