Easy suspension question

Hi You,re probably all bored with the same questions so here,s an easy one for you, youve £350 to spend on suspension for a 2001 curvey, what do you recommend, can be combination of front and rear you choose.Ta

i dont think i would spend £350 on suspension for a 2001 curvy

[Luckypants]

Racetec front springs to suit your weight. £75
15Wt oil £15
Racetech emulators £100 (ish)
ZX10-R rear shock £50-80
Front pre-load adjusters if you want em. £46

There you go. Very easy DIY.

Northy will be along shortly to tell you the GSX-R front end can be done for nothing if you sell your bits yadda yadda.....

Originally Posted by Luckypants

Racetec front springs to suit your weight. £75
15Wt oil £15
Racetech emulators £100 (ish)
ZX10-R rear shock £50-80
Front pre-load adjusters if you want em. £46

There you go. Very easy DIY.

Northy will be along shortly to tell you the GSX-R front end can be done for nothing if you sell your bits yadda yadda.....

Sounds good but dont forget how vertically challenged I am , does the shock add much to the height of the bike ?

[northwind]

SRAD 750 front end for free or nearly free (sell standard parts), used aftermarket rear shock for £250, spend the rest on hookers. Or on servicing whichever of the two is most knackered. When you sell the bike refit the standard shock, sell the aftermarket one again for £200.

Only trouble with that that used rears aren't exactly common. So the second best option would be, I reckon, an 05-06 ZX6R or ZX10R rear shock, for £50 or so, and buy some crack to go with the hookers, or a nicer front end.

If you don't fancy a front swap, cartridge emulators and springs (if needed) and a 636/10R rear shock, and either crack or hookers, you can't afford emulators and a rear shock for £350.

[northwind]

In the time it took me to type that, Luckypants succcesfully mocked me

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by stewie

Sounds good but dont forget how vertically challenged I am , does the shock add much to the height of the bike ?

None at all (OK it's 8mm longer) is practically a straight swap. Can get brand new ones for peanuts on ebay, racer boyos selling them after fitting Ohlins or something instead. I paid £80 delivered for one removed from a bike being prepared to race, about 20 miles in it!

When considering this, one thing to bear in mind is the effect it will have on your insurance. If you are an oldie and insurance is negligible anyway, discount this of course.

Front fork springs and oil change - some insurers charge nothing for this, but even if yours do you could probably get away with not declaring this. (not that I'm advocating this, it's just they're unikely to find out if you don'tl)

Fork internals/aftermarket rear shock - some insurers charge nothing extra on the premium for this, mine don't and mine is declared. Those that do probably won't charge much more.

GSX- R front end swap. You'd be insane not to declare this. They will use this as grounds to try to get out of any claim, claiming that you put parts intended for another bike on it that the frame couldn't handle and that caused the accident, or the USD bling caused it to be nicked. When you do declare it, expect to pay a lot more for doing so than you would for fork internals/a proper rear shock.

For your position/budget (and assuming you're actually unhappy with the current way the suspension is behaving) I'd go for new fork springs and oil and a second hand proper shock (and pay for the inevitable rebuild when you have more cash at a later date). If no proper shock was available, I'd go for a shock off another bike (or a replacement standard SV one of significantly lower mileage) and keep the change.

One option no one else seems to have mentioned is new fork internals, £300, plus £50 on a rear shock designed for another bike. I'd prefer to spend the money on the rear personally though. The squidgy front end is annoying, but unlike my knackered stock shock, it didn't cause me to very nearly crash on more than one occassion when it decided to start pogoing whilst I was going around a roundabout at a reasonable pace.

Originally Posted by northwind

SRAD 750 front end for free or nearly free (sell standard parts), used aftermarket rear shock for £250, spend the rest on hookers. Or on servicing whichever of the two is most knackered. When you sell the bike refit the standard shock, sell the aftermarket one again for £200.

Only trouble with that that used rears aren't exactly common. So the second best option would be, I reckon, an 05-06 ZX6R or ZX10R rear shock, for £50 or so, and buy some crack to go with the hookers, or a nicer front end.

If you don't fancy a front swap, cartridge emulators and springs (if needed) and a 636/10R rear shock, and either crack or hookers, you can't afford emulators and a rear shock for £350.

How about an 06/07 zx10 shock ?

basically. replace front srpinges for progressive hagons/ ohlins springs. uprate fork oil to 15w ( call it 80£ total)

get a hagon rear shock new for the change or source a kwak zx-?? rear shock

so 150£ which should see ya more than happy... then 200£ to spend on other mods etc..