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Old 19-05-10, 09:16 AM   #1
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Default K1 standard shock length and spring rate?

Does anybody know stock shock length and rate?
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Old 19-05-10, 09:23 AM   #2
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Default Re: K1 standard shock length and spring rate?

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.p...ighlight=shock

this thread gives shock length as 337mm

dont know about spring rate but from racetech calculator i would estimate it to be somewhere around 6kg/mm
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Old 19-05-10, 09:25 AM   #3
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Default Re: K1 standard shock length and spring rate?

All the Curveys were the same..

Length 337mm rate is 510 lb/in or 9.1 kg/mm

If you are looking for a replacement, do a search, there are loads of threads about it. Many include the now fabled shock length / rate table which lists suitable shocks from other bikes that give an improvement.
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