Easy suspension question

Originally Posted by Tim in Belgium

Had it done at the same time as the front springs, still didn't make the bike fun to ride with you on the back after you ran out of fuel

At least I have an excuse now for slower riding - Im still on the standard stuff!

LOL....i've rustled a few feathers....a nice example of the napoleon complex.

I guess its also no coincidence that you two, seem to be the biggest 'mod'ers'.

Each to their own i guess and what you do with your hard earned is up to you, but IMO its madness to spend serious wonga on a budget bike. When i had my SV i totted up the cost of making the changes i wanted and i laughed.

I guess im still not going full out on my R6. I have R&G's,yoshi carbon trc,tail tidy,db screen and a few others things. I considered a full system, but it didnt seem worth it. I'll get one when i get a litre bike somewhere down the line.

Originally Posted by Luckypants

Was an 06 fitted to mine. It really is much better than stock. how much you weigh stewie? the Zx10 spring is about 10% stronger than the SV so makes it more able to handle the weight of those over 10st. Has a greater range of pre-load too, so was able to set the rider sag to almost exactly right (for me) of 35mm. A low mileage one for £50 odd quid is well worth it IMO.

Just seen one on Ebay 120 miles on it £69.00 I think, I weigh approx 12st 6 lbs, be about 78 kgs, so thinking of going for that shock or similar and upratings springs and oil in the front, let,s face it anyone who saw me on the N Wales rideout will know Im not the quickest rider around so dont need it to be too cutting edge, but the standard shocks got 27,000 on it so I may as well replace it with an upgrade

Originally Posted by ASM-Forever

LOL....i've rustled a few feathers....a nice example of the napoleon complex.

I guess its also no coincidence that you two, seem to be the biggest 'mod'ers'.

Each to their own i guess and what you do with your hard earned is up to you, but IMO its madness to spend serious wonga on a budget bike. When i had my SV i totted up the cost of making the changes i wanted and i laughed.

I guess im still not going full out on my R6. I have R&G's,yoshi carbon trc,tail tidy,db screen and a few others things. I considered a full system, but it didnt seem worth it. I'll get one when i get a litre bike somewhere down the line.

No co-incidence that the person who thinks modding a budget bike is madness is after a litre bike.

Hagon rear shock set up for your weight. About £220 IIRC

New uprated springs and thicker oil. £110.

Wouldn't bother with the fork top adjusters. -£46

Money left over for a stubby.

Originally Posted by Flamin_Squirrel

No co-incidence that the person who thinks modding a budget bike is madness is after a litre bike.

I'm not after a litre bike any time soon. I've only had the 600 for a few months! I'm not against modding a cheaper bike like the SV. If you can do it cheaply etc. But putting expensive parts(especially on a curvy) seems a bit much to me.

[northwind]

Originally Posted by ASM-Forever

I guess its also no coincidence that you two, seem to be the biggest 'mod'ers'.

It is actually... The rest of my mods are just daftness, I do them because I like doing them, it's an end in itself not a means to an end.

But, a while back I was thinking of getting a second cheap SV purely as a commuter and the very first thing I would have done is fire on an SRAD front end and a 636 shock... To me it's a bit of a waste of money to spend £2000 on a bike that doesn't work half as well as it could if you spent just a little more. It's a bit like buying a GSXR1000 and fitting michelin macadams because they last longer, and subsequently having to ride the GSXR at half its potential- I consider both a false economy. Or alternatively, buying a blue-ray DVD player and connecting it to a 14" portable. A relatively small investment leads to a relatively big improvement and increase in enjoyment.

What's definately not a coincidence is that most of the people who recommend suspension work have done it, and I think it's fair to say that most of the people who don't, haven't. Everyone knows the SV suspension is its weakest point but most folks don't really know what a difference it can make.

Originally Posted by northwind

Everyone knows the SV suspension is its weakest point but most folks don't really know what a difference it can make.

Take it out on the track once and compare it to the already notoriously soft suspension of the TDM 900 and you will know very soon. I know I did

When I bought my curvy I already knew that the (front) suspension would not suite my riding style, and I knew already that I would be spending some cash to fix it.
But the simple truth is that Curvies are extremely abundant and cheap on the second hand market here. And spare parts are relatively easy to come by. So imho it makes sense to do it.

Racetech springs, emulators and oil will cost £220 delivered from PDQ. Now, how do I know that?

i love my 04-05 gsxr 600-750 front end the brakes and handling are amazing