the dark art (rebound and sag)

right am getting my gsxr frontend and a gsxr 600 rear shock would also like to jack up the back end a bit but whom on this site of great motorcycle minds is a master of the dark art of setting it up for a particular rider ( MUST WORK FOR BEER OR HUMMOUROUS ANICDOTES)

[yorkie_chris]

Which GSXR600 shock?

Dave, sag is easy to set up, thats where to start! Instead of jacking up the back, or as well as you can raise the forks through the clamps. http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...g+up+sag&uni=1

As for dampening. Return to factory settings and see how it feels. If your happy with the handling leave, if not have a play around with the dampening till it does. There is only you who can get it right for yourself.

[yorkie_chris]

Factory settings? Woot? Suspension from a totally different bike, what are factory settings!

Dave, go on racetech site or google, try and find length and spring rate for that K8 shock. It may or may not be suitable for the curvy.

You have to have them set somewhere to start with, so why not factory settings? Sure it might be completely mismatched but at least you know how many clicks / turns of adjustment you are set to.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Factory settings? Woot? Suspension from a totally different bike, what are factory settings!

Dave, go on racetech site or google, try and find length and spring rate for that K8 shock. It may or may not be suitable for the curvy.

Well im presuming the GSX-R that they come off had standard settings... The weight is pretty similar on the two.

[yorkie_chris]

Fair one, I started with all the adjusters in the middle. Anyway important thing is you record what settings make it feel like what so you can get to decent point.

[yorkie_chris]

YEAR MOTORCYCLE LENGTH SPRING
===== ========= ===== =====
00-03 GSXR750 325mm 400#

01-03 GSXR600 325.5mm 325#

01-02 GSXR1000 329.5mm 430#

03-04 SV650 330mm 430# <<<==== stock 2nd gen...05 should be the same

99-03 GSXR1300(Busa) 330mm 700#

04 GSXR750 332.5mm 408#

04 GSXR600 332.5mm 425#

03-04 GSXR1000 332.5mm 480#

99-02 SV650 337mm 510# <<<====stock 1st gen

04 ZX10R 338mm 540#

03-04 ZX6R(636) 340mm 540# *corrected by e lo...thanks!

96-99 GSXR750 345mm 375#

97-00 GSXR600 375mm 375#

05 GSX-R 1000 332.5mm 450#

Racetech puts the 06-09 suspension stuff on the same page and reckons it to be a 9.4kg/mm spring rate. Roughly a 526 lbf/in.

So, not bad if a little soft. How much do you weigh Dave? Try and find the shock length from somewhere, you want something longer than stock but not too much.

12 and a half stone

[yorkie_chris]

OK after a lot of google-fu, found an old post from bluesv650s, the length of an ohlins shock set to max height is 349mm. So I would take that as the best length to use.

Find out, because a shorter than standard shock will turn it into a lowrider and it'll handle like some POS cruiser.

For rate, it should be OK.