Thinking of reverting back to stock shock ...

so what are the cheapest springs I can get and what rate are they?!?!?

Originally Posted by St0rmer66

I paid £62 delivered for Hagon Progressive fork springs and Hagon fork oil.

£70.50

http://www.hagon-shocks.co.uk/HagShocksPr.htm

Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

Oh and YC ... looks like progressive springs are exactly as I thought .. not progressive across the range at all ... just have 2 rates!! .. so why can't I know the 2 rates?

make yourself one of these and measure them:
http://s38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...=IMG_6506e.jpg

You're correct that those springs are dual rate springs. The original springs on my bandit and my fzx250 were like that. Properly progressive springs can be identified by the gap between the coils progressively diminishing from one end to the other. The rate increases as the closer together coils progressively bind. It's as simple as that.

[yorkie_chris]

So they're not a progressive spring then. They're foolin ya

Originally Posted by erik

make yourself one of these and measure them:
http://s38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...=IMG_6506e.jpg

You're correct that those springs are dual rate springs. The original springs on my bandit and my fzx250 were like that. Properly progressive springs can be identified by the gap between the coils progressively diminishing from one end to the other. The rate increases as the closer together coils progressively bind. It's as simple as that.

I am not going to buy springs and then measure them, I want to buy the appropriate springs, I want the manufacture to state the rates to me .. like they do with linear ones!!

So who do truly progressive springs and not just duel rate?

Oh and nobody has pointed me in the direction of a supplier for £60 all in

Have you had a look at www.sonicsprings.com? They're US$80 for a set of linear springs.

Originally Posted by erik

Have you had a look at www.sonicsprings.com? They're US$80 for a set of linear springs.

Cool, but bearing in mind I am in the UK, by the time I have paid shipping and got collared for import duty ... prolly back up to the £70+ mark again ..

Yes. Put the standard shock back. Zero cost. Bike balanced. End of.

No wait, that won't be the right thing to do either will it. No of course it wont. That's far too simple.

OK, one last try. You don't particularly care what the back end does. So sell the rear shock, put the original back in and spend the money toward sorting out the front end. Although I am sure you will find a reason why this is also no good as an option.

Hyperpro springs, a little more progressive than the picture makes out.