51 plate curvy suspension change

[yorkie_chris]

Can you use SRAD yokes and spindle with the K1 forks? that would keep the lockstops and parking lock.

If so then I've an SRAD 600 bottom yoke spare

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Can you use SRAD yokes and spindle with the K1 forks? that would keep the lockstops and parking lock.

If so then I've an SRAD 600 bottom yoke spare

you can but you need to shim calipers.

[yorkie_chris]

Worth it then IMO, I use parking lock all the time

i wasn't bothered about the extra size of the rear wheel, i wanted the gsxr stuff so i had a lighter bike, as the gsxr swingarm and wheel is much loghter than the std sv stuff.
i may have a set of showa gixxy 750 forks available but i am not sure on the yolks.
i have now added some pre-tensioners to the sv forks and changed the oil.
i have fitted some 15mm spacers into the forks to add the preload and changed the fork oil for ATF (auto trans fluid), it has stiffened up the front no end and seems to be much better than it was before but unless i am riding fairly spirited its not too nice tends to be a little hard but when riding hard its great. unfortunatly the rear is on max adjustment and is still too soft.
i have a gixxy 750 rear shock with the separate resevoir too but its about 50mm shorter than the sv one so to raise the rear back up would i need shorter dogbones ?
cheers

[northwind]

OK, a few things here... preload can't make forks or suspension stiffer unless you have progressive springs, it just moves the starting point within the fork travel... The SV swingarm's actually a pretty good weight, interested to hear how much weight you'll save there, did you weigh 'em up for a comparison? The wheel I don't know about, SV wheel is pretty weighty for what it is.

Do you know what year shock it is? The more recent ones are really too short, 636 is a much better choice for the curvy. You could try dogbones but with the larger shock you might find you have swingarm clearance issues- personally I'd strongly recommend you sell the shock and get one more suited. It's a good mod IMO, obviously a bodge but quite an effective one.

my dad owns a breaking business so all these bits are just lying around and if i can get them to fit i will so i am not losing or making any money from trying anything.
there is a noticable difference in weight when you pick them up i would think its about half kg lighter.
the forks are noticably harder to compress but a little too bumpy when going slow.

[northwind]

Oh, sounds like you're a useful person to know then See if you can track down a C1 636 shock then, it's an easy fit in the SV and works pretty well. The B1 shock also works but it's a less good item generally.

what do you mean when you say C1

[northwind]

It's the model code, B is 03-04, C is 05-06. The 03-04 is the one famous for it's "exciting" handling, because the shock's rubbish and poorly specced to boot- bizarrely it works better in an SV than in the Ninja, IMO. They replaced it with a massively better Showa shock in 05.