Ohlins springs

[21QUEST]

Originally Posted by drag

Well the nice folks over on racetech say the following

Rider Weight: 198.238 lbs.
Recommended Spring Rate: 0.811 kg/mm (use closest available)
Stock Fork Spring Rate (measured): .706 kg/mm (stock)

thats not a heck of a lot more, based on that, even if these springs are hard, it wont make flip all diff, i'll clearly weight more with gear on

Some say , the racetech site recommndations are arguably on the soft side but if we were to go with the above Racetech recommendation then spring Chris is selling should be about right for you as the default Ohlins spring rate for the SV is 0.8 . It'll be great if Chris could find out exactly what spring rate it is....sometimes etched on end although don't know if Ohlins springs are marked.

I weigh(last time I checked hehe) about 170lbs of solid muscles and I use .85 that comes with the GSXR forks I've used in the last few years. Although I kinda prefer .80 but they still work okay for me.

In a nutshell , they won't be too high a rate for you if they are indeed the default spring rate for the SV.


Ben

Come on Chris, get ure magnifying glass out there and give those springs the once over

[yorkie_chris]

Right then sah...

The markings on the box...

Kunds ordnr 76289
kunds artnr 8657-80

datum 02-06-19


The springs have either "708-" or "-80L" engraved on the top of them.

Looks like there stock springs from ohlins, i've found a few pdf's they released they detail 8657-80 as the part number for the 99 - 02 SV springs.

So fock it, give me ure paypal details Chris, and sure if they don't work out to be strong enough i'll blame Ben any way

[yorkie_chris]

See here

http://www.ohlins.nl/documents/OHrtreclist05.pdf

gives info for the SV as

SV650 99-02

P/C - 17
Length - 337+12/-0
Stroke - 63
Spring - 1091-31
Spring kit part number - 8657-80
spring kit P/C - 300

Anyone care to translate?

Ahh yes thats one of them i was looking at ...

[yorkie_chris]

UNITED KINGDOM
Harris Performance Prod. Ltd.
Unit 4 Fountain Drive
Mead Lane
Hertford
Hertfordshire
SG13 7UB
Tel: 01992 532 501 Fax: 01992 532 505
E-mail: customer-service@harris-performance.com
Web: www.harris-performance.com




Is on the ohlins site as a local distributor. If you wish, I'll contact them in the morning and see if they can tell me the weight?

Perfect idea, lets see what they can tell us about them..

[21QUEST]

They are 0.8 ---reckon perhaps might be too soft for you.

by the way , the other numbers for length, stroke etc are to do with the rear shock.


Cheers
Ben

Blast my muscular exterior ... consult the Ohlins folks and lets see