Need Suspension tuning/upgrade help

Progressive springs will give more comfort for road riding but for optimum handling linear springs are best as telescopic fork damping mechanisms work best with oil flows increasing / decreasing linearly

[northwind]

You can fettle the SV forks a fair bit- you could but £750 worth of Traxxion AK20s into them and have them work better than stock GSXR forks frinstance, if you go mad- but it soon stops making much sense when compared with a whole swap (by which I mean either a whole GSXR front, or a whole other bike ) The GSXR front is much less work than you'd think and as DD says you can recoup a lot of the costs- I would have come out ahead on mine first time round, if I'd not blown the budget on luxuries.

But, and it's quite a big but, that relies on getting good bits. One set of warped discs and that's the cost advantage gone, unless you can get a refund (and since most people put the bits together over time, there might be too much of a delay to make that workable). Also, GSXR forks need serviced just as much as anything else, if you get a tired out pair they just won't work well, and servicing can be pricey. And lastly, you might still need to spend more to get them set up right for you if you're outwith their operating range- most folks can find a GSXR fork to suit but not everyone.

Springs and oil is a good basic correction for the SV- it's not an upgrade, it's just a fix to Suzuki's mistake. The SV forks are dead basic but they do work, once they have the right parts in. Emulators are very good but, again, takes you up to the point where you could just bin the whole front.

[dizzyblonde]

Originally Posted by niccollotto

Progressive springs will give more comfort for road riding but for optimum handling linear springs are best as telescopic fork damping mechanisms work best with oil flows increasing / decreasing linearly

I got Ohlins linears in my other SV and I think they are pants, I much prefer the other set up I have