Front suspension upgrades?

[johnnyrod]

I fitted Racetech emulators with stock springs, and it helped the choppieness of the front but the following year I replaced the springs too. The springs are 90% of the problem with the front, and I don't weigh much.

If I go the Hagon route and replace the front springs plus the rear shock,will I get a bike that will no longer loosen my fillings plus enable higher speeds through poorly surfaces back roads?I'm reluctant to purchase emulators and having to spend a huge amount of time trying to fine tune the installation,it seems that emulators are not quite plug and play!
Tim

I think you can put ZX6 fronmt end on as well?

^ you can put nearly any front end on if you dont mind messing around a bit, just get the sv stem pressed in to what ever yoke you are using. you might have problems with lock stops and the ignition but thats about it

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Timothy Quinn

If I go the Hagon route and replace the front springs plus the rear shock,will I get a bike that will no longer loosen my fillings plus enable higher speeds through poorly surfaces back roads?I'm reluctant to purchase emulators and having to spend a huge amount of time trying to fine tune the installation,it seems that emulators are not quite plug and play!
Tim

How much you weigh.
Personally I would go for emulators and linear springs. Hagon progressives do nothing to fix terrible compression damping of forks.

Hagon shock is better build quality than stock but not a much more technically advanced one.

[johnnyrod]

Yep totally agree. I got progressive springs and the only advatage is that it helps with a pillion. Emulators are easy enough to fit, forget all that drilling malarky (see many other posts!). Set up the little spring (with random-sized Imperial Allen key, 17/64ths or whatever) so they are both equal, drop in forks, trim spacer tubes by the same as the height of the emulator (about an inch I think). Ride. Wonder why nothing seems different. Ride down lumpy B road with tarmac ripples and all manner of other crap, and then you'll get it!

uprated springs and oil for your weight make a huge diffrence, i went for k-tech springs and 10w oil, you wont believe the diffrence it makes, feels like a different bike

Im looking at some k-tech springs for my SV, (this may be a stupid question) but how do i know which are the better springs for my weight? ie 8.0N,8.5N,9.0N?

go on race tech site and find the spring calculator

Originally Posted by barwel1992

go on race tech site and find the spring calculator

Cheers. Tells me that i need between 8.0 and 8.5 haha