zx10 rear shock basic settings

04 or 05 will fit a curvey i've just picked up one from flebay for a princely sum of 60 of your english monies... i'm not sure off hand what needs to be cut off.. and i'd say the zx10r is prob the best, as it's the same length shock as the stock one.

basically about an inch square of the left hand front side of the battrey tray as you sit on the bike, you have got to make room for the reservoir. i raised my battery up about 2-3 cm, you can see what needs to be removed when its on the bike.hth
cheers mark.

You also need a new nut and bolt for the bottom mounting, the curvey shock has a threaded mount. Available from Kwak dealer for about £2. I got a zx10r shock on mine, feels better than the standard, but not set up as such, so should feel even better when it is

Originally Posted by northwind

It is quite funny that for a long time the favourite shock for the curvy SV- 03-04 636- was also the absolute worst shock fitted to any of the supersport bikes, by a country mile... Though to be fair, having ridden that 636 and an SV with the shock in, the shock seemed to suit the SV better than the donor bike! I'd like to try this with the more recent 636 shock though.

+1, the B1 shock works surprisingly well!!

Ok, so the SV and ZX636 ARE different bikes, so the OE shocks intended for both will have characteristics to suit. This may or may not translate well in a different bike. However, in this instance, the fact it wasn’t right for the intended fitment, may well have actually fluked out that it seems pretty good in the SV i.e. it was wrong for the ZX, but by sheer luck just right for the SV!!

I can only speak for the ZX636B1 shock as that is all I have tried, the GSXR and ZX10 shocks could well be a mare – but lets face it, there is a pretty good chance they will be fine/good, certainly better than the OE SV shock!!

Fact is the SV rear shock is so basic, it is not hard to find a shock that will out perform it.

But when all is said and done, my SV has stock shock and stock forks (bar the 13w oil I put in them) and sure, its not perfect, but perfectly rideable!!

GSXR1000 Shock bolt and mount £5 incl postage, part No’s:

Bolt - 10x55 part # 09103-10143
nut - part # 08319-31107


Stolen info from another thread

Another point to note that because bikes come from the factory with springs hard enough to also cope with a passenger so this is a big compromise i have always founds most bikes are way to hard on the rear when ive been riding solo i,e 99.9% of the time. a cheap compromise would be a gsxr or zx10r shock with a spring to match your weight.