Best fork springs for curvy?

[mister c]

I've got Hagon Progressives in mine & for road use I think that they are the mutts nuts, they stiffen the front end up no end. It will show the rear end up tho, so a ZX10, or 6 rear shock also works wonders.
If you are racing, then let the track lads tell you whats best

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Who says racing only allows emulator?

should have said 'minitwin' racing, not just racing I suppose!

unless they have changed the regs over the past couple of years, you have to use standard fork eternals

[yorkie_chris]

Externals yes, internals no

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Externals yes, internals no

You can buy really expensive* after-market full cartridge internals if that is what you are trying to get at? (had forgotten about that option).

Due to cost and diminishing returns over emulators set-up, I don't think they were/are a very popular option though?




*or at least they were when I last looked at them a few years ago now, have they come down in price now?

[yorkie_chris]

Nope they're still really expensive.
What isn't, is paying a cheery yorkshireman a much smaller sum of money to put some other cartridges in there though

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Nope they're still really expensive.
What isn't, is paying a cheery yorkshireman a much smaller sum of money to put some other cartridges in there though

Now why would anyone want to do that?!!?

ill see what my budget allows later on the year but for now i thinkk springs will be ordered soon, although the bikes in bits at present so would be stupid of not to change rear shock right now.
really could do with more overtime

Originally Posted by curvy custard

ill see what my budget allows later on the year but for now i thinkk springs will be ordered soon, although the bikes in bits at present so would be stupid of not to change rear shock right now.
really could do with more overtime

I'd highly recommend doing them together. I actually did mine the other way round. i.e. I upgraded the rear shock and then felt compelled to do the front.

Read here http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=112444 for another thoroughly interesting post by a very helpful guy!

[mister c]

You can buy ZX shocks dirt cheap off ebay. Mine was 2 years old, looked like new & cost £40 (I think)

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by RenascenceBlue_

although him mixing pre load and stiffness (losing all credibility in the rest of what he said ) ... the essence of what he is saying is actually true - even if his experience noted there is actually something different entirely.

'stiffen the front and you will need to stiffen the rear or the bike will become unbalanced' I 100 percent agree with!

Yeahhhh but, saying that is presuming the SV is anywhere near balanced to begin with?

Stick some stiffer springs in the SV and it won't kill you, it will stop it bottoming out on bumps the size of a skinny rollie