SV Front suspention issue

[Blapper]

OK Guys, I have just witnessed first hand sl0th86's problem - and believe me he has a problem. My money is on his forks having no oil at all in them! Here is a quick and dirty phone vid to show it:

2016-08-21 10.16.59 by Andrew Hayes, on Flickr

Just click on the vid and run it from Flickr. It's corrupt at the beginning.

So i just went and got my oil changed in the front forks and yeah the old oil was rotten but not as bad as a i thought, its a curvy 2000 model and there was no damping rods what so ever just basicly spring and oil. Anyway ive put 15w in it and its a little bit better but still soft and bouncey! Whats next? I could get a harder spring but i thought thats just to do with weight/sag?


Suzuki SV650s 2000 curvy

[aesmith]

The spec may be different because mine is a pointy, but I've been through the process of changing oil, spring, and finally adding emulators. I found the biggest single improvement came from the spring change.

I'm lighter than you and went for 0.85 springs, so in your case the difference would be even greater.

By the way, not sure what you mean by "no damping rods", are there parts missing?

Ahhh yeah maybe! I dont think theres parts missing maybe they just dont have them for my year of bike? Not sure, either way i dont think theres any way of controling damping on my forks? Other than getting new/USD forks?


Suzuki SV650s 2000 curvy

[Blapper]

Joe: If there really is no damping mechanism in your forks, there are plenty of folks out there doing the USD thing so you would be able to get another set of forks or even just the parts you need but to be honest, having seen your bike, I can't believe there are no parts in there at all. Does it still bounce like it did round my place the other day, just using two fingers?

Yeah i just guessed the damping rods came in a bit later? Wether yours have them or not i dont know. I was thinking emulators? But i dont think my forks can have it? It kinda does but with more fingers now if you know what i mean haha well it is really basic forks but just didnt know it was going to be this much hastle haha


Suzuki SV650s 2000 curvy

Did you actually strip the forks completely or just take the top caps off, pull the springs out and pump out the oil?
The damping rod is held in the bottom of the fork with a bolt so won't be visible unless you take them to bits.

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Ahhhh there you go, yeah didnt have them in complete bits, will an emulator work with these kinda damping rods?


Suzuki SV650s 2000 curvy

[glang]

yes the damper rod is right at the bottom held in place by a bolt that comes up from the bottom of the fork (you have to take the axle out to get access to it). You can fit emulators and theres plenty of info on here about how to do it.....

Forget amount emulators for the moment and stick some decent springs in and see where you end up.