SU 852 - Page 6 - SV650.org

20-02-07, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by weazelz

do any of the current/recent OEM hi/lo adjustable shocks fit the SV? r6-k6+? gixxer-k7+?

Dunno ... don't rightly care now I have splashed out ... still haven't actually put it on the bike yet!!

johnnyrod · 23-02-07, 02:12 PM

Blue - no idea, get your measuring tape and an assistant, make a mark on the rear indicator body or somewhere more or less in line with the wheel spindle, and get measuring. Tell you what though, you need to compress the shock a hell of a lot to get it right. Be patient cos of course if you don't have the bike properly upright you'll get a duff measurement.

Stock spring is fine for anyoe up to 15 stone. This shock is so much better than stock, and most people don't know what to do with the adjusters, I can only hope one day I would deliberately go out looking for separate high/low speed adjusters.

northwind · 23-02-07, 02:28 PM

Think you can get a Penske triple with high/low adjustment for about £650

The R6 might have seperate adjustment, but it's not remotely as good as even the Ohlins is. Don't know about Gixxer K7, but it'd still be spring wrong and the valving curves will be off too- adjustment doesn't much help when the fundamental characteristics are wrong, that's why the 636 shock never works that well in an SV. Or a 636 for that matter

23-02-07, 02:12 PM	#52
johnnyrod Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Doncaster, oop norf Posts: 2,128	Re: SU 852 Blue - no idea, get your measuring tape and an assistant, make a mark on the rear indicator body or somewhere more or less in line with the wheel spindle, and get measuring. Tell you what though, you need to compress the shock a hell of a lot to get it right. Be patient cos of course if you don't have the bike properly upright you'll get a duff measurement. Stock spring is fine for anyoe up to 15 stone. This shock is so much better than stock, and most people don't know what to do with the adjusters, I can only hope one day I would deliberately go out looking for separate high/low speed adjusters.

23-02-07, 02:28 PM	#53
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	Re: SU 852 Think you can get a Penske triple with high/low adjustment for about £650 The R6 might have seperate adjustment, but it's not remotely as good as even the Ohlins is. Don't know about Gixxer K7, but it'd still be spring wrong and the valving curves will be off too- adjustment doesn't much help when the fundamental characteristics are wrong, that's why the 636 shock never works that well in an SV. Or a 636 for that matter __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"