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If you think there's any chance you might want to throw more money at the suspension in future, it might be worth spending that £200 solely on the front end (someone should be able to tell you what that'll get you, I imagine you could probably get a cartridge emulator setup for that sort of money)? That way, if you have more cash and want to improve the back end, you won't have wasted money on whatever you replace on the back end. I've done mine the other way round, back end is now sorted, but am now umming and arring between the springs and fork oil and a more expensive matris internals kit. |
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1 - Progressive springs and oil in the front (~£100) - 2nd hand 'eBay' type gixer shock in the rear (~£50) - thats about £150. 2 - Liner springs and emulators & oil in the front (£200) - gixer rear (~£50) - ~-£250 3 - Cartridge front (for pointy) is about £300 IIRC, so ~£350 with gsxr shock (~£50). A rear RACE shock is between £400 and £600 NEW depending on make/model, perhaps £200-£400 2nd hand (if you can find one that doesn't need a rebuild ![]() so with this info we continue ... 4 - Emulators - Race shock - ~£600-£800 (depending on shock (NEW)) 5 - Cartridge - Race shock - ~£700-£900 (depending on shock (NEW)). Finally you could put a gixer front end on it ![]() I'd say for the road option 1 is good enough. If you get a bit frisky on the road then option 2 is worth the extra. Obviously option 5 on the road would be wicked, but it is diminishing returns after option 2 in my opinion!!! ![]() ![]() ![]() Only a fool would put a race shock in not sort the front 'properly' so I have left them options out!! ![]() Last edited by Blue_SV650S; 02-09-07 at 11:11 AM. |
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Or... Buy a used Ohlins for £200. Have it turn up and, by pure luck, not need rebuilt. And then sell your SV front end and fit a GSXR front end for less than the SV parts cost
![]() Of course, I botched that by spending a packet on tyres, powdercoating, a new master cylinder, getting the shock totally rebuild and reworked instead of just regassed... But, that's where I started out.
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