Anyone got a good one going spare as an upgrade for my track SV650 please? -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits) Suzuki SV650 K3 Suzuki GSX-R750L - For Sale £600 Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka I ride way too fast to worry about cholestorol.
Why not get the current one serviced and sorted with the correct spring for you? It'll be a much better idea than getting a fucked shock off a different bike, only to have to pay to get it serviced and resprung for you. I'm sure you know loads of places that'll do it for you, but I can recommend Clive Horton, the ex 250 GP racer, at Racing Lines in Derby as I send all my stuff to him.
antonye says... I can see where you're coming from, but the standard SV shock is totally unadjustable for rebound or compression damping - all there is to adjust is spring preload. The Gixer Thou K1/K2 shock is the same length eye to eye and has the same rate of spring with fully adjustable comp and rebound damping. What I intend to do is send the K1/K2 shock away for a rebuild to my weight/spec rather than one that gives me no future adjustment. My SV shock has 25K miles on it, at this mileage it's due replacement or a rebuild. -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits) Suzuki SV650 K3 Suzuki GSX-R750L - For Sale £600 Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka I ride way too fast to worry about cholestorol.
Ah, I see. I'm spoilt with having semi-decent kit on most of the bikes I own :-D Nice tip for the SV owners there, too. PS. Fuckface. PPS. Couldn't do a whole post without insulting you at least once.
antonye says... **** you, bignose. If you want to upgrade a curvy pre-'03 SV then a ZX636 rear shock is the way to go. They are a different length shock to the injection model and are sprung to suit. -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits) Suzuki SV650 K3 Suzuki GSX-R750L - For Sale £600 Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka I ride way too fast to worry about cholestorol.
I see what you did there, shorty! Same tip as the older 600/750/900 SS bikes; fit the shock from the later FI bikes as they're 10mm longer and give you much better ground clearance. Drop the forks through the yokes to compensate and it's a much better bike.
Are you sure about the spring? Everyone I know that put the gszr shock on the SV had to change the spring.
Should one find one's self in possession of a K3 Bandit 1200, on which the stock shock feels less than adequate at only 11000 miles, is it worth attempting adjustment (and if so, any suggestions for a mild-mannered 15-and-a-bit stone rider), or is there a reasonable option for replacement?
muddy cat says... The springs are rated the same for both injection model SV650 and GSXR 1000 K1/K2 at 430# (whatever that means) -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits) Suzuki SV650 K3 Suzuki GSX-R750L - For Sale £600 Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka I ride way too fast to worry about cholestorol.
DR says... Have you checked things like static sag etc, or adjusted the damping in any way since you bought it? -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits) Suzuki SV650 K3 Suzuki GSX-R750L - For Sale £600 Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka I ride way too fast to worry about cholestorol.
muddy cat says... 03-04 SV650 330mm - 430# spring. 01-02 GSXR1000 329.5mm - 430# spring. 99-02 SV650 337mm - 510# spring. 03-04 ZX6R(636) 340mm - 540# spring. -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits) Suzuki SV650 K3 Suzuki GSX-R750L - For Sale £600 Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka I ride way too fast to worry about cholestorol.
Why didn't you just call me! I don't know which box it's in but I have one that did under 10k on that bike before the maxton went in. I can dig it out next weekend. If you're interested it could be a part of a little bit of work I need doing, Pip thought you might be willing. Nothing difficult, the B12 needs proper tidying and I have no garage facilities in Leeds. Depending on how it turns out I can decide to sell/retain the beast.
Shit! you could have had a good game with me and just sent yes please. I'd have had the mother in Law's garage turned inside out going utterly fucking mental ;o) OTOH doesn't he have it sitting unused. Ah well a plan emerges, we can talk about that. Cash is King
I'm not that evil, but I did think about it. I haven't asked directly, I guess he's keeping it as a spare.
