A couple of weeks ago I posted a question about a rear shock and got a few helpful responses. Following that I sourced a shock from ZX14 but i'm holding off fitting it for now due to the spring weight......
I'm about 14.5 to 15 stone kitted up. I've followed Bibio's advice and used the racetech website to calculate ideal spring. Using an 04-05 GSX-R750 as a base, it states my ideal spring weight is 7.7 Kg - which is pretty much the stock spring on the 2nd Gen SV650. The ZX14R spring is 9.7 Kg......
Thing is, the stock spring feels rubbish - really wallowy and unsupportive...
I'm confused - is the sv650 under sprung for someone of my weight? If it is, is using the GSXR750 a suitable substitute for calculating the appropriate spring weight? Am I missing something? (quite probably)