SV650 forks setup

[smoke]

Why yes .. it is CAD.   Dave and Chris did my forks for me about  two months ago.  I am happy.  The best part is they go do the forks in aa day and a half or less. I think mine took 2 or 3 hours.

[grasshopper]

Well, I can tell you how I set up my forks with the emulators. This is my first post, how are you guys?

I'm CCS Am # 444, my name is Nick

I drilled the 2 extra holes in the damper rod like race tech tells you to for more oil flow. I also have the race tech springs. I'm not sure what spring # they are, I think .75 if that sounds rite.

I went and bought some PVC pipe and cut a spacer that is the height of the stock spacer minus the space the emulator takes up in the fork. That way I stick with the stock rebound for now until I can test it at the track. It's easy to put a longer or shorter spacer in at the track with the forks still on the bike. I weigh about 160 pounds with all my gear on. Race Tech says go 2 turns in for street use on the emulator or 4 turns in for the track. I went 3 turns in.

I put 20 weight oil in and it  feels good. I have about 25mm of sag in the front which is on the stiff side but the only way to get it rite is to play with it at the track.

Good luck, Oh yea dont do what I did at first. I had an extra washer left over the first time around. The only place washers are supposed to be is on top of the spacer and below the spacer. I put a washer in between the emulator and the spring. Thats a no no. I had to take the forks back apart to get that out.

Let me know if you have any other questions. I'm not an expert at this, and I never claimed to be a pro mechanic. I just a normal guy tinkering in my garage having fun with this cool sport.

[KevinC]

Do not follow the Racetech instructions! They are generic, and are not right for the SV damper rods, pre- '03 anyway.

The upper two new holes the Racetech instructions say to drill are too high, and there will be no rebound damping on the bottom inch of fork travel. That is not good.

If you use the stock damper rods, enlarge the existing 4 compression holes to 10 mm (3/8"), and braze the small rebound hole closed.

At 170 lbs., you will likely need 20+ weight fork oil. Fork oil  viscosity for a labelled weight are not consistent across brands. I use either Traxxion or Belray, with a mix of 50/50 20 and 30 W. I have the emulators at 3 turns, although I used the 41 mm emulators instead of the 38's that Racetech list for the SV. I'm 176 lbs.

[james-redsv]

Do not follow the Racetech instructions! They are generic, and are not right for the SV damper rods, pre- '03 anyway.

The upper two new holes the Racetech instructions say to drill are too high, and there will be no rebound damping on the bottom inch of fork travel. That is not good.

If you use the stock damper rods, enlarge the existing 4 compression holes to 10 mm (3/8"), and braze the small rebound hole closed.

At 170 lbs., you will likely need 20+ weight fork oil. Fork oil  viscosity for a labelled weight are not consistent across brands. I use either Traxxion or Belray, with a mix of 50/50 20 and 30 W. I have the emulators at 3 turns, although I used the 41 mm emulators instead of the 38's that Racetech list for the SV. I'm 176 lbs.

Those bigger holes are for compression not rebound, if you close up the little rebound hole the rebound will be too slow. Why would racetech give you the wrong instructions? I have called racetech about this and they stand behind what they say in the instructions for a race set up.  Whatever ??? mine work great the way racetech recomends.

[grasshopper]

Do not follow the Racetech instructions! They are generic, and are not right for the SV damper rods, pre- '03 anyway.

The upper two new holes the Racetech instructions say to drill are too high, and there will be no rebound damping on the bottom inch of fork travel. That is not good.

If you use the stock damper rods, enlarge the existing 4 compression holes to 10 mm (3/8"), and braze the small rebound hole closed.

At 170 lbs., you will likely need 20+ weight fork oil. Fork oil  viscosity for a labelled weight are not consistent across brands. I use either Traxxion or Belray, with a mix of 50/50 20 and 30 W. I have the emulators at 3 turns, although I used the 41 mm emulators instead of the 38's that Racetech list for the SV. I'm 176 lbs.

^Read above if you want to get completely confussed ???