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Old 04-08-2010, 12:16 AM   #1
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Oh I dug up the 5 year old posts from SVrider from the ex hubby and it looked like the rear shock was redone by svraceshop. They did say that the stock gixxer shock is too soft?? Is that true? I don't remember having issues on bolting the shock on except that we had to cut part of the box where the battery sit. What is the advantage of a zx10 shock?

Also its lower by 5mm which isn't a bad thing since I have height issues, I can compensate for the difference raising the forks?

Uhhh looks like the mods were made for him while he told me otherwise! DOH!

http://forum.svrider.com/showthread....ghlight=ejl127
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Old 04-08-2010, 08:01 AM   #2
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Oh I dug up the 5 year old posts from SVrider from the ex hubby and it looked like the rear shock was redone by svraceshop. They did say that the stock gixxer shock is too soft?? Is that true? I don't remember having issues on bolting the shock on except that we had to cut part of the box where the battery sit. What is the advantage of a zx10 shock?

Also its lower by 5mm which isn't a bad thing since I have height issues, I can compensate for the difference raising the forks?

Uhhh looks like the mods were made for him while he told me otherwise! DOH!

http://forum.svrider.com/showthread....ghlight=ejl127
advantage of zx10 shock is no cutting of the batt box, and i believe no loss in ride height.
ontwo told me a bit about it, he can give more info.
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Old 04-10-2010, 09:11 AM   #3
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Oh I dug up the 5 year old posts from SVrider from the ex hubby and it looked like the rear shock was redone by svraceshop. They did say that the stock gixxer shock is too soft?? Is that true? I don't remember having issues on bolting the shock on except that we had to cut part of the box where the battery sit. What is the advantage of a zx10 shock?

Also its lower by 5mm which isn't a bad thing since I have height issues, I can compensate for the difference raising the forks?

Uhhh looks like the mods were made for him while he told me otherwise! DOH!

http://forum.svrider.com/showthread....ghlight=ejl127
Gina, at your size I don't think you need to worry about the shock being too soft.
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Old 04-10-2010, 05:47 PM   #4
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Gina, at your size I don't think you need to worry about the shock being too soft.
Thats what I was thinking, if the Gixxer shock stock is fine then I can just do a swap instead of repsring etc? I think the one we redid was more for Evan's weight. Tommymac should have a spare.
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