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Tonight I rode my buddy's SV. It's literally the exact same as mine except I have my shock-preloads set a bit higher. His corners a lot better than mine! When pushing down on the forks it appears to have slightly better dampening and seems to be smoother, especially when cornering at 25mph.
His bike was on the sales floor (with 1 mile on it), and mine was built out of the crate when we bought it. Is it likely that the dealership built the two bikes differently? Or is the fork oil not messed with during the build and the oil amounts are just that much different from Suzuki?
Either way tomorrow I'm going to see what it will take to replace with 15w oil but I don't have any stands so I may need to pay a shop to do it. Anyone have a guestimate what I might expect to pay?
His bike was on the sales floor (with 1 mile on it), and mine was built out of the crate when we bought it. Is it likely that the dealership built the two bikes differently? Or is the fork oil not messed with during the build and the oil amounts are just that much different from Suzuki?
Either way tomorrow I'm going to see what it will take to replace with 15w oil but I don't have any stands so I may need to pay a shop to do it. Anyone have a guestimate what I might expect to pay?