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Yesterday I took my first ride on my, finally, completed SV after the mods were done. I put emulators and .85 springs up front. I bought the forks off eBay supposedly set up already but it was a rats nest in there and wound up doing tons tons of work fixing it.
In the back I put a Fox TC revalved by Peter Kates of GMD Computrack.
1. The bike seems way taller now. My "old" SV seems like a chopper now! With the sag set to 30 MM at both ends and the ride height maxed out (but still short of the TWF recommendation) I can just flat foot the bike. I am 5'10" I wouldn't want it to be higher. It leans over further on the kick stand. Though I sport ride I also tour and commute. The bike is as high and as quick turning as I want it to be.
2. At a stand still the bike seems way stiffer. It's like it is carved from billet compared to the "old" pre mod bike.
3. In motion it's startling how solid it feels. Turn and the bike turns. It's uncanny.
4. I expected it to be awful and rough, but it's weirdly plush. The bike just glides over imperfections, you feel them but it's not at all like I expected the it to telegraph the bumps.
5. It doesn't dive, it doesn't wallow. The "old" bike seems like a rocking horse! It so much stabler. It's just, this is perhaps the hugest difference. Mid corner it doesn't seem like any change will set some crazy oscillation on motion.
The mods wound up taking a long time and costing a fair bit, but it was worth it. The bike is really, really different. Overall I think, maybe it was $750 for everything, since the bike cost $2000 when I got it, this is not insignificant but it's amazingly transformed. I will reserve judgment until I get more than a sneak out in the only 40 degree plus hours of the past few weeks, but I have to say there's a different bike lurking in your bike.
In the back I put a Fox TC revalved by Peter Kates of GMD Computrack.
1. The bike seems way taller now. My "old" SV seems like a chopper now! With the sag set to 30 MM at both ends and the ride height maxed out (but still short of the TWF recommendation) I can just flat foot the bike. I am 5'10" I wouldn't want it to be higher. It leans over further on the kick stand. Though I sport ride I also tour and commute. The bike is as high and as quick turning as I want it to be.
2. At a stand still the bike seems way stiffer. It's like it is carved from billet compared to the "old" pre mod bike.
3. In motion it's startling how solid it feels. Turn and the bike turns. It's uncanny.
4. I expected it to be awful and rough, but it's weirdly plush. The bike just glides over imperfections, you feel them but it's not at all like I expected the it to telegraph the bumps.
5. It doesn't dive, it doesn't wallow. The "old" bike seems like a rocking horse! It so much stabler. It's just, this is perhaps the hugest difference. Mid corner it doesn't seem like any change will set some crazy oscillation on motion.
The mods wound up taking a long time and costing a fair bit, but it was worth it. The bike is really, really different. Overall I think, maybe it was $750 for everything, since the bike cost $2000 when I got it, this is not insignificant but it's amazingly transformed. I will reserve judgment until I get more than a sneak out in the only 40 degree plus hours of the past few weeks, but I have to say there's a different bike lurking in your bike.