So what you're saying, Andy is that there's a geometry change as well? Though I wouldn't mind running a track sometime, I'm not a "Track Rider" per se. I use the bike for recreation jaunts and occassionally commute locally. Am I wrong to construe that this might be a mod that only a kneedragger could love?Dive is a function of spring rate and damping. Lift under acceleration is a function of static preload setting. GSXR forks will drop the front end a good bit, so you will get faster turn-in at some cost to directional stability. The same effect can be achieved by pulling the fork legs up or using shorter dogbones, raising the tail up.
Woo-hoo, look at me! I just just spent hundreds of dollars upgrading something on my bike in which I'll never use to it's full potential, yet list as a mod to impress others!
the point is, you can "upgrade" the front end of the sv and sell the stock sv parts to save money, you can get away with doing it cheaper ther upgrading the sv forksThe geometry change is due to the GSXR forks being shorter. As I said, you can accomplish the same change by lifting the fork legs in the triple clamps.
Most people who race have said that there is no great benefit of the GSXR forks vs. well set-up SV forks. "Well set-up" is the key phrase here. It's not as easy to change compression and rebound damping on SV forks with emulators. So there is a possible benefit there.
Stock SV brakes will easily lift the back tire off the ground, and are well-modulated and easy to use (unless they're not maintained properly, in which case the same could be said for GSXR brakes).
So there are downsides and benefits to doing the swap. You have to decide if it's worth it to you.
+1, unless you're going to respring/valve the GSXR forks they aren't really an improvement (the brakes are, but not the suspension) over a properly sprung set of SV forks from what I've read and experienced.I want to do it because it looks cool. I know I can respring and emu my forks for less money and have them perform very well. I wouldn't mind upgraded brakes either. Technically, you should probably respring any GSXR forks you get for your weight as well unless they work best as they are stock for you
That's funny, lol!It doesn't matter anyway, because half the people that upgrade to them can't ride worth a crap anyway.
It's also because the triple offset is longer - yet no-one ever seems to mention that.The geometry change is due to the GSXR forks being shorter. ....
