Ninja 500 Questions and info

[Qfactor]

Seeing that I couldn't locate the forums specific to these questions, I'll post here as I know some people that race those.

- is the SV rear shock an "upgrade" to the stocker? If so which generation?

- Is it a waste of time upgrading the stock fork internals? versus swapping out the whole the entire front end.

A friend of mine got one and is going over the entire bike over the winter to:
1) learn about moto mechanics
2) slightly improve the handling/braking while in there.

just looking for info.

thanks

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[McBiggity]

ex500

[Qfactor]

Could not locate the info about the first questions.

thanks for the link.

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[McBiggity]

i'm not sure about the SV shock being an "upgrade". Probably a ?? best left for someone like PK. but the stock shock can benefit much from a better spring for your weight.

The forks are in desperate need of an upgrade from their stock springs/oil.
- I raced an ex500 with a Honda F2 front end for one year, I am now going much faster on my stock ex500 front end w/ racetech internals.

[OreoGaborio]

If your friend wants to keep it simple, get a Fox, Werks or Penske rear shock (which one depends on budget), some racetech springs & emulators for the fork, a good set of tires and some HH pads. If you get a shock that doesn't have ride height adjustment you can get slightly shorter dogbones that lift the rear a little bit.

That's about the best you can do to improve things w/o wasting a ton of money that I can think of.

[dhuze]

An SV shock is better suited to hold open his repair manual while he learns about motorcycle mechanics