• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

83 gs650 shock rates

  • Thread starter Thread starter OleDirtyDoc
  • Start date Start date
O

OleDirtyDoc

Guest
does anyone here off hand know the spring rates for the rear shocks on an 83 gs650l?thank you
 
Who Dat? said:
Way too soft to start with, and hasn't gotten any better over the years.

As to actual numbers, no.
Click to expand...

Yep, that's about the size of it. To this very day, Suzuki has a longstanding tradition of hiring undernourished Japanese ballerinas and jockeys as suspension calibration test riders, so the stock suspension always arrives badly undersprung and underdamped.

If you need a starting point for where you want to end up, you might look at Progressive Suspension (the company that sells shocks, not the Flo folks) and see what their recommendations are for rear shock springs -- the 12 series shocks require you to buy shocks separately. Their "normal" recommendation will work well for a slender solo rider up to about 150 pounds or so, and their "heavy duty" recommendation would be in the ballpark for 2-up riding or somewhat heavier riders.

Looks like their "standard" recommendation for that bike is 75/120 (this is in pounds/inch -- the first number is the spring rate at the beginning of travel, and the last number is the rate at the end of the travel). "Heavy-Duty" is 90/130.
http://www.progressivesuspension.com/product/1403/12-series-springs



You didn't ask, but in case you're wondering... for fork springs, you're much better off to go with straight rate springs from Sonic in the appropriate rate for your weight and riding style. Progressive's fork springs are certainly an improvement over stock, but they're a universal progressive rate and tend to be much too soft for most riders.
http://www.sonicsprings.com/catalog/
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top