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Originally Posted by ForceofWill
I really don't know how happy she'd be with the GSXR mod. I only remember seeing one pic of her here and think she's pretty light. I'm ~190-200 lbs geared up and with the preload backed all the way out I can barely reach the minimum sag. It's pretty stiff with that spring on it.
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Originally Posted by MattRichling
I second the GSXR rear shock - worth the experience of doing it, or at least find a mechanic who will do it for you - for the price! BUT it will be way to stiff for you/her - Like ForceofWill, Im in the same boat and find it too stiff. For the price you can't beat it!
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The '06-'09 GSXR600 shock mentioned in the DIY has basically the same spring rate as the stock shock. While I agree that it seems to be too stiff for many 250 riders, it's no worse than the stocker.
The
other GSXR years/sizes have a variety of other spring rates. Looking at eBay pics, some of them seem to have the piggyback reservoir at different angles which might make them harder to fit in a Ninjette. However, you may be able to buy a second, slightly-different GSXR shock for $25 to get the spring rate you want, and just swap it onto the DIY shock. The 03-04 GSXR1000's 480# spring is probably closest for you guys, listed for a 172-181lb rider (without gear). They seem to have a lot of lower and higher rates, but not much in the middle. RT lists them as using different spring series, but the pics on eBay (
1000,
600) look like they might be fairly similar, if someone wants to do some experimenting.