20-01-14, 10:56 PM
Keep an eye out for a decent shock on eBay for him - there's loads that fit into the sv (both pointy and curvy, if you let me know which i'll be able to find a list), and you'd be able to sort out a replacement (eg a gixxer shock) for very cheap, and yet will make a HUGE handling difference to the sv. Not much point in changing the spring on the standard shock to be honest, its an undersprung, underdamped piece of crap to be polite!