Wassup ya'll, I'm only a second year rider and I needed some advice on my shocks and springs I think. lol. I'm about 220lbs and ride a CBR600F4i and I'm not sure if I need new shocks or springs or some tightening or something cause it lowers a lil when I'm on and a lot if I have a passenger. Is there a way to tighten the suspension or something. Please let me know what I should do.

 

at that weight, you are going to be beyond the stock suspension settings.(150lb)

at the very least you are going to need to replace the front springs, with ateast 1.0 springs, and the rear spring as well. do it yourself for$200, or pay a shop 3 times that.

 

hey hows it going,
don't take this the wrong way but check your manual for passenger wt. limit
when i had my 600f2 i belive the limit was like 300lbs for rider and passenger.
don't quote me on that but i know it was not much. you may be loading up
the suspension a bit too much. have you tried to adjust the pre-load or your
suspension? you can make it ride stiffer or softer depending which way you turn the adjustment...

 

Stock springs are NOT setup for the proper sag even at the LIMIT the manual says.

Im 255 (no gear) mine suspension setup up perfect with a race tech .95kg front springs set and a 15kg rear spring..Stock shocks will do fine with nothing more than a good fluid change..

Bike is night and day different than with the stock setup..No brake dive (like stock and handles a lot better).

My setup cost me (i did the labor).UNder 150.00 for the parts and 35.00 for a shop to setup the sag and shock settings.