I have an '06 SV650S, and weight about 180 - 185 with gear. Street riding only. Before adding emulators, I tried firming up the front a bit by going to heavier oil. I was completely unsatisfied with that. The thicker oil does not pass through the standard damping rod as efficiently as thinner oil. Because of that, sharp bumps became very jarring as the forks would essentially hydrolock (the oil couldn't pass through the rod orifices fast enough to react to the bump). Because of the inability to react to bumps, the front end became noticeably more skittish when encountering bumps while leaned over.
I put Ricor Intiminator (
http://store.ricorshocks.com/product...-20-1001g2.htm) emulators in my forks. Stock springs, and 5W full synthetic oil. HUGE difference. The bike doesn't dive nearly as much under braking. The front wheel follows the bumps in the roads when leaned over, rather than hopping. The front-end "clunk" is gone when hitting sharp bumps.
The Ricor Intiminators work very similar to the RaceTech/Traxxion Dynamics emulators but are much cheaper (especially at the current sale price of $180). They don't require you to drill or replace your damping rods (which means you don't have to remove them in order to install the ricors, but it probably wouldn't hurt to completely clean your forks anyway). Ricor recommends using thin 5W oil so the damping rod orifices play no role in the damping process, and simply allow the emulator to handle all the damping duties. They are "tunable" with different shim stacks.
You're a fair bit heavier than me, so you'll likely need new springs regardless, but if you're going to take the next step and add emulators, don't overlook the Ricor's. Do a search over at SVRider.com to get additional feedback.
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