1998~2006 Katana 750 Shock Revalve
The image you are seeing below is comparing a stock 1998~2006 Katana 750 shock against one of NorWest Suspension revalved shocks and one that has a Racetech Gold Valve using their recommended valving.
Baseline is the stock shock, Valving 1 is the HRS revalved stock shock, Valving 2 is the Racetech Gold Valve shock.
You will see that with the correct valving the stock valve in the stock shock is a fairly decent performer.