"My Green Connector Melted" rebuild

[gmillz85]

Yesterday sucked. Ended up going out for 2 hrs and crashed at the end with 1/10 of a mile to my driveway. I was taking it easy all day since I just threw the bike back together and wanted to make sure everything was operating as it should before April 10th (first track day). I was pushing the time and the sun went down and it was too dark to be riding with the amount of gravel still on the road. I was coming up to an traffic light to make a left turn into my development and didnt see the ENTIRE turn lane was a blanket of gravel. This was all my fault as I again I was riding too late and I had my tinted visor on, so I was completely unaware of the gravel. I was going about 10mph with my front brake compressed (not jammed, just slowing to a stop), but as everyone knows front brake+any speed+ gravel= pavement. Again, I didnt even see the gravel so I was braking normally. If i would have seen it, I would have adjusted and not went down. No damage really except what you see in the pics, more damage was done to my knees since the bike didnt slide out from under me. I really have to get some leather pants and stop riding in jeans, my knees are taking quite the beating, they are still recovering from my green connector melting on me. I was still in the saddle in the proper riding position laying on the tarmac. It happened in a split second, and I can honestly say it caught me 100% off guard. Oh well, live and learn. Good thing my tail section is still getting painted

So since no one likes to read, Ill post the pics and shut up. Let me say this though, I am a serious advocate for ATGATT, if I only had proper pants I would have been completely unharmed. You never know whats going to happen everyone, dress for the crash, not the ride.

Brake lever:


Now Im rockin dual color, and I actually really like it! Im glad I kept the gold levers around.


My poor new rearsets and beautiful header wrap. Oh well, its character


And the knees:



I should have my plastics back soon, so final pics of the bike coming so soon.

[gmillz85]

Lets play whats that picture:


"No, not Ducati, S-U-Z-U-K-I."


One thing i noticed was the tail wasnt sealed completely. The seal was broken in the corner so i Pulled it off and sealed it myself.


I also want to note the awesome quality of my rearsets from
Svracing parts. My brake side rearset took 99% of the impact/ slide, the other 1% being my right side bar end and exhaust. Heres a couple picures of how the held up. With a little touch up paint you can hardly tell they were down. No replacement parts needed.

[gmillz85]

Hand painted couple parts today:





Sometimes its just the small free dope shizz mod that really puts a smile on ones face

[gmillz85]

And another freebie, i went clutchless start.



Tucked and tidy:



Tail tidied too after i installed the new light:

[gmillz85]

Finally got one

Some euro illness

[gmillz85]

Throwback from the pastsssss.....

My first big boy bike (I started on a 1980 Yamaha XS650, put 10k miles on it before she was sold to be bobbed), my 2004 SV650. 4,000 miles. 11k on the clock when I wrecked her. Twisted frame. Bad news.




3 weeks later I happened to be driving to work from my girlfriends house, and what do you know, one of the houses along my commute has this beauty sitting out front. I stopped, checked it out, and put down a deposit on the spot. 2k miles on the odo.



Immediately started the teardown to put her in her birthday suit:



COuple days later, my headlight kit came, and I had this:




Then I got tired of the rocket launchers suzuki called exhaust cans and stripped some weight and cleaned up the tail:



And thats where she sat until the rebuild started on page 1.

[gmillz85]

Batman style:

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And some protection. Motosliders, thanks again blair!

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And what everyones been waiting for.....finished pics..... enjoy









Its been fun, but even more fun to ride it. I have to get a video of my tail section in action too. More to come later.

[gmillz85]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...v/a6305a90.mp4

Short video if the tail lights in action