[ebrammer252]

http://www.svrider.com/forum/showthread.php?t=175009

Any and all feedback is appreciated and welcomed!

 

[RMAN]

I guess that you have to be a fan of shorty cans. Personally, I don't care for them on any bike. Other than that, it's nice that you are keeping the overall oem look. Too many in my view try to turn the SV into another brand. I'm partial to 1gens anyway.

 

[ebrammer252]

I wasn't too sure about it at first either, but it turned out rather nicely. I'm thinking about going with this : Carbon Fiber Delkevic Shorty

 

[kazoo]

You do realize that coloring the headlight reflector black acts to absorb all the light instead of throwing it on the road, right?

Glad you were sensible enough to never use it again but please don't sell/gift it to anyone.. it would be flat out dangerous to use

 

[ebrammer252]

You do realize that coloring the headlight reflector black acts to absorb all the light instead of throwing it on the road, right?

Glad you were sensible enough to never use it again but please don't sell/gift it to anyone.. it would be flat out dangerous to use

It's a projector setup so the reflector is not actually used any longer. All light is focused through and amplified by the projector only.

 

[kazoo]

False.

Even in a projector setup you still need the reflector. You're right about light going through a lens, but that is the light coming from the reflector. Honestly, I'm surprised you even got ANY light on the road after painting the reflector black...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headlamp#Projector_.28polyellipsoidal.29_lamps

 

[ebrammer252]

The projector protruded to the point of almost touching the lens of the headlight, there's no way it used the reflector for amplification. The glass dome was so far away from the reflector there's no way it could have pushed light back beyond 45-60 degrees or so. I actually tested the projector with the reflector (blacked out) and with no reflector, just simply holding the projector to a wall and it made no difference.

 

[ebrammer252]

Take a look at SecretMachine's post and you can see how the projector sits.
http://www.svrider.com/forum/showthread.php?t=150051&page=18

 

[kazoo]

Ah, so it's just a small projector stuck inside of the original headlamp housing. The projector itself must have a separate reflector then.
Sorry about the heat, just didn't want some newbie painting their non-projector headlamp reflector black haha

 

[ebrammer252]

Ah, so it's just a small projector stuck inside of the original headlamp housing. The projector itself must have a separate reflector then.
Sorry about the heat, just didn't want some newbie painting their non-projector headlamp reflector black haha

You're fine I understand. Yeah it's a retro fit setup.

 

[ebrammer252]

Updated today with powdercoated swingarm pictures!

 

[onecartel]

I wouldn't have thought PCing the swinger would have made such a visual difference. Looks good :rock:

 

[ebrammer252]

I wouldn't have thought PCing the swinger would have made such a visual difference. Looks good :rock:

Thanks! Hopefully once all the new painted pieces are on it will really cause the new paint to pop.

 

[Soliton]

That swing arm looks awesome. Good going bro!

 

[Syscrush]

meanstrk keeps a thread going on another forum where he posts his paint work, and when I saw your parts I bugged him for the build thread. Looking good!

 

[ebrammer252]

meanstrk keeps a thread going on another forum where he posts his paint work, and when I saw your parts I bugged him for the build thread. Looking good!

Thanks! Out of curiosity what forum is that?

 

[Syscrush]

Thanks! Out of curiosity what forum is that?

Maximum-Suzuki - I know him there from my days as a Katana owner. He's active there as a mod.

 

[vivalashay]

Maybe I missed it, but where did you get the hugger from? Look like it fits nice.

 

[ebrammer252]

I got it from airtech-streamlining and had it painted by Ron at Trading-Paint.com or meanstrk as he goes by on the boards.

http://www.airtech-streamlining.com/suzuz/SV6501999-02.htm

Everything is custom made and customer molded, it takes about 3 weeks as they make it to order, but it was a high quality part!

 

[ebrammer252]

New parts and pictures!