I'm doing the GSXR shock mod on my '04 SV650, read everything I could find here (this forum is great). I was concerned about holding the bike up while I changed everything around and didn't like the idea of trying to hang my bike from the ceiling (or anything else for that matter). I use a piece of conduit in the rear axle of my '00 GSXR 600 to lift the rear tire for chain cleaning and thought I could do something similar for this.
Bike ready for work - Red circle is the lift point I used.
This is what it looks like underneath.
Out of some scrap pieces I had I fabricated a bracket that hooks into that hole on the bottom. Ok, this first try was an experiment, so it doesn?t look very pretty.
In use?It requires very little lift to bring the back tire off the ground and is very stable, perfect for chain cleaning or tire swaps.
The bike is on three points, side stand, front wheel and the jack. When you do this (or any heavy work on a bike on the side stand) always hog tie the stand?it makes it almost impossible to push over.
When I make a better one it will look like this.
Here are two photos of what I had to cut from the battery box. This is an ?04 SV650 and an ?03 GSXR 1000 shock. There may be some difference between mine and yours so your mileage may vary. I stuffed a paper towel in the battery box to make it easier to see.
Finally a photo of the installed shock. My battery did not fit at all?I?m looking for a smaller replacement.
(Got this dam photo posting thing licked! ;D )
Bike ready for work - Red circle is the lift point I used.
This is what it looks like underneath.
Out of some scrap pieces I had I fabricated a bracket that hooks into that hole on the bottom. Ok, this first try was an experiment, so it doesn?t look very pretty.
In use?It requires very little lift to bring the back tire off the ground and is very stable, perfect for chain cleaning or tire swaps.
The bike is on three points, side stand, front wheel and the jack. When you do this (or any heavy work on a bike on the side stand) always hog tie the stand?it makes it almost impossible to push over.
When I make a better one it will look like this.
Here are two photos of what I had to cut from the battery box. This is an ?04 SV650 and an ?03 GSXR 1000 shock. There may be some difference between mine and yours so your mileage may vary. I stuffed a paper towel in the battery box to make it easier to see.
Finally a photo of the installed shock. My battery did not fit at all?I?m looking for a smaller replacement.
(Got this dam photo posting thing licked! ;D )