i thought about may buying an HID kit for it.

 

Reflectors aren't designed for it so you get a dangerous cut-off on high beam. If you don't drive at night, go right ahead. Otherwise upgrade to beaver kit and better bulbs.

 

high-sided.

 

Bummer dude. You and bike ok?

 

Hey, wow, I got to ride the last two days. The SV got taken out of storage, I checked the tire pressure and we went for a 50 mile ride. It was about 35* and most of the roads here in the boonies were soaking wet and really dirty.

Today, I finished my home made heated vest and tested it out. Wow. I'm blown away! Comfort at 34*. I rode 30 miles on mainly wet roads and it was starting to get dark. Toasty and so comfy. It's almost like cheating.

I need to install an on/off switch, but it's really ok without it. I used my grip heaters on low, Hippo Hands (with summer gloves on), the new vest and it was total comfort. I will be ok well below 30* with this setup. I wasn't freezing cold after the ride like I normally would be. This is another great piece of cold weather gear that makes a huge difference. Since I commute on my bike, weather allowing, this is really going to be a big help.

I'm going to post vest pics and tech info later in the week.

 

Please do me a favor and let me know where and when you post the pics and tech info...I'm interested in how you did it. Thanks.

 

I couldn't stand my guilt anymore, so I finally put the SV on stands, filled the tank with stabilized gas and then ran it till it was through a couple of heat cycles. Switch off, put some rags in the tail pipes gave it a pat and am now waiting for slightly nicer weather to start winter mods.

It's gonna be a loooong 3 months!

 

Glad your guilt finally bested you But better late than never!

I feel your pain though, usually around this time of year I get the itch to ride like crazy. Planning mods and getting the parts together helps to stave off complete SV withdrawl!

P.S. Maybe an Edmonton SV rally is in order for this coming summer...

 

Put on my Lockhart Phillips sliders and rode it 120 mile round trip.

 

Took of my brand new 2 brothers slip on, so I can send it back bacause it has a leak. After 2 weeks of fighting with customer service. Because their exhausts do not leak from the can.
I hate to complain I know they make quality stuff. Just happened to get a bad one. But customer service dont need to have attitudes!

 

-10 degrees hear but managed to get out on the bike to day and test the rear brake now that i have finished pissing round with it

Had to raise the rez as the tube was pinching

 

Well, its 20F & we've got several inches of snow on the ground... I DID start her up last night, & idled her for about 15-20 minutes...

 

My bike took me to lunch today. It was 10 degrees when I left and 20 degrees when I got home. Good thing that I had my heated grips w/ hippo hands, heated jacket liner, and heated socks on.

 

Took out one of the bolts holding the ABS pump in place. Bought some new (longer) ones, spacers + straps for my upcoming shock swap.

And this new thing arrived in the mail:

Thanks BossMan!

On a positive note: today it got even colder. -4 degrees, forecast for the weekend: -13..

 

Froze my @ss off in the garage....but finally pulled the radiator and had it pressure tested after it's hard landing by the previous owner. Reshaped the fan housing to allow the fan to spin without the annoying little "ticking" noise. Will try and clean the chain and lube it in the next day or two.....

 

My OEM bar ends came in today. Now I can install my DL650 knuckle guards.

 

Last night I tuned everything engine-wise to a gnats a$$
One tight exhaust valve. Both TP sensors were off a little. The 2ndaries stayed in sync. The primaries were a hair out of sync, and I mean just a hair. Nothing was that far off.

I took it for a spin today to make sure all is good (after not having ridden it for awhile). Quite a noticeable difference. It pulled hard. And smooth.

Could have been the one tight valve more than anything, but the sum of everything together > individual parts. A machine in good tune is just... beautiful.

 

Was told that my winter mods have shown up to the house.. will be installing them this weekend when I get back to the states.

Bought:

Pazzo shorties
Carbon Fiber Instrument gauge cover
Carbon Fiber Triple crown cover
GiPro w/aTre
Ratchet Straps for transporting her

Haven't ridden her since the summer, so hopefully it warms up by the end of the week.

 

I did buy some parts for my 650 I hope to fit them and paint them this year ;D

 

I put in some Star Tron in the tank, aired up the tires, filled her up and went for a 50 mile ride. 35*F, very overcast. It was fun anyway.

I'm continuing to test my home made electric vest. So far it's been faultless and terrific. No more hypothermia for me.

 

I cleaned connections for brake light on Givi case, changed the oil and filter, replaced my warped rear rotor with a used one from Ebay, lubed the chain and added injector cleaner to my tank which I just filled up. Then took her for a ride around the block and to the store...rode by an accident where a little honda car thought he could fit under the rear of a semi trailer and failed. Feels so nice to use my rear brake and not feel any lurching...woohoo! Now I just gotta clean her and make her shiny and happy again.

 

installed DL650 knuckle guards and a k&n air filter. I tried to figure out how to install my new soft luggage but it stymied me.

 

I changed oil and filter. Makes you feel like a real man again during this 10 degree weather even with 5 minutes of wrenching. lol

New makeover coming up for my bike for the upcoming season.

 

finally got to actually work on it today. pulled a litle bracket off on the sub frame, between the rear set and the subframe. it was like faded black/brown and i painted it silver. 6 coats and it nearly matches it perfect.

made sure my gsxr shock was going to fit. pulled a little fender thing off to make for more room, also pulled the clutch side passenger peg off for the same reason. it will either be tomorrow or tuesday that i get the new one in.

 

took the exhaust off a couple days ago due to my daughter dropping in 2 sockets in it the exhaust pipe

 

My daughters have dropped several things into my exhaust, most notably golf balls (3 of them) and on a seperate occasion a disposable lighter. I had no clue they were in there. So (with the golf balls), I go out to start the bike for the ride to work and it is bogging bad, I blip the thottle, still bogging, so I crack the throttle and I hear POOF, POOF, POOF. And look behind me to see two white and one neon green golf ball bouncing down the street. It must have launched them a good 100 yards. The lighter was good too, same thing, go out to warm the bike up for the ride to work and as I am walking back to the garage door I hear a LOUD bang, first thing I think is something catastophic just broke, but it is still humming along fine at a fast idle, so I crack the throttle and out flies the metal top to the lighter and assorted, half melted pieces of plastic. Now I stuff a rag in there when I know the girls will be playing in the front with the garage open. Fun Times!!

 

couldn't you have use one of the magnetic extender things? or even the claw tool?

 

yea but i didnt have one at the time and i figured ahh no biggie ill take the exhaust off and ill tip it and they will fall out well that didnt work so now i need to get a magnetic tool to get them out

 

haha bummer. you'd be surprised at what you will end up using it fore, comes in handy in a lot of different situations, not just on vehicles.

 

Just tightened up a few things,put the back axle in,i was looking into making my own. But my penski 8987 is sitting pretty,made a nice light bracket/clamp for the resevoir. I should start on a matching exhaust bracket and loose the passenger peg on that side too. I was amazed at how heavy the stock left passenger peg was. I think the temps supposed to go into the 40's in a couple of days, i may do my ss rear brake line at that point.

 

i mounted my power commander under the rear seat. it was always just sitting there flopping around, over big bumps i could hear it bouncing around. i was able to stand it vertical, almost directly under the plastic piece between the front and rear seat. put some adhesive velcro on the plastic piece and another on the module itself and voila. fits perfect and won't be bouncing around.