Just thought this would be a cool new topic. If there is already one in existence please let me know so I can delete this one, or a mod can do it. As for me I finished my under tail project and rode the crap out of it.
What did you do to your SV today? (mods, farkles, maintenance, etc)
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State inspection passed. Cleaned & lubed chain. Sea Foam treatment into oil, then changed oil & filter with fresh Rotella 15w-40 dino squeezins. Put the Suzuki fender eliminator back on. Replaced rear cowl. Cleaned & checked spark plugs. Sea Foam into gas tank to clean injectors. Polished, cleaned, shined front to rear.
Then the best part. I rode the snot outta her. ;D
Then the best part. I rode the snot outta her. ;D
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TBone and I rode 278 miles through Ohio, West Virginia and SW PA. Ran into some guys from Cleveland on a M900, Ninja 650, and a Duc Streetfighter. Then ran into Mr. Dirt and his friend from on the board. Hit the wear bars on my rear tire. Scared the **** outta myself when the rear hit a patch of gravel at full (for me) lean. Fell in love with my little girl's bike all over again.
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Turned a quart of Rotella T into a quart of used Rotella T in the 2-3 seconds it took to pass through the engine (d'oh).
Also took a closer look at my issue with the sagging Renntec* rack. Besides the cracked plastics, it looks like the plate the rack bolts to has cracks in it. The rear subframe is aluminum, right?
(* I should point out that this is entirely my fault for exceeding the Renntec specs)
Also took a closer look at my issue with the sagging Renntec* rack. Besides the cracked plastics, it looks like the plate the rack bolts to has cracks in it. The rear subframe is aluminum, right?
(* I should point out that this is entirely my fault for exceeding the Renntec specs)
bike "ran out of gas" 4 blocks into my test ride after attempting to sync carbs. I knew what it was (vacuum line to petcock) but my tools were at work so i had to walk the bike back ,and that would have been easy except one of the blocks was uphill. If you've ever had to push ,even a waif of a bike like an sv, up a moderately steep hill,you should have gained a tremendous appreciation for the power of an internal combustion engine Anyway i only had one vacuum guage and couldn't get any meaningful balence between the vacuum lines ,i ended up doing it by ear/feel and got a definite improvement,and my bike wasn't even running all that bad. I should definitely do the syncing again with the proper guages, there might be even a bit more power in there.
Anyway i only had one vacuum guage and couldn't get any meaningful balence between the vacuum lines ,i ended up doing it by ear/feel and got a definite improvement,and my bike wasn't even running all that bad. I should definitely do the syncing again with the proper guages, there might be even a bit more power in there.http://www.sportbikes.net/forums/zzr-mods/397915-carb-sync-diy-5-a.htmlbike "ran out of gas" 4 blocks into my test ride after attempting to sync carbs. I knew what it was (vacuum line to petcock) but my tools were at work so i had to walk the bike back ,and that would have been easy except one of the blocks was uphill. If you've ever had to push ,even a waif of a bike like an sv, up a moderately steep hill,you should have gained a tremendous appreciation for the power of an internal combustion engine
Interesting, no?
my mileage went from barely 40 to 45.5 , it was one long ride today though ,but the difference is big,not just power but the delivery,there's a different (good) sound at more open throttle that i'd forgotten. I'm a bit upset that i let it go as long as i did,but it's just a slowly creeping effect and you just slowly get used to using more throttle to compensate. I now realize that before syncing the bike felt powerful in a course kind of brutish way now it just winds up kind of effortlessly even in sixth,accelleration feels more like falling. New again.
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Haha I used to do that intentionally with my old XS 400 and my old Maxim 650 (well push the bike.. I never ran out of gas on my old bikes) I did it for football conditioning... it's is really not that bad until I got the dumb-assed idea to do it with one of the O-Line guards... I sat on it and he pushed... 1/4 the way up the hill and was winded (haha what do you expect when some guy is 320 and 6'4 in grade 11 and 12...) then I tried it... well I managed to get it up with him sitting on it... but that one block hill ****ear made me hurl... good thing i got a good run at it before the hill started so I could build a bit of momentum... but 1 time was enough for me...
After that the bike was easy.. so we took turns just pushing the bike... it worked great... then we went for beer and chinese food ;D
After that the bike was easy.. so we took turns just pushing the bike... it worked great... then we went for beer and chinese food ;D
bike "ran out of gas" 4 blocks into my test ride after attempting to sync carbs. I knew what it was (vacuum line to petcock) but my tools were at work so i had to walk the bike back ,and that would have been easy except one of the blocks was uphill. If you've ever had to push ,even a waif of a bike like an sv, up a moderately steep hill,you should have gained a tremendous appreciation for the power of an internal combustion engine
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Flushed my brakes for the first time (Mity-Vac is your friend!). Holy crap my bike stops again!
Then I gave the chain what-for w/ WD40 and Maxima.
Now I'm packing up the tailbag for an overnight trip home to see the 'rents in Blue Ridge, GA. For those of you that don't know the area, it's sweeeeet. I will be frequenting GA hwy 60...YES.
Then I gave the chain what-for w/ WD40 and Maxima.
Now I'm packing up the tailbag for an overnight trip home to see the 'rents in Blue Ridge, GA. For those of you that don't know the area, it's sweeeeet. I will be frequenting GA hwy 60...YES.
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I, YES I, installed my new shock yesterday. I did have supervision and only received help to put the bike up on the stands and jacks, and when I couldn't break loose a very tight nut or had other questions. Other than that I did it all so it took most of the day. It looks INCREDIBLE. Took the bike for a test ride today and even before doing any sag adjusting the difference is night and day! There's a sag adjusting party Friday afternoon so I'll wait until then to take care of that. Wow. Awesome. Absolutely AWESOME. I'll post pics tomorrow.
i got my motorcycle license test and rigged this up because the pedal broke the other day when i put her down...
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that's what happens when you let a jeep mechanic work on a bike. i ground a flat spot on the arm and then drilled it out. the only bolt i could find that was the right length and diameter was a spare from the stock steering on my cherokee, so in it went.
that's what happens when you let a jeep mechanic work on a bike. i ground a flat spot on the arm and then drilled it out. the only bolt i could find that was the right length and diameter was a spare from the stock steering on my cherokee, so in it went.
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Removed the rear brake rotor bolts, loc-tited them, and torqued them without removing the wheel. Wish I'd remembered to do that properly in the chaos of getting my bike ready the night before my track day - they started backing out and shaving some of my caliper hanger so I called it a day when I was just starting to get real fast on the track in the last session.
Since I just found my pictures, here's one you can see now.
http://www.hart-photography.com/photocart/index.php?do=photocart&viewImage=831558
Since I just found my pictures, here's one you can see now.
http://www.hart-photography.com/photocart/index.php?do=photocart&viewImage=831558
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******! The watermark is obscuring the view of the shaggedelic facial hair.
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Hi Herzuki, Still waiting for pictures of your bike.I, YES I, installed my new shock yesterday. I did have supervision and only received help to put the bike up on the stands and jacks, and when I couldn't break loose a very tight nut or had other questions. Other than that I did it all so it took most of the day. It looks INCREDIBLE. Took the bike for a test ride today and even before doing any sag adjusting the difference is night and day! There's a sag adjusting party Friday afternoon so I'll wait until then to take care of that. Wow. Awesome. Absolutely AWESOME. I'll post pics tomorrow.
i got my motorcycle license test and rigged this up because the pedal broke the other day when i put her down...
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that's what happens when you let a jeep mechanic work on a bike. i ground a flat spot on the arm and then drilled it out. the only bolt i could find that was the right length and diameter was a spare from the stock steering on my cherokee, so in it went.
sure way to ruin boots / shoes . . .
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I lubed the chain, foot peg pivots, kick stand, shift lever pivot and heim joints in the linkage, removed/installed the frame sliders to see the type bolt/mounting the original owner got and checked the tire pressure.
The sliders use a bolt on each side, not a through bolt. It seems like the two bolt arrangement would be more like the original bolting as engine mounts than the through bolt design. But the through bolt design seems to get the nod from the knowledgeable around here. (ponder, ponder...)
The sliders use a bolt on each side, not a through bolt. It seems like the two bolt arrangement would be more like the original bolting as engine mounts than the through bolt design. But the through bolt design seems to get the nod from the knowledgeable around here. (ponder, ponder...)
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