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What did you do to your SV today? (mods, farkles, maintenance, etc)

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#1 ·
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.
 
#13,762 ·
Didn't even fart on mine... cover is all nasty.. who wants to sit on that... stupid condo parkade is full of diesel exhaust soot and winter road dust...

Bike was brought back from the dead a couple weeks ago but then it has been shiddy rain ever since... what the hell is it with this past year... no riding from october to May and only a couple days since...

I'd ride it in the rain.. but I hate cleaning the bike again right after... and.. I have a new car.. so it is still fun to kill hondas in my focus ST :p much nicer than my old old old Sentra SE-R Spec-V....


That and I need to get my new conti road attack-2 tires mounted to replace the very close to wear bar pilot powers I had... not bad a tire for what I spent... but if these Conti RA-2 tires are anything close to the original RA tires I had on my 99 SV I will be happy!
 
#13,769 ·
Busy weekend in the garage.

Installed Woodcraft clip-ons.
Painted and installed a second hand S model front brake master cylinder and clutch perch.
Made a custom aluminum brake fluid reservoir mounting bracket.
Installed roll-a-click levers.
Installed Galfer SS braided lines. Going to replace them, as the ones for the S model are about 4" too long for use with aftermarket clip-ons.
Installed Renthal 32mm diameter grips.
Cleaned the front brake calipers.
Installed Speed Bleeder valves on the front calipers.
Bedlined my radiator side guard thingies.

Next weekend I'll be installing shorter Burkhart Racing dog bones, Race Tech .95 springs, fresh fork oil, TWF Racing clutch cable, frame sliders, DID 520 chain and Vortex sprockets. Now if I could just find some used Woodcraft rearsets, I'll be ready for the track. Sell me your rearsets! :icon_biggrin:
 
#13,770 ·
Pulled, stripped and repainted the tank.
Replaced superbike bar with daytona bar.
Removed el'cheapo heated grips and installed new progrips
Received 09 gauge cluster with a broken tab, replaced rear cover to fix the tab and installed.
New steering head bearings installed. That was a frikkin job there :p
Reactivated the ABS system by adding front wheel speed sensor back onto GSXR front end.
Replaced windscreen bolt rubbers with new.
Touched up a few paint scratches on tail section.
Moved ignition switch back to the upper triple from the side of the frame.
Repaired speedometer sensor.
Cleaned the horn switch contacts since it had stopped working.
 
#13,773 ·
Oil changed today, did nothing horribly wrong and still ended up stripping the plug, guess I'll get a new one for next oil change. Also tightened up my mirrors, as apparently I never did after putting the bike back together this spring. Just kind of worked on getting her ready for this Canada Day weekend's trip.
 
#13,774 ·
Yesterday had a new rear tire installed. Same as previous, Metzler Sportec M3. Got almost 9400 miles on the first one, and had just a leetle bit of meat left before cords started showing.