Glued my brake lever( front and back) back till I receive new lever , dropped the bike at 2mph yesterday because of my passenger , tried to do a close turn ( as I normally do alone) and she moved from her seat at the same time , steering went at the end and I wasn't able to hold the weight because my right leg is not 100% strong

Exhaust and bar end are now scratched , and both lever broke , rear is unusable but front only lost the ball at the end of the lever , still went home after ..


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installed an undertail and a buncha wiring...flush front turn signals, new tailight with integrated turns, new plate light...shorty levers, fixed rate flash relay, hookup for my battery tender, few other things...

 

Replaced a dead battery (Autocraft 14-BS) with an EverStart ES12BS from Walmart...I'm hoping this battery will hold up. The Autocraft lasted a bit over 3 years.

I also bought a ReChargeiT 8 amp charger/maintainer for a good price. I didn't have to wait long for the new battery to charge (1.5 hrs).

I was going to ride today, but the bike was sputtering to the point that it was almost dangerous to ride. A cylinder kept cutting out. I looked at the front wire and found that it was completely off the plug but was apparently flailing around the plug well and making intermittent contact with the plug. Kinda weird that it came off, but I guess it vibrated off. That would be a pain in the ass to fix on the side of the road with a hot engine.

 

Installed a new chain. It's gold.

 

Congratulations, you have automatically qualified to be part of the douchebag club. :buddies:

 

Powder coating some more parts tonight

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Finished install of lower fairings, cleaned up the chain and rode it to and from work for the first time in a while. Was a great ride and made me realize I had been missing out by mainly driving my car. So unlike me.

 

Yesterday: Re-routed some electrical wires for my cell charger and battery tender hookup. Cleaned everything under the seat & tank. Checked air filter. Adjusted throttle cable slack (Very nice having it up snug). Replaced a missing bolt on my tail light/plate bracket.

 

Took it to get inspected for Salvage title. Apparently all 3 rotors are under spec

 

installed zx14 shock, pulled the forks and cleaned up the chrome (got mine from a buddy who lived by the ocean for awhile) and swapped to racetech 1.0s and 15w belray...wanted to paint the lowers black but i need my bike ready tomorrow so i'll just have to paint em later...cleaned and lubed the chain, popped on a smoked d-bubble screen

 

Rebuilt the new to me brembo and installed. Got one caliper off and apart to start the caliper rebuilds.

 

Carbon overlay on my RW knock off bellypan. 3k twill down sides, plain weave on front.

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step my sag on the recently installed shock and fork springs...then a buncha sweet wheelies slammin gears

 

I completed the final step on my thirteen year SV odyssey: I turned my plate in today.

 

It's in my living room. I walked passed it a few times throughout the day. Gave it a hug.

 

got this. for $750 + $100 donation to a kids charity the P.O. runs

all of it is in unknown shape. title is meh (signed but not notarized..facepalm) but it's mostly straight and has a bunch of plastics and a decent shape akrapovic full system.







this is the 3rd parts bike i've picked up in a month. running out of space in the garage... bunch of crap everywhere, tons of stuff hanging off the ceiling, and 6 whole bikes in there now (working on 2 of my friends bikes too). had to stash the sv1000 at my parents'

 

God damn mad8vskillz! How do you keep finding all these deals?! I've been scouring craigslist and local forums for a 650 to do track duty without luck and you find deals like this left and right.

 

i just check CL every couple weeks. And have a bunch of friends with svs. it also doesn't hurt that i'm right outside a fairly large city and within a 2hr drive of huge cities.
the last two before this one were from a guy i met at an svrider meet at jbswear's and from a guy im friends with who gave up riding.

I think it's time Mad8 reassembles a bunch of those parts into a working SV... and then sell it at auction here... Bidding starts at his estimated cost + labor at $15/hr...

the real question is why? frankenbike was an exercise in crowdsourcing.
If i can pick up a GOOD 1st gen for like $1600, why do i need to dump $2k into an $800 basketcase?
I'm basically picking up the bikes that would be in a junkyard otherwise, and mostly to keep my friends' track bikes running (they crash a lot). the parts on here are just kinda to break even. it's hard to find an engine or a complete front end, but easy to find a whole crappy bike.... .
I can probably get any of them halfass running. but they'll still be pieces of crap. And i've got a track sv already.

 

I think it's time Mad8 reassembles a bunch of those parts into a working SV... and then sell it at auction here... Bidding starts at his estimated cost + labor at $15/hr...

 

Replaced all the brake rotors and pads. Tipped the bike over once. If you're gonna jack up the bike under the engine make sure the ground is really level. But I managed to not get my nuts stuck in the gas tank.

 

But I managed to not get my nuts stuck in the gas tank.

 

Put new tires on mine. Didn't realize how bad they where till now

 

New Pilot Road 4's held up surprisingly well at the track

 

You should use a heat gun and spread the boogers back on. Get a couple extra miles.

 

Found a finishing nail in my rear tire. At this rate, I'm thinking of starting a hardware store...

 

Damm that tire looks greasy, I'll bet you left a ton of marbles in your wake. Is it possible they made the outer compound on the pilot road even softer than the pilot power anticipating that the road users would not push it over that far, and have a "rain" tire compound on the edges.

 

Retorqued the steering stem nuts with an adjustable steering stem wrench.

 

Installed New Levers and Core Moto brake lines.