Replaced my bent fork with ones with emulator and stiffer spring




Now looking for a rear shock replacement
Sadly I won't be able to test ride the bike and see the difference since its around freezing temp over here


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Went out and explored my local national forest yesterday.

 

Put the thermal and rain linings in my jacket for this mornings commute, and turned on the grip heaters.

I'm soft, I admit. It was only 55*...

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First day I DID NOT ride into work.
I rode year round when I had my '03 SV650S, but mostly because I did not have a car.

With my '04 SV1000S, I wont ride in the rain, Cold? yes, Rain? no.

I have a Jeep for that...

 

Installed lower fairings (last night).

I bought them used and they were flat black in color. I'll also be taking them off soon so I can spray the underside of the fairings.

I'm not sure if I'm up to the task of trying to match the OEM copper paint, though, but the black isn't as bad as I thought it would be. It helps that I already had black wheels, front fender, and tank grips.

 

I took a picture of it last night. I was doing some sandblasting in the garage and don't have room for the bike yet. It snowed for the first time of the season yesterday. 12-1/2" of heavy snow fell from about 7am till 11pm!.

 

That is a LOT of snow. I'm jelly. I'm waiting for snow so I can hoon the car!

 

I'm waiting for a new battery so I can't ride today. I finally got around to installing a resistor in place of the PAIR solenoid which was hidden under the gas tank. Finally, goodbye to that piece of crap. New battery should be here tomorrow....

 

Put some dunlop q3's on the bike. It's been raining so I haven't really got to use then yet.

 

Praised my PR3s. After most of the afternoon coming back from the smokys, riding though a storm... In the dark... Sitting in a puddle... In sub 50° temperatures. (I either need better weather gear, or to never ride in that sort of weather again.) But I can certainly say these tires rule in the wet. Even with the front almost to the wear markers and the rear looking decidedly more square these days, I was able to keep a fair pace and get home safely.

 

One of my first few mods on the to do list - installed a 9" Delkevic "silencer". Baffle is currently in and still very happy with the result

 

CF Front Finder -

 

Since it is sitting in the entryway of the house, I sat on it, and twisted the throttle.


On two separate occasions...

 

Pr3 on the rear

 

mounted this bad boys today:rock:

 

Those are nice! What brand are they?

 

X2

 

thanks! it's an italian brand called Tecnomoto

 

Any problems with the reservoir hose length?

 

no, at all!

everything rear brake related is stock beside the rearset

 

Nice thread. I put some real headlight bulbs in my recently acquired SV (it had green/red tinted crap bulbs) and wired in a pigtail for my heated jacket/gloves. Looked under the air box to see what I would have to do to sync the carbs....ouch! But then I rode it, best thing I did to it all day!

 

Fixed the subwoofer and the reverse light.

 

Just be careful. I was getting the rear end slipping on some corners. Turns out the port from my two 15" subwoofers was moving so much air it was lifting the rear of the bike up taking weight of the wheel and causing it to spin.

 

If I get a reverse light, will I be able to back the bike up while still on it without having to dismount and push? Or will I need lifts in my boots as well?

 

It all depends on how fast you're willing to go. Slow speeds in forward or reverse can be pretty unstable on the sv. You may be able to pick up a used gyroscope on eBay to balance things out but of course we'd need a detailed write-up on the procedure to have on record.

I think lifts in your boots might make it too hard and dangerous to operate the foot controls due to the added bulk. It probably hasn't been documented on here yet but you could possibly lower the bike by putting on some 13" wheels and tires. Maybe look into some old Geo Metro of Ford Escort wheels to get by cheap? An added bonus is thatyou could sell the other half of the tires and rims to offset the initial purchase.

 

Installed the rear tire Santa brought me.

 

Today I modified an R6 tube tube and slipped that baby on. Doesn't stick now that I cleaned up the cuts I made.

Slapped on a new 525 EK-SRXII chain

Also...I installed my M4. Waiting for the exhaust sealer to cure....24 hours...man I'm so impatient I just want to start it SO BAD. Inching closer and closer to being able to ride it again after a long time...

 

Tried to polish out some scratches on the inside of my face shield. After a lot of work, determined that I'm just going to have to order a new shield.