New (to me) OEM fly screen installed.

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Pull it out from behind the Goldwing trike, put new license plate bracket and turn signals on it. Then put it back in its corner till tomorrow.

 

Got my project 1st gen SV's tank roughed-out.

Started pretty close to this, just not quite as caved-in -


It was primed when I got it, so I thought it was a good idea to see what it was hiding. Turns out it was crushed in about an inch, and the rookies filled the dent with body filler without roughing it out at all.

I used a stud-type dent puller, and worked the dent out to the point where it will only need minimal filler -


Next step is completely blasting the tank and some more grinding for the high temp filler area, then applying a powder primer, sanding the primer, then a "Suzuki Blue" powder topcoat.

The plan is "Suzuki Blue" on the tank, tail, and wheels. After that, I plan to do the frame and swingarm in charcoal with satin clear.

 

Look what the mail man brought.

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Look what the mail man brought.

Link?? :naughty: and maybe a price??

 

I removed the stock turn signals and added these LED amber turn signals to my SV650s on Sunday. Only took about 45 minutes and I think I did a pretty good job.

 

Those are pretty sweet.

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RODE IT! Got my forks back from Traxxion Dynamics. Installed them and I am beyond impressed. The Traxxion team did an excellent job. Communication was very good too!

 

Oil change, chain lubed, mounted license plate, and put 90 miles on it.

 

Replaced the r/r because it's a SV

 

Cleaned and lubed chain, replaced right side controls.


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listed one for sale. stared at the clutch replacement parts for the other. thought about sellign the third but that is not in the cards

 

Why are you selling so many bikes all of a sudden?

 

Oil change. Air in tires. Rode it a little.

 

Contemplated getting the in stock CR8EK spark plugs in a store instead of standard CR8E plugs for my 06 SB650S

Price was minimal... would there be any harm getting the dual ground plugs? pros/cons?

Didn't bother today, maybe tomorrow...

Instead went home and emptied the oil leak catch can under my drain bolt... I really need to get around to swapping out that bolt with that aftermarket one I picked up... but hey it is winter-ish still... sooo maybe tomorrow... don't feel like doing an oil change today... maybe I'll clean it and re-lube the chain too

 

Popped in the battery. Drained the excess oil from the winter fill. Wiped it down with handy-wipes while the engine idled. (started up first try and ran smooooth ;D)


Since I also got a new tire on Connie's bicycle, we can now expect 3 weeks of rain. (which starts today. )

 

Rode it to work. In March. In Wisconsin. +1 for global warming.

 

Got both of ours running last night, too. Before St Patrick's day. El Niño should hit more often!!!

 

Easiest mod ever!!! Swapped the flasher relay for an LED flasher relay. Took me a whole 60 seconds from taking off the rear seat, swapping relays, and replacing the rear seat.

 

Yup. Thats the same one I bought. Great product.

 

Swapped from drag bars to bikemaster superbike bars. New levers. New clutch lever perch. New clutch cable. New iridium plugs. Checked valve clearance. Serviced the K&N air filter. Checked drive chain slack. Road it for an hour to make sure I hadn't ruined it.

Roughly 7 hours including the test ride. I feel like I really know everything I should about her. Still need to do a TPS adjustment and rectify the clutch switch bypass I discovered today.

I'm going to sleep like a man without a worry.

 

First post in this thread!

Since I'm unsure of what maintenance the previous owners did on my bike, I've been running through most general stuff. Cleaned the chain and lubed it.

 

Changed oil and filter. Cleaned, lubed, adjusted chain. Took it for a spin...in Wisconsin...in (technically) winter!!

 

Road to cars and coffee where I met a friend. Washed the Mazda monster truck. Cleaned and lube the chain.

 

Put new tires on & changed the oil. Replaced my bent front rim and cleaned and lubed the chain. Also my dumb self got distracted and got my finger caught in the sprocket with a freshly tightened chain.

 

I hope you still have that finger

 

Made some adjustments to the mounting tab of my m4 exhaust so it would fit. The welder didn't get it in quite the right place after welding in the larger o2 bung. But I'm gonna try the autotune again. My bike has bee running really rich and it's way cheaper than another dyno tune.

 

My auto tuner was a, tack and refit kinda deal also. Not much clearance to work with. I'm finishing up my aluminum sub frame and fitting my r6 tail section to the bike right now. Forks should be back from TWF tomorrow so i'm excitied to start putting the front end back together.

 

My auto tuner was a, tack and refit kinda deal also. Not much clearance to work with.

Yeah, I don't think clearance is gonna be an issue since it's really close the the OE position I'm gonna put the swingarm in place and try the exhaust again tonight to be sure.

 

Set the bikes clock to "new standard time". (as opposed to "retard one hour for Winter" time)


Now I can sleep at night!

(Well, I'm not blaming "Spring Ahead" for a bad night)

 

Oh man!!! I totally need to do that today when I get home.

 

I'd psot pics but for some reason it won't let me. Read through the FAQ section and I don't see a manage attachments button.

 

Sensor fits with plenty of room.

Also, I found that the forum is now on tapatalk. I am NOT a fan. It's just too damned chunky and doesn't want to work in a intuitive manner.

 

Tapatalk seems better than the Mc forums app, actually.

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