Bought a bunch of parts for that bar swap.

 

Installed Steve's Atre. Pure awesomeness. First and second gears are MUCH smoother.

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Washed the crud from sitting for a year, cleaned out the carbs and the gas tank, dumped in some new fuel and went for a short ride!


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Installed a USB port for charging stuff. Used this product: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01L72UYAU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. First one was broken, seller sent a new one fast so I'm happy. Coupled it with a Rowe Electronics PDM60 (power distribution module): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M9MRA14/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. Very happy with the products so far (they work, not ridden with them yet). The grey wire in the photo that is not connected did get connected to the brake light so that the PDM60 comes on when the ignition is on, this way it's not drawing power all the time and the LED on the USB port doesn't draw power when the bike is off.

 

What preload adjusters are those?

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New chain and sprockets and lots of cleaning

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I've got Traxxion Dynamics AK20's installed.

 

Took my new (to me) 2003 SV out for a morning ride. Gotta take advantage of the cool air while I can!

 

Maiden voyage to work since I got her running! Ran like a champ. Couple minor bugs to work out but couldn't be happier

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Fitted new brake discs to my SV

 

Ooooo. Shiny and clean!

 

Installed longer cables and repositioned the wiring in prep for my bar swap.

I'm a bit worried about the clutch cable though (stock SVN) cause it has a 90° elbow rather than the shallower bend I was expecting.

 

I too installed a longer clutch cable off of a 2014
VStrom today. It was a little longer than I needed
so I ran it up by the airbox, then back down to the
transmission.


Old cable had the bend, new cable doesn't...

Before I had it running like the throttle cables. It was getting pinched...

 

Did my first ever chain clean and lube. Kerosene and Dupont All-Purpose. Pretty easy, especially when I put my car jack under it to move the wheel!

 

I doubt I'd be able to soak up that much extra cable given I'm bar swapping an SVS. Looks like the stock SFV cable is closer to what I need though if the SVN cable doesn't work.

 

I did a handlebar swap last week on My 2003 sv650s from clipons to bikemaster superbike bars full width. I only needed to replace the front brake line and throttle cable. The stock svs clutch cable had enough slack and didn't have to be rerouted or have any guides removed.

BTW best mod I've done so far. I can ride much more aggressive and fluidly without any effort at all and ride for hours with no pain.

 

Or just do what this guy did...

:evil6:

 

Man...you've got to admire the creativity displayed right there! Can't say it floats my boat...but hopefully the owner is proud and happy to ride it. Would be interesting to see more details of how it's been cobbled together.

 

You're right on the different ends. The SVS has a pear shaped cable end and a locknut assembly on the bottom end. Thanks for the detail photos.

I'm gonna get my bike working with what I've bought already and see if I need to make any changes. First ones I can see possibly needing to be addressed are the clutch cable elbow and spending the extra money on custom +2.5 inch throttle cables. The +4s look to be super long.

 

I guess Sunday will be my day to do a lot of work on my SV1000:

Lower triple clamp, steering head bearings
Forks (Zoran-reworked 06 600)
shock (Zoran-reworked Penske Triple)
Motion Pro Rev2 kit
Ducati Monster 796 handlebars
LED headlight
new turn signals

hopefully I can get it all done Sunday (might start Saturday afternoon depending on how long things take)

Later, when the parts arrive, it's getting a billet upper triple clamp to replace the 05/06 GSXR1000 that I currently have (that's drilled for bars).

 

Cool, let me know where you get the throttle cables
from. I'd like to route them the correct was as well.

I may try a shot in the dark with the Vstrom cables
again, if I can find some low mileage ones cheap!

 

I got the +4s from motion pro, $50ish shipped. You can order custom throttle and clutch cables as well but the throttle set would have been $70 +shipping.

I remember reading a post where someone did successfully use vstrom cables but they were somewhere around +5 inches and bowed out pretty badly.

 

What do you mean by "where you get the throttle cables from"? I ordered a custom setup from Motion Pro, and am hoping to run factory routing.

 

I think it was from the worst on craigslist thread???

 

Replaced air filter with k&n

and removed STVs while I was at it

also removed parking lights and swapped headlight bulbs to ADVmonster H4 R3 LEDs

Also you'll notice the passenger pegs are off, they are getting powder coated black.

 

I have an ADVMonster LED on my WR450 and the beam is pretty bad. How does yours look?

 

I don't really know to be honest. I've only seen it against the wall in the garage. It seemed to be decent and had a well defined cutoff. But I only ride during the day so i'm not too concerned about it. I swapped them in for the color temperature of the light, and the instant high beam.

 

Making progress.

I ended up needing to cut the locating lug off the brake master so I could rotate my brake lines far enough to clear.

Still need to drill locating holes for the controls, address possible chafing zones, and figure out a reservoir mounting solution.

 

Oh, and I found a coolant leak from my stator cover

 

Regarding mounting the brake reservoir, I drilled and tapped my handlebars for an M6 screw and use that to mount a China billet reservoir. Here's an old pic: