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.
What did you do to your SV today? (mods, farkles, maintenance, etc)
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It was 75 last week, this state will not make up its mind.
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I got my bar end mirrors in the mail and after fighting with them for awhile, I put them on!
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Blue72beetle. You always have such a clean bike. Not that it's a bad thing at all... but GO RIDE haha.
Great pics too.
Great pics too.
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Haha, I just put new Pilot Road 3's on it. I'd love to go ride more, but it's been cold here lately!
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Finished my seat! looking forward to takin her out. Link to "how to" page with pics -
http://www.svrider.com/forum/showthread.php?t=157001
http://www.svrider.com/forum/showthread.php?t=157001
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If you live and ride in an area that has salt on the roads during the winter, you might want to read this...
I fixed the left passenger foot peg.
I tried to flip the peg down and it wouldn't budge. Wiggled it, tugged on it; wouldn't move at all. I took the peg off and saw that the detent ball was corroded to inside the recess of the peg. I tried tapping it with a small ball pien hammer, put it in an arbor press.... wouldn't budge.
I looked on ebay and $30 was about the best deal I could find... seemed kinda expensive!
Hmmm... what to do? I decided to drill into the spring/ball recess from the back side and drive the ball out with a 3/32" steel rod. That worked. But the spring was totally corroded in, too. I worked around the outside of the spring with an X-acto knife and then threaded a course wood screw into the spring and pulled it out. After cleaning out the corrosion and cleaning up the detent ball, I greased all of the parts and reassembled. I used silicone to fill the hole that I drilled.
It works! It clicks into position better than new. And I saved $30!! I did the other side (which worked) and it needed some lube, so it's good to go for a long time, now.
I would recommend doing PM and disassembling both the passenger foot pegs and lubing everything up really good before this problem develops. There's really no way to get lube into the inner workings without taking them apart. It might take 5 minutes per side to service them, if they aren't all corroded up like mine...
I fixed the left passenger foot peg.
I tried to flip the peg down and it wouldn't budge. Wiggled it, tugged on it; wouldn't move at all. I took the peg off and saw that the detent ball was corroded to inside the recess of the peg. I tried tapping it with a small ball pien hammer, put it in an arbor press.... wouldn't budge.
I looked on ebay and $30 was about the best deal I could find... seemed kinda expensive!
Hmmm... what to do? I decided to drill into the spring/ball recess from the back side and drive the ball out with a 3/32" steel rod. That worked. But the spring was totally corroded in, too. I worked around the outside of the spring with an X-acto knife and then threaded a course wood screw into the spring and pulled it out. After cleaning out the corrosion and cleaning up the detent ball, I greased all of the parts and reassembled. I used silicone to fill the hole that I drilled.
It works! It clicks into position better than new. And I saved $30!! I did the other side (which worked) and it needed some lube, so it's good to go for a long time, now.
I would recommend doing PM and disassembling both the passenger foot pegs and lubing everything up really good before this problem develops. There's really no way to get lube into the inner workings without taking them apart. It might take 5 minutes per side to service them, if they aren't all corroded up like mine...
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How are you supporting that with just a floor jack??went from stock front end:
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magicsauce!!!
well, not having a garage, i had to figure out some near-comical balancing acts... then i figured out which ones were stable. :rock:
with jackstand supporting/lifting just behind oil filter with kickstand down, one can easily rock the bike back and forth shifting weight from forward to rear. it naturally is front-heavy so when the forks (or even just the wheel) is taken off, the center of gravity shifts to make it rear-heavy. 3 point of contact are rear wheel, kickstand, and jack. it was surprisingly stable actually.
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Well, I'm going to start it up again this weekend for the first time in three weeks! Got to get some coolant today... already put the oil in, gotta get fuel... she's been drained for the move from NM to SC.
I miss riding her, heh.
I miss riding her, heh.
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magicsauce!!!
then i figured out which ones were stable.
one of my favorite pics entitled "why women live longer than men"
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I've seen that picture many a time, I just don't understand how he managed to get the thing up like that in the first place?!?! That right there is what baffles my mind.![Image]()
one of my favorite pics entitled "why women live longer than men"
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What, you can't get a truck up like that by yourself? Weak dude. Weak.
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SC as in southern California or south Carolina?
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IDK what my problem is. I have been eating my Wheaties but still can't lift it.
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