Ok here's the pics as promised...please excuse the crappy quality as my camera is toast. I guess I know what I'm getting myself for X-mas!

First the DougZ spools

Custom radiator cap!

Just some general photos

As I said, my apologies for the crappy quality but you get the idea!

 

Ok here's the pics as promised...please excuse the crappy quality as my camera is toast. I guess I know what I'm getting myself for X-mas!


Just some general photos

As I said, my apologies for the crappy quality but you get the idea!

Nice undertray. Where did you get it?
ac

 

That's funny Mike..you have the same Handy stands as me. Now, since you have the spools, you just need to get the bobbin supports from them:

http://www.handyindustries.com/shop/subdepartment_view.asp?D=1&S=4

 

Thanks Doug! I didn't even know they made spool supports. That's awesome, I'll def be ordering some soon. And I'll also be hitting you up for some bobbins in the near future...

 

No problem. I went through the same thing. I had the rubber L brackets for my stands as well...my Katana( first "sport" bike) had no bobbin supports either. Then I for the SV and GSXR which did..so I ordered those.

 

unfortunately , i filled the tank added seafoam and ran her in the garage for 5 minutes put her up in my stands and resigned myself to not riding for a long time.Yuk. well time to pull the front wheel and fork off and do my frontend mods,including the brakes.

 

Rode to the HB doughnut shop this morning. It was like high 40's, only saw about 5 bikes out.

Looking at the HB pier and ocean.

One of the HB locals bicycle.

Guys riding bicycles on PCH.

 

That thing is awesome..actually runs?

 

Hi DougZ, yes it does run. He has several of them.

There are a lot of guys that make motorized bicycles along the CA coast.

 

Started 'er up, let her run for a bit and flipped the kill switch.

 

I went through parts of my SV's :lol:

 

I installed my traxxion emmulator drop in kit with the damper rods. I ended up finding the right pvc tubing for pressing in the slide bearings,i saw someone here slit the tubing to make it flex around the 41mm fork leg (1.615) it may have been 1.5,i have a lathe so i just cut the tubing into pieces and bored them out a bit,as well as shaping one end to only push on the bearing and another with clearence for the lip of the oil inner oil seal. The valve and rod are thicker than stock under the spring so i cut the spacer down a bit ,i have one of those horizontal bandsaws with a stop for the work piece so i could make a nice straight cut and deburr in the lathe,i've read other posts where mc shops screwed the pouch on this aspect. I cut it off in increments first about a quarter then about an eighth equal on both sides of course,now i can get te thread started by hand with a moderate effort,when i took it apart there wasn't a ton of tension on the spring and the first owner had set the preload to about 4.5 turns. Gotta set up my new front brake and hope for some dryness in the next week or so.

 

I'm gonna go ride in a bit!

 

be safe..its wet out by us.

 

Adjusted, cleaned,and lubed the chain.

 

reminds me ,i should do that.

 

tank pad.... thats about it.

 

Went on my Sunday ride. The weather was great, not a cloud in the sky, cool and dry. ;D

 

Installed a new Fiamm Highway Blaster horn.

 

Since it was 70* here, I rode to the gas station and back (the long way). Then got home and did a few wheelies on the pit bike.

 

Chopped the can off.

 

I added a new feature to my SV today!!!!

Chocolate Shake Mixer! It even comes with a sight glass to check consistency.

 

I know that feeling. I popped a motor in one of my cars one night... sorry to see it

 

Hi SexYonMySV, How did your oil get like that?!

 

Wasn't really a goal. Had a track day.....didn't notice anything strange. The bike sat for a month...then I fired her up for this lovely VA weather and my coolant light came on. When I checked the coolant.....it was gone

I'll take the valve covers off next weekend...then the heads....ect....as I search for the issue. The engine sounds perfectly normal. So I'm hoping that it's a gasket or a freeze plug.

 

almost 90% sure its the head gasket. The only other thing would be if you just poured water straight into the motor while it was running

 

The only other thing would be if you just poured water straight into the motor while it was running

Nope a bad water pump seal will do it too.

 

Sexy, check your side gasket cover since the coolant is already gone and the oil is changed. There is a rubber seal under the water pump you should check just in case. It those are in tact, then dive into the heads.



As for mine, it now has no butt. Undertail is off, rear plastics are off, Givi rack is off, battery tray is off, rear shock is off. Next step is to pull the gas tank and try to do valve clearances. I'll save that for wed/thurs since I'm off both days. It's weird seein' the bike without all the stuff on it.

 

I had an issue with the water pump but it leaked out, not in. With that level of pollution I'd be looking at the freeze plugs, though obviously that's more likely to be a problem if it's actually been freezing

 

I was 20 degrees one of the days that I was gone and the bike had been sitting for a month. I guess I to would question whether a blown gasket would actually leak all of my coolant that quickly into the oil??? I was going to start the actual engine tear down yesterday, but decided to add a second set of florecent lights to the garage first.

So much for racing to install my heated grips

 

I was 20 degrees one of the days that I was gone and the bike had been sitting for a month. I guess I to would question whether a blown gasket would actually leak all of my coolant that quickly into the oil???

Mmm, that's, what, -6 in proper temperature? Do you run antifreeze or winter coolant? If not, then I'd say you might have a winner, but you need to go way cooler if you do use some sort of antifreeze. But don't rule out gaskets, it wouldn't have to leak fast to get that result, if the bike's been laid up.

Huh. I can't actually remember where the plugs are in the SV, are they not in the cylinder head? Sunk down beside the spark plugs? Nice and easy to check if they are. But that's kind of the vaguest of memories, I can only ever remember hearing of one SV owner who had that happen to them. Then again, I've never heard of a head gasket failure on bikes that aren't madly tuned.

Hope you get it sorted easily!

 

Mmm, that's, what, -6 in proper temperature? Do you run antifreeze or winter coolant? If not, then I'd say you might have a winner, but you need to go way cooler if you do use some sort of antifreeze. But don't rule out gaskets, it wouldn't have to leak fast to get that result, if the bike's been laid up.

Huh. I can't actually remember where the plugs are in the SV, are they not in the cylinder head? Sunk down beside the spark plugs? Nice and easy to check if they are. But that's kind of the vaguest of memories, I can only ever remember hearing of one SV owner who had that happen to them. Then again, I've never heard of a head gasket failure on bikes that aren't madly tuned.

Hope you get it sorted easily!

Had antifreeze in it. I don't really know how quickly it pour into the engine oil because she'd been sitting all month. I let her warm up, and made a short 20 mile ride with no issues. It was on the way back 2 hours or so later....I didn't really let her warm up (it was about 60+ degrees out) and I was in a rush to get home. She fired right up and off I went. On my way home I noticed the coolant light was on...

So, the water pump O-ring looks fine, the freeze plugs appear to be in tact and in place in the front and rear head. So, I guess the engine is coming out between today and tomorrow so that I can see whether it's actually a blown head gasket.

Someone mentioned that I could have cracked the engine. How likely is that. The bike was run earlier in the day. The temps were warm. For those that know me....I'm not really a high RPM rider. If the head gasket isn't blown....??? what is my next option?

 

I looked at it for a few minutes

 

Took her out for hour and a half emptied the old gas and replaced it with spanky new gas.

 

Put on some frame sliders, added the tank pads I got before Xmas, and actually got to ride !