road it around town, weather was pretty nice so we went for a ride.

 

Adjusted the clutch and changed the brake fluid. Following the directions in the manual made a huge difference in finding neutral. Funny how following directions will make things better;D

 

Really sucky weather here so put on my Gel Seat.

 

I went on my Sunday ride and...

my favorite stopping spot is no more. :'(

The fire was yesterday I was told, don't know if will be fixed, will miss Supreme Doughnuts and seeing the HB locals on Sunday.

So I dedicated my ride to the Supreme Doughnut and HB crew!

On my way back I found a new stopping spot:

It is in NB (Newport Beach). There is a Cronic Tacos next door and a couple doors over is a bicycle shop, took a pic of this one bike.

Oh yeah and its 80 degrees in So CA today. ;D

I also washed the bike and cleaned the chain!

 

Installed a set 50mm Swatt clipons with a 2.5 in. rise. Went for a short test ride,and came home fat and happy like I had good sense.

 

Turned it naked again. Well, mostly, i got fed up fighting wires and just threw it together to be rideable, but with no clocks and all the wires in a binbag. 1337 modz!1!!one!

 

it was actually Friday but stopped at the store thought I had gotten the kickstand all the way down and started getting off and well the kickstand wasn't all the way down and I had to gently set it down. I couldn't help but laugh at myself.

 

^^^ I almost did that the first time I pulled up to my local bike shop. Got off, started to let the bike go, and it just fell. Luckily I caught it about 6 inches off the ground. Downside was a bunch of the employee's were standing right next to me on their smoke break and watched the whole thing.

 

After working on my RX7, I took the time to wash last year's bugs off the front of my bike, and use a little Scratch Out to clean up a couple minor blemishes. Now I just have to wait a couple more month before I can ride again.

 

i buried it because i have no room for snow anywhere any more....

see you next spring little buddy.

 

new front forks from GregP, new Sylvania XtraVision Xtreme's, new Puig DB, and levers that arent fake cf, new to me stock mirrors on mirror extenders

 

Sat on her and made "Vroom Vroom" noises. It's below freezing man!

 

It's been below freezing here for 2 months, you big poofter ;D The only time I've not ridden the SV to work where the days I decided to MTFU and cycle instead

 

Did a little dance around her;D....

Then placed the new engine and waterpump gaskets and parts down, and returned to studying:'(

Two more weeks and it's all about the SV again!

 

-Brought my bike to work in thirty-six degree weather... with my bike.

-Got the black crg brake lever exchanged for the correct gray one and that red light on the headlight bucket is my functioning low fuel light! (what a pain in the arse that was)

-Oh, and I got a new ride. It's sweet.

-Vaughan

 

-Brought my bike to work in thirty-six degree weather... with my bike.
....

-Vaughan

Sweet....You should get together with DWayne. I think he transports his bike on his V-Strom.

I saw a guy in VAB with his bike harnessed to the side of his BMW bike.

 

well, last night busted the clutch push rod so today hopefully I'll be fixin and a cleanin.

 

put the baffle in the street extreme, noticed it was leaking at the bottom of the midpipe. broke the clamp holding the midpipe to the header, went to OSH and bought a hose clamp to replace it. yay. resealed top and bottom of midpipe and remounted can. will work till i can replace can. (damaged in crash)

looked at the parts that need to be removed to blackout the headlight ring, headlight brackets, and holeshot flyscreen brackets..... and it just isnt gonna happen. too much work, and there will still be alot of silver bits up there afterwards.

 

I just can't leave her alone in the garage all apart and vulnerable for to many days

I removed the magneto cover and cylinders. Did some more clean up. Verified that all the right gaskests came.

Anyone have tips for cleaning off the gasket material left by the clutch or magento gaskets? All of the other's seem to have come off completely intact.

 

Can't beat a single edge razor blade and a steady hand!

 

You can get it at your local auto zone or the likes. Just be careful where you spray it and read the label first .

 

You can get it at your local auto zone or the likes. Just be careful where you spray it and read the label first .

THanks! I've got to run by there to get new plugs for the bike and wipers for the truck anyway.

Put on Techspecs, and heated grips.

I'm jealous.
That's what I was about to do...just before the engine turned into a shake mixer. Hopefully I will be there by February.

Can't beat a single edge razor blade and a steady hand!

Yeah...that's what I tried first, but I don't have the most steady hands and I don't want to mar up the surfaces. Thankfully it's only the two garkset.

Oh...and nothing looks odd on the bottom end. Even with the magneta cover off and the cylinders out....no cracks to be seen So, the mystery continues, but she's going back together in 2 weeks!!!

 

Put on Techspecs, and heated grips.

 

I'll have to do an all in one shot. Since purchase 8/08 I have :
Full Yosh
sonic springs fork springs and 20w oil
TPS adjustment (discovered here and was pleased to find it made noticable difference)
Pirelli Stradas...not bad but will go back to BTO-16's
Zero Gravity smoke screen
Frame and swingarm sliders
Wheel stripes

Fender elim. and seat cowl are a must but all in due time $$

 

Well going with the topic, today i mounted my new LED flush turning signals to my new Puig streetfighter fairing (CV-5). The kits is unbelievably awesome. Tomorrow I should be able to get all the electrical soldered together and get the fairing mounted up. Also with that I just got my pro tapers ( 7/8 ) cut down and mounted on. They look great on there with the matte black finish.

 

Purchased a tri stage paint to match the factory 04 yellow pearl. I am then going to paint my targa seat cover I just picked up for 70 bucks, and undertail that was originally black, and a new tire hugger. I think its gonna come out really nice. The targa seat cover is TEN TIMES better then the suzuki factory one. Fully adjustable to fit tight to the fender.

Then Im gonna finish my home made alarm, and start building my custom bottle rocket launchers out my tail end....lol.....work in progress!

 

The OEM seat deletes did leave a horrendous gap. The right size washers will help snug it down.

 

I missed her... Sitting in a storage shed 20 miles away because I am temporarily moved back in with my parents and unless I want to leave it outside with a tarp they wont let me keep it here

OH THE INJUSTICE OF IT ALL

 

tried to make a push rod from a SS bolt came out ok except I was short, try again tonight I guess.

 

Your ghetto fixes are part of what cause all your issues in the first place.

 

I finally went to see her... She's a beauty

Crammed in storage with a bunch of old dysfunctional British bikes. In the dark, in the cold :'(

Poor baby, I miss you...

WHY THE :cussing: ISNT IT BLOODY SPRING?!

*sigh*