[svscott]

I took a picture of it last night. I was doing some sandblasting in the garage and don't have room for the bike yet. It snowed for the first time of the season yesterday. 12-1/2" of heavy snow fell from about 7am till 11pm!.

 

[unixfool]

That is a LOT of snow. I'm jelly. I'm waiting for snow so I can hoon the car!

 

[Dave Art]

I'm waiting for a new battery so I can't ride today. I finally got around to installing a resistor in place of the PAIR solenoid which was hidden under the gas tank. Finally, goodbye to that piece of crap. New battery should be here tomorrow....

 

[Oakland rider]

Put some dunlop q3's on the bike. It's been raining so I haven't really got to use then yet.

 

[sath182]

Praised my PR3s. After most of the afternoon coming back from the smokys, riding though a storm... In the dark... Sitting in a puddle... In sub 50° temperatures. (I either need better weather gear, or to never ride in that sort of weather again.) But I can certainly say these tires rule in the wet. Even with the front almost to the wear markers and the rear looking decidedly more square these days, I was able to keep a fair pace and get home safely.

 

[svjulz]

One of my first few mods on the to do list - installed a 9" Delkevic "silencer". Baffle is currently in and still very happy with the result

 

[SonicSilverSV]

CF Front Finder -

 

[Pariegh]

Since it is sitting in the entryway of the house, I sat on it, and twisted the throttle.


On two separate occasions...

 

[svjulz]

Pr3 on the rear

 

[Mugen_Stumpo]

mounted this bad boys today:rock:

 

[sath182]

Those are nice! What brand are they?

 

[ozzie-crawl]

Those are nice! What brand are they?

X2

 

[Mugen_Stumpo]

thanks! it's an italian brand called Tecnomoto

 

[sath182]

Any problems with the reservoir hose length?

 

[Mugen_Stumpo]

no, at all!

everything rear brake related is stock beside the rearset

 

[McRuss]

Nice thread. I put some real headlight bulbs in my recently acquired SV (it had green/red tinted crap bulbs) and wired in a pigtail for my heated jacket/gloves. Looked under the air box to see what I would have to do to sync the carbs....ouch! But then I rode it, best thing I did to it all day!

 

[OfirMX]

Fixed the subwoofer and the reverse light.

 

[ozzie-crawl]

Fixed the subwoofer and the reverse light.

Just be careful. I was getting the rear end slipping on some corners. Turns out the port from my two 15" subwoofers was moving so much air it was lifting the rear of the bike up taking weight of the wheel and causing it to spin.

 

[solarae]

If I get a reverse light, will I be able to back the bike up while still on it without having to dismount and push? Or will I need lifts in my boots as well?

 

[svscott]

If I get a reverse light, will I be able to back the bike up while still on it without having to dismount and push? Or will I need lifts in my boots as well?

It all depends on how fast you're willing to go. Slow speeds in forward or reverse can be pretty unstable on the sv. You may be able to pick up a used gyroscope on eBay to balance things out but of course we'd need a detailed write-up on the procedure to have on record.

I think lifts in your boots might make it too hard and dangerous to operate the foot controls due to the added bulk. It probably hasn't been documented on here yet but you could possibly lower the bike by putting on some 13" wheels and tires. Maybe look into some old Geo Metro of Ford Escort wheels to get by cheap? An added bonus is thatyou could sell the other half of the tires and rims to offset the initial purchase.