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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He's part of the Mod Squad?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd85Qim_Z6A *
* Who else is old enough to remember that bit of TV Wasteland?
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ouch! ouch! ouch! ouch! ouch! ouch! ouch! ouch! ouch! ouch! ouch! etc.Cheezed the cam holders while putting on the rear valve cover. At the shop now waiting on the correct inserts to arrive and be used by their experienced hands.
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Where exactly is this bushing and threaded hole? I'm going to be doing vi soon and haven't seen anything about this?...
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Not a bushing or insert, just machined that way. Two of the bolts that hold on the valve cover thread into the top of the camshaft holders. Pictured. When I put it back together I'll just snug it down like an oil filter and keep an eye out for leaks. The torque spec is really low but meant for dry threads so snug should work.
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Speaking of Showa.
I tried to buy some Showa o-rings for the fork caps on my Derbi, but Showa doesn't sell them. They want you to get it from the cycle's manufacturer, which is kinds hard when they are no longer in-business. Showa didn't respond after I told them that. Worthless.
I contacted Racetech, and they don't sell them either. Local race shop matched one up that appears to be sealing (fork is currently sitting upside-down to see if it will still leak).
Hard to believe the actual manufacturer won't help you out...
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It is just o-ring, you can buy it everywhere.
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I found one that will work, but I didn't find an exact match.
Just seems like you should be able to get one from the manufacturer if you wanted.
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And I would have been sending them to you if the local shops couldn't help me. I'm not of a mind to attempt this the first time on a critical component.Yep common thing.
Reason I keep those 7mm inserts around
Finally found one of those blasted mesh trash cans and made a radiator guard. I need to come up with a way of damping it's tendancy to rattle against the ends of the radiator though. I'm thinking of looping small zip ties through to act as springs, but I'm a little worried about undue wear to the radiator itself.
Dropped bike in drive way last week. Now recovering from a lower back muscle strain from picking it back up off the ground. ....snapped off gear lever. Will replace with new as soon as usps gets here tomorrow. Lesson learned....make sure kick stand is fully extended before resting bike on it. ;-(
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