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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This weekend...
Adjusted my clutch, at which point the adjuster broke, and revealed a very frayed clutch cable, so the bike is parked for a few days. However, I also started painting a helmet...
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One coat of clear left to be applied, and re-assembly.
Tried to clean off some tape goo with the reducer, which stripped off a little of the purple near the tail...
But I'm leaving it. Not bad for a nearly 25 year hiatus from using an airbrush.
Adjusted my clutch, at which point the adjuster broke, and revealed a very frayed clutch cable, so the bike is parked for a few days. However, I also started painting a helmet...
One coat of clear left to be applied, and re-assembly.
Tried to clean off some tape goo with the reducer, which stripped off a little of the purple near the tail...
But I'm leaving it. Not bad for a nearly 25 year hiatus from using an airbrush.
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I see your calculus workbook is very important to you...
I did something stupid which scared the crap out of me.
Oil change. This time with filter. Looking forward to switching to Rotella T6, I carefully drained it, replaced the filter etc.
Filled it up with new oil, the window showed upper level when vertical on level surface (in garage).
Started it, let it idle for half a minute, revved it to 4K or so couple of times, shut it off and waited couple of minutes.
Checked oil level. Empty! Even tilting bike to right no oil would show in window. I felt my heart drop.
Filled an additional ~3-400ml until window showed upper level again. Started it up again, no problems. Let idle a minute, shut off, checked level. All OK now.
I didn't ride it yesterday due to rain but today during the day started worrying. What if I ran it dry for a minute? Would the oil pump get any suction? If the sump was dry, probably not..
When I got home from work today, I tried to start it. It wouldn't. It cranked fine but would not start. Eventually after 'helping' it with some throttle it would run but not after first making some scary clonk sounds.
At this point I was expecting the worst. I could kick myself for not measuring and filling in the 2.9L as prescribed.
After a while I got it to idling without throttle, and let it run for a while. Temperature seemed fine.
Took it for a ride- and everything seemed fine again. Runs great, temp normal.
Need to check compression..
Oil change. This time with filter. Looking forward to switching to Rotella T6, I carefully drained it, replaced the filter etc.
Filled it up with new oil, the window showed upper level when vertical on level surface (in garage).
Started it, let it idle for half a minute, revved it to 4K or so couple of times, shut it off and waited couple of minutes.
Checked oil level. Empty! Even tilting bike to right no oil would show in window. I felt my heart drop.
Filled an additional ~3-400ml until window showed upper level again. Started it up again, no problems. Let idle a minute, shut off, checked level. All OK now.
I didn't ride it yesterday due to rain but today during the day started worrying. What if I ran it dry for a minute? Would the oil pump get any suction? If the sump was dry, probably not..
When I got home from work today, I tried to start it. It wouldn't. It cranked fine but would not start. Eventually after 'helping' it with some throttle it would run but not after first making some scary clonk sounds.
At this point I was expecting the worst. I could kick myself for not measuring and filling in the 2.9L as prescribed.
After a while I got it to idling without throttle, and let it run for a while. Temperature seemed fine.
Took it for a ride- and everything seemed fine again. Runs great, temp normal.
Need to check compression..
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I wouldn't worry so hard about it. You would have still had plenty of oil film in there from the old oil and what got pumped through before you revved it. I doubt a few quick revvs would put enough stress on the engine to run it dry in such a short period. Remember, you still had 2.5L of oil in there. I bet the oil warning light didnt even flicker. Just ride, be happy, and check the oil glass at normal intervals.
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You should be fine. There was plenty of oil in the engine. If the oil light didn't come on (it shouldn't have), you had adequate oil pressure the entire time.
When you initially checked the oil level the filter was empty, so the level was up. When you started the engine the filter filled with oil and the level when down.
When you initially checked the oil level the filter was empty, so the level was up. When you started the engine the filter filled with oil and the level when down.
you're right, the oil indicator symbol and light didn't come on, I would have caught that.
Kind of strange though that it wouldn't start yesterday; it would always start quickly (and does now, too). Maybe the SV's way of telling me 'I will forgive you this time but don't mess with the oil level ever again, ok??'
Btw the Rotella T6 really feels great on the shifter
Kind of strange though that it wouldn't start yesterday; it would always start quickly (and does now, too). Maybe the SV's way of telling me 'I will forgive you this time but don't mess with the oil level ever again, ok??'
Btw the Rotella T6 really feels great on the shifter
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T6 is good, but I've found that shifting did degrade after 1000 mi or so. Not terrible, but noticeable.
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^ What pants are those?
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To be fair, we did spend the last month staring at your bike.
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Why's that? I don't post here much lately really
Second thought. That calendar thing. Yeah. Good picture but not in focus. The SV just passed
230k.
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Oh dear... it's been a while.
Recently replaced fork oil and dust seals. While everything was off I also replaced the awful notched steering stem bearings with a tapered set.
After I got everything back together the r/r pooped out taking my battery and stator with it. replaced the r/r with the recommended GSXR unit and all that good stuff. Chugging along to 100K miles continues.
Recently replaced fork oil and dust seals. While everything was off I also replaced the awful notched steering stem bearings with a tapered set.
After I got everything back together the r/r pooped out taking my battery and stator with it. replaced the r/r with the recommended GSXR unit and all that good stuff. Chugging along to 100K miles continues.
Starting it for a brief few seconds while not letting it warm up can and will foul the plugs a bit. Likely that's all that happened as most 650's seem to have their plugs looking kind of light brown when they're removed for freshening ...which is pretty cold IMHO. I run mine at 15:1 or leaner most of the time...the plugs come out white without a trace of color on the tips and it will balk and carry on a little after the 'run to fill the oil filter but not warm it up' thing on the next coldstart which is just the plugs being dirty.
That looks awesome!This weekend...
Adjusted my clutch, at which point the adjuster broke, and revealed a very frayed clutch cable, so the bike is parked for a few days. However, I also started painting a helmet...
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One coat of clear left to be applied, and re-assembly.
Tried to clean off some tape goo with the reducer, which stripped off a little of the purple near the tail...
But...someone has to ask it: are you sure the paint is compatible with the shell? I can't remember which is sensitive to what, but some paint will eat into the shell a bit which can compromise the integrity in a crash. Would suck to have it split apart on you just when you need it the most.
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Yes, I spoke to some pros that have done lots of helmets for advice before starting on this project.That looks awesome!
#1 - the original factory finish (silver + clearcoat) is still intact. All I did for prep was scuff with a green scotchbrite pad.
#2 - it's really hard for the solvents in applied coatings to penetrate that factory finish.
#3 - nothing was applied to the shell material itself, so no way for it to "eat into the shell".
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