[Junkie]

Shopped for handlebars. I'm having a hard time finding a superbike bend with a 5 inch center section to go with the 2014 street triple clamps I'm using.

What forks are you running in those clamps?

 

[Junkie]

I guess Sunday will be my day to do a lot of work on my SV1000:

Lower triple clamp, steering head bearings
Forks (Zoran-reworked 06 600)
shock (Zoran-reworked Penske Triple)
Motion Pro Rev2 kit
Ducati Monster 796 handlebars
LED headlight
new turn signals

hopefully I can get it all done Sunday (might start Saturday afternoon depending on how long things take)

Later, when the parts arrive, it's getting a billet upper triple clamp to replace the 05/06 GSXR1000 that I currently have (that's drilled for bars).

 

[XJ99]

Cool, let me know where you get the throttle cables
from. I'd like to route them the correct was as well.

I may try a shot in the dark with the Vstrom cables
again, if I can find some low mileage ones cheap!

 

[sath182]

What forks are you running in those clamps?

I was referring to the bar clamps I picked up. They ended up being from a 2014ish Street Triple R. To answer your question fully though, stock suspension. I sourced a second top triple and had it reinforced then drilled. I just got this all back from the powder coater. I'm gonna mate everything up to a pair of Renthal MA009B bars. They seem pretty close to a superbike bend but have the 4.8" center I needed.

 

[Junkie]

What do you mean by "where you get the throttle cables from"? I ordered a custom setup from Motion Pro, and am hoping to run factory routing.

 

[sath182]

Cool, let me know where you get the throttle cables
from. I'd like to route them the correct was as well.

I may try a shot in the dark with the Vstrom cables
again, if I can find some low mileage ones cheap!

I got the +4s from motion pro, $50ish shipped. You can order custom throttle and clutch cables as well but the throttle set would have been $70 +shipping.

I remember reading a post where someone did successfully use vstrom cables but they were somewhere around +5 inches and bowed out pretty badly.

 

[RecoilRob]

Or just do what this guy did...

:evil6:

Man...you've got to admire the creativity displayed right there! Can't say it floats my boat...but hopefully the owner is proud and happy to ride it. Would be interesting to see more details of how it's been cobbled together.

 

[XJ99]

I think it was from the worst on craigslist thread???

 

[twpetry]

Replaced air filter with k&n

and removed STVs while I was at it

also removed parking lights and swapped headlight bulbs to ADVmonster H4 R3 LEDs

Also you'll notice the passenger pegs are off, they are getting powder coated black.

 

[Junkie]

I have an ADVMonster LED on my WR450 and the beam is pretty bad. How does yours look?

 

[sath182]

Making progress.

I ended up needing to cut the locating lug off the brake master so I could rotate my brake lines far enough to clear.

Still need to drill locating holes for the controls, address possible chafing zones, and figure out a reservoir mounting solution.

 

[sath182]

Oh, and I found a coolant leak from my stator cover

 

[Junkie]

Regarding mounting the brake reservoir, I drilled and tapped my handlebars for an M6 screw and use that to mount a China billet reservoir. Here's an old pic:

 

[LawRider]

Oil change. Feels like the official start to the riding season.

 

[twpetry]

I have an ADVMonster LED on my WR450 and the beam is pretty bad. How does yours look?

I don't really know to be honest. I've only seen it against the wall in the garage. It seemed to be decent and had a well defined cutoff. But I only ride during the day so i'm not too concerned about it. I swapped them in for the color temperature of the light, and the instant high beam.

 

[sath182]

Got a short term mounting solution for now. Not much more to do before I can road test it.

 

[r0ckrat]

Yesterday gave it a bath, today I took it on a ride with a couple of friends.

 

[sath182]

Finished the bar swap, put its nose back on, and crossed over 28k miles. Good weekend so far!

 

[SV_Hokie]

Took it for its (any my) first ride. Went about 40 miles and had a blast! However, I found out I need to address a few things.

1. Seat is not overly comfy
2. Earplugs are great but looking into bluetooth headphones now. I use jaybird freedom's at the gym and may try them out for riding as well.

 

[abru91]

Wrestled a green connector and changed the spark plugs while I was at it. Not sure but they look pretty old. The brown one was front cylinder. The other was a little "wet" it had something on the threads, not sure if that is a leaky gasket or something. I've not noticed any oil loss or anything of that nature.