[MrDan]

I left it at home because there was an 80% chance of rain throughout the day. You guessed it, we've been getting the 20% all day.

**** you Tony Perkins! (local weather moron)

It was pouring here (Dulles) 10 minutes ago

 

[BKK Jack]

Good point, it's pretty hard to carry a golf bag on the SV.

Tried to get them on the NC30 in Bangkok once, the pillion was just too high (or I'm just too short). I suspect the SV would be about the same. This could be the one advantage of the Gladius' one-piece seat.

Sometimes I'd just throw a few clubs into the backpack and ride it to the range.

It was pouring here (Dulles) 10 minutes ago

Good. Hopefully it will here, too. I hate to say it after June, but the lawn could use some water.

 

[Manolian]

Lubed clutch cable.

 

[ShaggyZ]

Tried more camera mounting positions and settings. Not happy with this camera so I may try to return it or sell it after the track day this weekend.

Bled front/rear brakes.
Scuffed front brake pads to remove glaze.
Cleaned/lubed front brake lever. Wonderfully eliminated notchy pull during hard braking!
Cleaned/lubed chain.
Removed mirrors, blinkers, license plate, unnecessary extra parts such as side covers.
Disconnected lighting.
Applied painters tape to front and rear facing lights.
Cleaned wheels.
Checked tire pressure.
Did first purposeful stoppies now that brakes feel so nice. I think they're much easier to do now that I firmed up the front end recently.
Did several small circles at full-lock in front of my house for no good reason.

Now I'm beginning to pack up for the track day, hoping I don't forget anything important... like socks.

 

[MrDan]

Tried more camera mounting positions and settings. Not happy with this camera so I may try to return it or sell it after the track day this weekend.

If you need an interesting location, check this out - guy posted this on the local board.
http://vimeo.com/5368948

Here are the pics of the setup on his VFR. Might not be the easiest thing on a track bike (and illegal?), but you might be able to rig something to the grab bar.

 

[ShaggyZ]

Thanks, MrDan. I've considered making my own camera rigs, but I've found the further out on a lever I put the camera the more it vibrates; it could be how rough the SV engine is, maybe my bike is falling apart, or it could be suction cup setup. Right now, the only non-distorted video I can get is with the camera mounted on the tank right in front of me like my video showed; I'd really like rear-facing shots. The distortion is sometimes from the bike shaking, but it's clearly got that wavy look in it when mounted anywhere other than the tank... the kind of wavy you see from electronic wave interference... or something.

The other reason I'm thinking about ditching it is the image quality. 512x384 video is worse than I thought it would be and anything but bright, sunny days cause a pretty awful picture. Further, I got the non-wide version and I realize part of the reason the Wide is so popular is that the images up close are hard not to focus on and think it's a great image. All the demo videos are with the Wide because it's artsy and that's about the only way to appear you're getting useful footage.

 

[A Ninja Boot]

Clean and lube chain.

 

[cSp33Dc]

Zip tied another license plate hole- the bolt fell off.

 

[sdobbs20]

adjusted my throttle cables to get the slack out. put my saddle bags on for my trip tomorrow. cleaned and polished it.

 

[eddiemon]

Zip tied another license plate hole- the bolt fell off.

Use teflon lock nuts with bolts.

 

[Richy_T]

The other reason I'm thinking about ditching it is the image quality. 512x384 video is worse than I thought it would be and anything but bright, sunny days cause a pretty awful picture. Further, I got the non-wide version and I realize part of the reason the Wide is so popular is that the images up close are hard not to focus on and think it's a great image. All the demo videos are with the Wide because it's artsy and that's about the only way to appear you're getting useful footage.

Have you got any kind of dampening system going on?

 

[ShaggyZ]

Have you got any kind of dampening system going on?

I guess not. Any ideas? I'm just using what came in the kit. You mean damping, right?

 

[Richy_T]

Uh, yes (Time for the second cup of coffee). I'm not sure what setup you have so I don't know what you could rig. Increasing the mass at the camera end of things could help too.

 

[Krackle]

New tires, fender eliminator, adjusted chain, and added my Delkevic slip-on. Feels like a brand new bike!

 

[SVtwin04]

Finally got the parts to finish the 08 GSXR 600 Shock install.

Not so sure how much I like it. In fact it might feel worse than stock. But I'm not going to say for sure untill I have had a chance to set the preload and make some adjustments to comp. and rebound. But the install went well, its very easy and it does not REQUIRE any cutting, however it would clean it up a bit to trim the tool box, as you can see in this picture....

I had to adjust the chain afterwards, it was too loose. So I'm guessing my ride height is not back at oem as I hoped it would be. I still have to figure that out, I'll measure the ride height later. If anyone knows the stock ride height I would appreciate it cause I forgot to measure before the swap.

Now that thats done...On to getting this thing running...

 

[SVsooke]

Had the E versoinof that, after the SV my favorite bike.

 

[SVtwin04]

Had the E versoinof that, after the SV my favorite bike.

So you would know wether the throttle is SUPPOSED to be backwards??

 

[SuaveNotion]

Put on a bracket that I had custom made for the speedo after the GSXR swap. Holds the sensor between the caliper and fork and uses the caliper bolts to stay on. Made of SS and works great!

 

[SVsooke]

So you would know wether the throttle is SUPPOSED to be backwards??

No it`s supposed to be the same as the SV.Howed the PO manage that?PM me so we can stay on thread topic.

 

[vader]

Had the E versoinof that, after the SV my favorite bike.

Sooke eh? I'm in Victoria