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About to go on the test ride. here's hoping nothing blows up.
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Don't die, sir. // How did it go? Leaving for Santa Cruz tomorrow or the next day. Can't wait to ride, but it's extremely difficult leaving 78 and sunny for high 60's low 30's and rain.  ...and just arrived. It's actually quite nice out. Now to order a valve cover gasket for my Volvo since it's spilling oil everywhere. Probably cracked when my friend put the new one on after he re-torqued the headbolts to fix a coolant leak while I was out and about doing things with my family. It never ends. 
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Jan 3, 2012 21:33
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TUONO MIRRORS  OWN 
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drat, those are nice! Would those latch on decently to GSXR clipons? I'm looking to replace my handlebar mirrors with something a bit safer/more visible.
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Jan 7, 2012 03:02
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DEUCE SLUICE posted:TUONO That's beautiful. Where did you order the mirrors from? And what windscreen is that? My SV came with a Givi A700 and I think the relatively large windscreen looks funny on a naked bike. How do you like your windscreen at highway speeds?
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Jan 7, 2012 05:47
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They thread into the stock mirror mounts on the naked 650, no idea how it'd work on anything else. I ordered the mirrors from touringsportbmw.com. 58ish shipped for the pair. Windscreen is the stock one from 05+ naked SV's (mine is an 07 SV650A.) It doesn't really seem to do anything wind wise but I've never ridden the bike without it so I don't know one way or the other.
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Jan 7, 2012 06:14
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Anyone have a rear brake rotor?
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Jan 8, 2012 00:10
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Now that my K5 SV650 is in the hands of my best friend across the country, and I'm looking forward to selling my Ninja this spring, I have an odd lust for another SV650. Goddammit what is wrong with me, I thought I wanted a bigger bike.
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Jan 22, 2012 03:12
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Xovaan posted:I'm looking to remount my HID kit because I like the brightness a LOT better than the stock light, but with a better assembly than was previously being used to support it. Just have to figure out the best way to clamp everything together. Anybody have any good bracket ideas? I want it to kind of look like this: Is that really how short they are? Now I really want to try cramming a set in my Speed Triple housings. Do you know what those HIDs came out of? the walkin dude posted:Now that my K5 SV650 is in the hands of my best friend across the country, and I'm looking forward to selling my Ninja this spring, I have an odd lust for another SV650. Goddammit what is wrong with me, I thought I wanted a bigger bike. SV1000?
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Jan 22, 2012 07:25
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It depends on the HID kit but yeah they're relatively tiny. The ones I'm about to put on my bike (Z3n's old body kit/HID combo) are a lot bigger than that. edit: Just ordered a fiberglass cloth/resin kit to attempt to bind the headlights properly into the fairing. Hope this works. :o Knot My President! fucked around with this message at 02:21 on Jan 23, 2012 |
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Jan 22, 2012 22:36
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Has anyone rolled on Continental Conti Motion ST tires yet? They're much cheaper than any other ST tires and are getting apparently good reviews. Thoughts? http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/1/28/396/24836/ITEM/Continental-Conti-Motion-Sport-Touring-Radial-Rear-Tire.aspx?WT.ac=SLIsearch
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Jan 23, 2012 22:37
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HammerOfHope posted:Has anyone rolled on Continental Conti Motion ST tires yet? They're much cheaper than any other ST tires and are getting apparently good reviews. Thoughts? Havn't tried those. I'm running Pilot Power 2ct's right now, and absolutely love them, fwiw.
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Jan 24, 2012 05:19
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2CT's aren't really sport touring though. Maybe Road 2/3's but 2CT's are fairly sport oriented.
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Jan 24, 2012 06:28
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I've been saving up my money to pay for the 15k service interval. However, now that I have this little nest egg I am thinking that I should buy all the required tools and start doing all of my own maintenance. I haven't done any of my own work on my SV beyond the basics. But would love an excuse to get more tools and would like to know how this machine I love works inside and out. Does anyone have an idea of what kind of investment this would be? Would I be biting off more than I can chew?
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It's really not fun but you don't need very many tools beyond what you have in the included tool kit, just a few more hex wrenches. Anything you save in $ will be spent in blood, however. (this was just my experience, I'll pay someone else to do it in the future and I do most of the other maintenance myself)
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The enjoyment factor is hit or miss. I fear how little my time is worth if calculated out to how long I've spent working on my bikes, but I couldn't care less because I love doing it so much. You probably wouldn't spend more than a couple hundred on basic tools (this is assuming you have nothing now and would like to buy enough to get you started and do all common work) and I'm going to guess that that's less than one major service interval done at a shop. Pick up a Haynes or Clymers, and as long as you know how to spin a wrench, you'll be good to go. I think it also provides peace of mind knowing that you did the critical work to your bike, and that you did it right. Shop mechanics are under time crunches and may be prone to making mistakes or doing a job less accurately, albeit faster, than you.
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What tires you guys all running? I had to change out my SV's shoes today and ended up with a 160/60 Conti Motion rear and a 120/70 Conti Attack front. The 120/70 feels a little better to me than the previous 120/60 Diablo Strada that came with the bike, but I think I'll have to go to the track to really test it out. In theory the 120/70 provides more contact patch at the front at any given lean angle and stabilizes things a bit, at the slight cost of initial turn-in speed. In a practical sense, 120/70 is the industry standard now and thus more available, and it works fine with the stock fender (even with the fenda extenda). For track stuff, my local race shop dudes recommended the BT-003 for an SV.
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I'm running Avon Storm ST's that came with my naked SV. They're the best tires I've encountered, and stops/handles great in rainy conditions.
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I haven't run through all that many tires since I started riding, but I've ridden the stock SV tires, pilot powers and Dunlop Q2s. Q2s are loving awesome tires, and pretty cheap to boot. I'm not even interested in running anything else at the moment. I ran through a few sets of them over nearly 2 years on the SV before I sold it, and they are awesome on the street and on the track. Warm up super fast, grip like superglue and all round rock. I have a buddy who is a track instructor and all around fast guy on a bike and he runs them as well for the same reason - great grip and cheap. When I think about it, most dudes I ride with use them too. The only downside I can think of is that they don't last all that long but on a SV650 its not as much of an issue as a more powerful/heavier bike. the walkin dude posted:Now that my K5 SV650 is in the hands of my best friend across the country, and I'm looking forward to selling my Ninja this spring, I have an odd lust for another SV650. Goddammit what is wrong with me, I thought I wanted a bigger bike. Tuono. You know you want it.
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I'm running Michelin Pilot Road 3's. I don't really have anything to compare them to (first bike / tires) but I have not crashed yet in neither rain nor shine so I'm gonna say that they're pretty sweet. I think Z3n runs PR2's and he likes them so I can only assume the PR3's are better (in the rain, I believe)
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AncientTV posted:
What basic and specialized tools would I need? I've built bicycles from scratch and work part time in a fabrication shop for the entertainment industry so I have an aptitude for working with my hands. However, I've never given anything with an engine a shot so I don't know what is needed. As for the tire conversation, I am running Roadsmarts and have gotten a lot of mileage out of them so far. I feel confident with them in the corners and in wet weather.
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ant mouth posted:What basic and specialized tools would I need? I've built bicycles from scratch Not much. An impact screwdriver and a workshop manual.
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Sir Cornelius posted:Not much. An impact screwdriver and a workshop manual. This, maybe some feeler gauges if you're going to do valve clearance checks. As for basics, just get a big set like this: http://www.lowes.com/webapp/wcs/sto...LAID=1023905927 Harbor Freight them if you're feeling frugal, but those things are pretty much all you'd need.
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FuzzyWuzzyBear posted:What tires you guys all running? Non-bald ones.  When I got my motorbike, the back was completely bald and kept sliding out until I changed it six or so months later. Currently using Pirelli City Demons on my 250cc bike.
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I'm running Pilot Road 2's and they are real nice. Very predictable in the wet and cold.
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I really want to do this and I know it's a terrible idea and that little voice in the back of my head is saying, "Xovaan, don't do that. It is a stupid idea and people will hate you" but god damnit I don't care edit: either ride around like a women's prada handbag or dazzle camo Knot My President! fucked around with this message at 09:21 on Feb 6, 2012 |
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Xovaan posted:I really want to do this and I know it's a terrible idea and that little voice in the back of my head is saying, "Xovaan, don't do that. It is a stupid idea and people will hate you" but god damnit I don't care Why does it have wings?
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Feb 6, 2012 17:02
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It's part of the body kit. I think it's to capture more air for the radiator?  Gonna try to mock up some dazzle camo for the bike later this evening.
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Feb 6, 2012 21:27
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I was initially repulsed by the image, but the term dazzle camo sounds mighty intriguing. Post the results!
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https://www.google.com/search?tbm=i...39l1015l2.7l9l0 This is dazzle camo. It's basically somewhere between "the poo poo" and "the best" but where that exactly lies is hard to pinpoint 
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Oh god an R6 or R1 with all those sharp lines with that sort of scheme would be killer. The new CBR's with their "sharktooth" fairing would work well too.
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Dazzle is loving awesome and I still hate Z3n a little bit for painting his track bike in gulf livery. But only a little bit because gulf livery is awesome too.
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Feb 7, 2012 15:31
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Decals came in. I saw Big Bird and knew exactly what quote he needed.
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So my girl passed the MSF course last weekend and we've boiled it down to two bikes. An 04 650N and an 2006 S and both are on CL for 3k OBO.quote:For sale is a 2004 SV650N (K4) with 27,167 miles. This bike is in excellent condition, it has never been tracked, crashed or dropped. I've primarily used this bike to commute on, the 27k miles are 95% highway miles. The bike is mostly stock, the only modifications are bar end mirrors , Yoshimura slip-on, an RK chain and a Hotbodies undertail kit. Oil and oil filters have been regularly changed. A valve adjustment was recently done. Or the S: quote:6802 miles The low miles looks appealing, but the fact that it has scratches on *both* sides of the front fairing makes me think it's been down more than once and could potentially lead to more problems than it's worth. We're leaning towards the N simply because it hasn't been down and the guy seems to have really cared for the bike. Also it comes with extra goodies. I'm super excited that she wants an SV, but I'm kind of jealous because originally it was what I was looking for for my first bike and I ended up with the F2.
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Feb 8, 2012 22:44
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I'd go for the N too. It's been well-used and seemingly in good hands.
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I would also look at the N, plus the S still needs a bit of TLC to get it up and running.
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Feb 9, 2012 00:17
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N = more comfortable = you will enjoy it more. Save clip-ons for supersports.
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#1 is a goon. If he was bitching to me earlier about you I'm gonna laugh and laugh and laugh. But I'd say buy #1. Because the N is a better model for street use and he took care of it so it should have no problems going the distance.
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Well poo poo, it sure is a small world. #1 is/was my bike. Z3n literally texted me as Quite A Tool was driving away with on it. Quite A Tool, if you have an questions you now know where to find me. Edit: Z3n, I was bitching about some punk kid. Quite A Tool was a stand-up guy from start to finish.
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Yeah I figured as much  Also holding myself back from making a tool joke.
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