K3 SV650

[xa-mont]

Hey everyone,

Through i would start up a build thread for my SV. this start bit will just be a copy and paste from another forum... so here goes...

bought it with 9000km from the second owner (both women) with a few scratche and signs of being dropped at low speeds.

here are a few pics when i first got it.... dropped it the next day on a ride with my old man when it started to piss down... no damage though :P

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/18042009104.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/18042009103.jpg

First mods came along in about a week :P

New Exhaust, home made Fender eliminator to get rid of that big hunk of plastic off the back, and some nice little indicators.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/08052009149.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/08052009147.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/08052009146.jpg

after that i just rode it for a while until... a woman pulled out in front of me (at low speed, just a scar on my knee to show for it)... so the bike got painted from her insurance company... THANKS GUYS!!!

so after 3 weeks without a bike... catching public transport... this was it!

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/19042010901.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/19042010900.jpg

Sitting on my ute painted in the same colour :D

After that i sold my XB :'( and got the SV a bit of an upgrade.

Firstly there was the ZX10 rear shock. Which worked wonders. and then a beautiful almost brand new '05 GSXR600 front end and FUCK ME DRUNK!!! what a great upgrade for the price/effort. I spent the weeks after that going really fast and stopping really quickly because i loved the new braking power! (and not bottoming out the forks every time i grabbed any brakes.)

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0062.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/a7663e81.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/015fcdd8.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/51cff79c.jpg

Other little things i have done is:
-FP racing short bendy super duper gold levers
-BMC air filter
-Timing Retard Eliminator mod
-polished wheels with black centers
-removed PAIR system
- probably other things that i have forgotten.

Still need to get some decent pics since the big upgrade.

Next thing to come is an undertail exhaust, just have to work out how i am gonna do it.

[xa-mont]

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMG_1243.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMG_1239.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMG_1220.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/HDRbridge.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/tall_HDR2.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMG_12511.jpg

And I am thinking i am going to print this and frame it.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/fullspecs.jpg

[BANDITROD]

thats a great looking sv mate

[mean-Maori-mean]

Nice brother, stylish & mean, like it a lot.

[xa-mont]

Well it's been a while since i posted in here, so i thought i would give a lil update.

I had a stack 2 days before chrissy, and i have been waiting ages for some insurance crap to come through.

For the insurance (which was so close to being a write off it wasn't even funny) i'm getting some goodies :D the list is:

- race tail
- new muffler that i am going to mount through the center of the tail (see below)
- rearsets
- new levers/grips/barends/mirrors (same ones)
- new paint job (kind of thinking same colour, or white, but open to opinions.)

so here is the idea behind the exhaust/tail and the progress so far... all copy and pasted cause i'm lazy.

[xa-mont]

Hey everyone,

So i have been talking up my plans for a while now... so it is time to get started on making them actually happen :D

Firstly, here is the inspiration for it. The Rc211v
http://images.cmsnl.com/m/gallery/honda/Honda_RC211V/RC211V_24.jpg

I got my new muffler on Saturday and pulled apart the rear of the bike for a bit of a mock up.

From this i have learnt that i will need to shorten the muffler by about 3-4 inches. I will also need to get rid of the rear crossmember on the subframe to get the muffler high enough. I will also need to get a smaller battery too to get it out of the way(i think i'll put it kind of where the stock one is, just off to one side a little bit.)

I am planning on running the link pipe from under the bike (where the primaries link together in that mess under the bike) up through the swingarm right next to the rear primary to keep it nice and neet on the outside of the bike.

Here are some pics.

New Muffler... looks pretty, and matches my helmet.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0434.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0435.jpg

Where did my body work go!?!
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0436.jpg

Mocked up on the bike
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0439.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0437.jpg

This is pretty much where i want it to sit, maybe a bit higher
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0441.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0440.jpg

Plenty more progress to come in the next week i hope.

[xa-mont]

I have been pretty flat out at work lately, so too busy to get away early enough to get to the exhaust joint to get the bits i needed, but today i decided i could just do some work at home later on tonight. so i went and got myself 2 x 45*, 2 x 90* and 1m straight 2" pipe.

After i got home the plan was to just plan out how i would run it and leave the actual cutting ect. until i could live without the bike for a bit longer... but then, with complete disregard for how i would transport myself in the coming days i got all choppy and now i am at the point of no return.

I have taken off my slipon, and running the secondary pipe back up through the swinger with the primary pipe was just not going to happen (not enough room, If i made new primaries too i might have been able to do it, maybe another time) so outside of the swinger is where it is going.

Here is where i got too. looks like i might not even have to shorten the muffler to make it end up where i want it, and i may even poke it out further than where it is in the photos.

Here are some photo's of where it is going to sit and the first part of the pipe tacked on (i'll probably use a slip joint here in the end)
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/04282011002.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/04282011003.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/04282011004.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/04282011005.jpg

[Fight_fan]

Dnt ya jst love it when u get carried away n start cuttin shit up lol Looks like a good solid plan mate!

[xa-mont]

got some things done tonight. what a productive way to spend a Friday evening!

Pictures speak a thousand billion words... so here is a thousand billion words:

First thing was to get it all tacked together pretty much how i wanted it to have a look at it and plan some changes.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/04292011006.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/04292011007.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/04292011008.jpg

I then decided that the bit around the swinger stuck out too much and it was looking a little close to hitting the swinger under full compression, so i taped the rest in place so it couldn't move then cut that bit out and built a prettier section for it. (also cut the slip joint off the delkevic link pipe and welded it in)
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/04292011010.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/04292011011.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/04292011012.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/04292011013.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/04292011014.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/04292011015.jpg

I then decided the back of the muffler was too high and the front was too low, so more cutting out bits and welding in more bits... and here is how i got it looking in the end. There are also some photos of where i plan on putting the battery/ecu/fuses ect. I'll put a heat shield between the exhaust and the ecu, as well as making the battery box as tight as possible. bit of a demo of where the tail light/number plate will go. (ignor the fact that i am using my old FE to hold it in place... it was the easiest thing for a quicky bracket.)
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0001.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0003.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0004.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0005.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0006.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0007.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0008.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0009.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0010.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0011.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0012.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0013.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0014.jpg




SOOOOOO.

I need opinions now on whether i should change anything about it before i weld it for real.

[xa-mont]

also i think i'll move the muffler in a little further. i think if i have the end of it almost in line with the end of the tail.

[Fight_fan]

I'd move it in further so it sits flush. Other than that, I like it! And as a bonus it'l keep ur arse warm!

[80s freak]

Looking good mate!

[Bob]

Looks great mate.

[BANDITROD]

I'm with fight fan on this one mate and as you requested I have moved this to the your ride section for ya

[xa-mont]

Cheers Rod.

Hopefully i'll get the race tail this week and then i can mock it up properly.

[OLD SKOOL BANDIT]

Nice work Travis !!! Loving it sick !

[Surt]

yup id move it in either everythin elses bloody awesome mate!

[xa-mont]

thanks for the offer Ace, but i'm getting a race tail, so no need for any of the original plastics. (i had to break mine a little to mock up the exhaust so they are probably no good to anyone either)

well the actual exhaust part is pretty much done now. Just got it all pulled apart (headers off ect) right now, waiting for my drill to charge so i can clean it all up and paint it.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0044.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0045.jpg

Started it up too to check if there were any leaks and hear what it sounded like... and OMG... It sounds MINT!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2LbaxoMn_U

[wackyrider]

That looks wicked and sounds great. Can't believe I've missed this thread. might have to pass by yours tomorrow for a peak

[xa-mont]

sure thing mate. I'll be making the tail light bracket and maybe even droping the engine for paint tomorrow... so might need a hand. I'll give you a call if you're not already here :P

[xa-mont]

Too lazy to rip out the engine today. I'll give you a call during the week and get a hand if thats ok jules.

Got the tail light bracket together, pretty happy with how it turned out. I think i'll paint it silver to match the frame/subframe.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0046.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0050.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0047.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0049.jpg

still have to decide how/where to mount the indicators. Any ideas??

next step is the battery box and mounting all the electrics, then drop the engine and paint that sucker!

[timbo]

Looking good T-rav but in the second pic from the bottom it looks to be off center or is this a case of to much beer for me tonight

[xa-mont]

Thanks man...the muffler is off center there, the light bracket is spot on (i measured it and squared it up whilst welding it)

[nick76]

For indicators,Rated R parts have afew options like this,
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Plate-Mount-Turn-Signals-R1-R6-FZ1-GSXR-SV-ZX6-ZX10-CBR-/280540452142?pt=AU_Motorcycle_Parts_Accessories&hash=item415183952e

[xa-mont]

way to make me spend money! I think they will be good'ns... with a little bit of tinting of course. :P

[wackyrider]

Yeah sorry Trav. Had a friends b'day drink last night in the city and ended up being quite a late one. Didn't have much energy to do anything today. No drama's for during the week

[xa-mont]

knocked off work at lunch time today to go and get some 1.2mm steel to start making the battery box and brackets for the fuses etc.

Here is where i got to:
Battery box, ecu bracket and a couple of fuses mounted.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0055.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0052.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0054.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0053.jpg

Engine will be coming out either tomorrow night or the night after so i can paint it all black!

[BANDITROD]

Looking good trav

[wackyrider]

Let me know mate. I'll come give ya a hand

[xa-mont]

bit more progress today. engine removal ended up being easy (just had my brother hold it a little as i took out the last bolt) I think i will probably need your help to easy it back in though Jules.

first i finished up the brackets for the wiring.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0058.jpg

then got my fibreglass on and started the mock up for the rear hugger.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0057.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0056.jpg

and then... something is missing....
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0061-1.jpg


...


oh there it is!
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0062-1.jpg

Got it all cleaned up (degreaser, brush, water, repeat 4 times, scourer, 480 grit wet sand, degreaser, water, dry, W & G remover, dry) and started to paint that sucker! Also made myself a little stand to make it all a bit easier.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0070.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0072.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0073.jpg

Now its time to get cleaned up, go buy some beer and some noms and head over to Jules' to get pissed and eat a heap of meat! :P

[BANDITROD]

Looking good trav ..... Don't eat his frogs legs I reckon he puts roofies in them lol

[Mishdog20]

don't ya mean floories.....lol

[xa-mont]

The engine is back baby!!!

Not really much news, just put the engine back in after a few goes of getting rid of a run i had in the paint. all sorted now and looking pretty.

I'll be putting all the bits and pieces back on it tonight including the exhaust now that it is painted too.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-05-23203340.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-05-23203331.jpg

things that are left to do before i get the rest of my parts:
- refit everything to engine cleaning/painting things before they go back on
- finish painting battery box and other brackets i made
- chop all excess off the subframe, add a bracket for the muffler to hang from, clean it up and re-paint it
- tidy up all the wiring once the subframe/battery box etc is re-assembled
- paint wheels gold (might get the stuff for that today.)
- fit my current plastics and ride the sucker!!! (i miss riding it... its been too long)

THEN

the parts i am waiting on are:
- Race tail (should be a week or 2 off) which i will need to chop up before it can all go off to paint
- Rearsets
- new grips
- new levers
- new barends and barend mirrors
- MIGHT get a stainless bolt kit for the engine (bit of contrast for the black!)

[Fight_fan]

Lookin good trav! Nothin quite like a freshly painted engine!

[wackyrider]

The only issue I had when I painted my engine with VHT paint was that I kept on smelling for a while after when ridng I painted it. Took a while to cure 100%

[xa-mont]

not much going on lately. Just painted my wheels... been busy drinking too much to do a lot.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-05-30183008.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-05-30183019.jpg

My race tail should be in this week hopefully, then we will see some progress.

[Surt]

oh u've gilded the tyres as well 'sit on purpose mate? looks to luxorious to me
engine looks awesome after the paint job i used to wash mine in white spirit with a metal brush in drill for many hours all gloves were cut peelin skin of my hands after that sweet memories bahaha

[xa-mont]

took the tape off the wheels and sat them next to the bike last night for a bit of a looksee.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-06-01232348.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-06-01232340.jpg

[xa-mont]

race tail just turned up at the bike shop! guess who is taking a half day!!!

[JDinOZ]

Yess wheels look good! I rekon that bolt kit would def look good with the black engine. GL with the racetail, I assume you already got the lights for it etc>?

[xa-mont]

Thanks man, The bolt kit is on its way for the pricely sum of $26au (compared to the $120 + postage US that probolt wanted)

so i went home at lunch time Via the bike shop with race tail in hand.

First thing was to rest it on there and check the fit... its not the best fit ever, but i'll sort it out, even if i have to chop the tabs off and re-glass them.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/2011-06-02195019.jpg

Then it was time to get all choppy! Which wasn't as nerve-racking as i thought it would be :P

And here is the result thus far... Im pretty happy with the cutout at the top so far. Just need to sort out the mounting points at the back and think of some way of doing fill panels underneath...

TADA!
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/2011-06-02194959.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/2011-06-02194950.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/2011-06-02171909.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/2011-06-02171922.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/2011-06-02171557.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/2011-06-02170632.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/2011-06-02195310.jpg

[wackyrider]

Looking good Trav

[Fight_fan]

lookin good indeed! Like that number plate holder mate!

[Gitzy]

I'm loving that pipe position. :D looks great Trav..

[OLD SKOOL BANDIT]

Nice work Trav. Looking good

[JDinOZ]

That tail looks extremely sexy [^] I like the neat license plate holder too. Keep it up!

[xa-mont]

removed the mounting tabs and made some metal ones, then added a dose of resin, some tech screws, and then some more resin and some fibreglass to hold the suckers on... hopefully...

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-06-03201304.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-06-03201313.jpg

[LKC73]

Nice going mate, your getting along with this build quickly. I like all the photo's to. Top stuff mate.

[xa-mont]

put the front end back together with my new guard today and did a few little bits and pieces (wiring, tidying stuff up etc)

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-06-05182225.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-06-05182241.jpg

[xa-mont]

OMG... What's that in my shed?!?? IS THAT.... no it couldn't be?!?!? A MOTORBIKE IN ONE PIECE?!?!?

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-06-06213536.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-06-06213623.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-06-06213553.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-06-06213647.jpg

It isn't QUITE in one piece :P still need to do a plug for the rear lighting and make a slightly longer cable for the battery positive. I also need to run a bit of bog on the tail as well as a little more glass (the racetail has the indent where the key hole is to release the rear seat... which it doesn't have :P)

After that its off to paint!!! I'm actually kind of thinking going with the same colour it already is. I'm liking it with the gold wheels.

[timbo]

WOW you have an LED tv how cool

[xa-mont]

i'm just that fucking RICH timbo :P (its my missus' ... all my money goes to cars and bikes)

[wackyrider]

She also just bought that nice car as well :)

[xa-mont]

i know... i'll bring her over to the dark side of wasting all her money on cars soon enough :D

[xa-mont]

where the fuck has my build thread gone!!!!... wait there it is on page 3...

everyone had heard, but noone believed... That XA-Mont ACTUALLY had a ridable motorbike.

For lo these many months, it has sat, having little bits and pieces chopped off, welded on, chopped off again, welded, chopped, glassed, chopped.... you get the idea....


well with no further ado...




it gives me great pleasure to present you with....




some really shitty pictures of the bike all done :D Rode it to the servo and around the block and didn't die. I do need to actually do my number plate up though :P

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-07-21231402.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-07-21231648.jpg


The SEXY Exhaust... the main bit i've been waiting to have done the most(and it sounds MINT)
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-07-21231602.jpg

and the new headlight/indicator setup, center mounted with indicators mounted in headlights, buckets colour matched too.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-07-21231425.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-07-21231441.jpg

More pretty pictures to come in good time...

[Surt]

very tasty 1.14 pints mate now turbo it!

[xa-mont]

lol.... apparently sv650's don't take kindly to turbo's :P they like to explode when people try.... maybe when i upgrade to an SV1k.

[BANDITROD]

The gigabyte hd6850 ...looking good trav but get us some outside pics will ya

[Fight_fan]

Looks awesome man! Is ur headlight pointing south a bit too much or it the just the agle of the pic?

[OLD SKOOL BANDIT]

Nice work Travis. Arse end looks great.

[xa-mont]

just the angle i think, i'll get some good outside pics some time soon... maybe even in the sun if Melbourne is up for it!

Maybe it should be known as the gigabyte from now on... :P (that was just there to stop the stupid reflections from the number plate... i have shown my number plate off all over the net plenty of times.

[wackyrider]

Bike is looking tops mate. And it sounds bloody awesome too!!

[xa-mont]

sounded even better when i opened it up after my very wobly squishy ride to the servo (flat tyres for everyone that wasn't there)

[Gitzy]

This thread needs more outside Pics Trav [:p], pull her out of the Alf Stewart rape dungeon [}:)] and give us some nice shots, detail shots of your uno of a kind tail and all your other hard work..

Edit Ps Awesome work mate, forgot to add that as I was ranting..

[xa-mont]

I'll take some outside pics soon. i just seem to always finish up with the bike right there and i'm too lazy to move it elsewhere for pictures.

I'll also borrow a good camera some time soon.

[xa-mont]

a lovely picture out in the Melbourne <s>sun</s>... umm... well its outside.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-07-25143557.jpg

[nick76]

Thats come up pretty good.
Looks like you'll need a protector on that exhaust...is that a bit of melted boot on there??

[xa-mont]

you know it is :P

Time to get some CF and make one out of that i think.

[BANDITROD]

Looks shit hot trav well done mate

[timbo]

That looks real cool Trav now go and clean your shed;)

[xa-mont]

what are you Timbo??? My MISSUS? fuck me. I'll clean it when i'm good and ready :P

[Gitzy]

Looks great outside Trav, but more angles son, more angles I say :)

[wackyrider]

CF ey u said. mmm Now where might there be some lying around that we could use as a heat protector for the zorst.. maybe an offcut of a shortened carbon muffler. Where would we find some.... Oh yeah, in my shed!!!! :D

[xa-mont]

fuck didn't even think about that. Hook a brother up!

[xa-mont]

new edition tonight, thanks to the donation of Jules of part of a yoshi muffler :P

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-07-26193922.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-07-26193900.jpg

[corz]

That looks great bloke!

How have you mounted the stock gauge on the GSXR forks? On my 2003 SV it is done with a shithouse piece of aluminium angle, I'd love to change it. I have a Vapour gaugeset coming eventually.

[wackyrider]

Just make up a bracket mate, shouldn't be too hard. I think Trav might have the Xv top triple still on there, but not sure

[xa-mont]

I have a custom top tripple that is a mutant cross between an SV and a GSXR. here's a pic, i got it from a bloke on Svrider.com that makes them.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0371.jpg

[xa-mont]

went for a ~350km wide today, and nothing fell off!!! YAY!!!

PHOTOS!!!!!!!!!!

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0078.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0080.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0079.jpg

[BANDITROD]

Where was jules

[LKC73]

Your bike looks like a beast mate, well done.

[robmac]

quote:Originally posted by xa-mont

went for a ~350km wide today, and nothing fell off!!! YAY!!!


I remember saying the same thing after rebuilding mine :)

Looks good but I definitely preferred the big, single headlight.

[wackyrider]

quote:Originally posted by BANDITROD

Where was jules


I was there mate. If I say I'm going, I go

[BANDITROD]

Good man Jules how did the r1 go

[xa-mont]

There he is!

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/IMAG0077.jpg

[xa-mont]

i'm thinking i'll be going to a single again, probably a little smaller than the orig 7" one though, and probably a top centre mount one so I can mount it off the top triple. I just need to get a different set of gauges first so that i can fit a light where i want it. The big SV gauges are too big and restrict what i can do.

[BANDITROD]

Try here trav i got a light for a mate off these guys this week and they are great to deal with and the lights are good quality aswell http://mcsonline.com.au/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=292&Itemid=126

[xa-mont]

so, It is pretty obvious from the pics above that i needed a hugger... so i bought one second hand from AcoupleSVs. (A dude on SVrider.com)

Here it is all ready to have a mold made from it, all waxed and PVA'd (will start this tonight.)

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-09-05220917.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-09-05220936.jpg

As it is an '05 hugger one of the bolt holes isn't quite right, so i did a tiny little mod (using clay) to it to extend the platform a bit so that i can drill the hole where i need it (and i MAY be able to make other people CF/glass huggers if the process all goes well)

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-09-05220926.jpg

[xa-mont]

What's that!?!? fibreglass on my hugger?!?!

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-09-06182218.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-09-06182225.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-09-06182207.jpg

FUCK I HOPE IT COMES OFF!!! find out tomorrow or the next day i guess.

[timbo]

Why didn't you use carbon fiber?

[xa-mont]

That's just the a mold. i'll then lay up the carbon on the inside of it and it will be fantasmagorical (wishfull thinking right there)

[crazymofo]

great work mate, loving the bike.

cheers.joe.

[xa-mont]

SO STOKED!!!!

it came off the part!!! and it isn't half bad!!!!

There are a few little bits where it didn't quite go in at the edges, but its pretty damn clase and i should be able to clean it up.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-09-07213007.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-09-07213038.jpg

[xa-mont]

so... turns out carbon fiber is SUPER hard to work with!

It is a LOT harder to wet out (or maybe just to see when it is wet out) than glass. but here is where i am at anyway (possibly started with an over ambitious project)

i got the first layer on almost perfectly i think (hope anyway, cause that is what you'll see) the second layer was a lot harder and i didn't do the 3rd, i just put a few re-inforcing bits in.

fingers crossed for tomorrow when i de-mould it... i'm not holding out much hope though.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-09-15201723.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/2011-09-15201715.jpg

[BANDITROD]

Looking good trav

[timbo]

Im sure that it will be fine mate. If not burn it with FIRE

[xa-mont]

i have had some good thoughts... if it is shitty in the bits i think it might be (near the edges) i'll just trim the fucker down till it's good :P

[Redmohawk]

Mate Get yourself a couple of strong plastic bags that are big enough to put your green res'd up mould into. Vacuum it empty with an old vacuum from the opp shop or a workshop vac if you have one. The bags need to be big enough to vac down till they press the Green Cf to your mould. Let air pressure help you force the resin into the spots you want it.

[watkins]

Love it looking shit hot

[mr.zxr]

You can fill those bubbles in your mould with resin then sand them flat. The other thing you can do to keep costs down is use 1 layer of carbon,let it dry off then a quick coat of black paint then the next 2 layers fibreglass. The fibreglass is easier to work with. The black paint fills any gaps in the carbon so you dont see the white fibreglass.