suzuki sv650

[sag78]

hi all just getting ideas for a fighter, would love to get fighter a gixxer but every 2nd fighter is a gixxer (not bagging the gixxer as i own a 92 slingshot) but would like something different so was thinking a sv650 as i have always loved liked v-twins. so has anyone ever done a sv650 fighter and if so what mods did you do?......also what is every ones thoughts on the sv650

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1248970000.jpg

stock pick from google

[sag78]

sorry about the wording, think i need sleep

[Jockney Rebel]

good start steve talk to fimp up in newkie hes had one for ages and its very fightered lol

[Tony Nitrous]

Great little bikes. Love them.

Never owned one but ridden dozen's,
I often get them as loan bikes.

My ex had a Mk1 (round shape/carb's) in the UK and
a Mk2 (sharp shape/injected) here in AU.
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/7690/sfsv2.jpg

Sasha has a Mk1 sat here now.
100,000+k's and takes off to Casino, 1770 and 600+k day rides.
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/3663/sfsv1.jpg

# keep an eye on the front camchain tensioner,

# the oil pick-up doesnt suit long mono's,

# brakes and suspension are basic but fixable,

# CBR6 rear wheel will go in with minor mod's,

# guy in the UK put a 1000 motor in.
said it was a nightmare and not worth the hassle.

# click on "FAQ's and How too's"
http://www.sv650.org/

or

http://www.svdownunder.com/index.php

One of the few little bikes im happy to play on,
bit of a step down from your gixxer though ?

[latheboy]

CrazyJoe had a realy nice one....

[Tony Nitrous]

quote:Originally posted by latheboy

CrazyJoe had a realy nice one....


http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/8403/joeknee3.jpg

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/6629/tyre5.jpg

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/2609/joe1.jpg

[Tony Nitrous]

Anyone else remember this one........:D

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/5796/foolstyre.jpg

[damo1]

quote:Originally posted by Tony Nitrous

Anyone else remember this one........:D

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/5796/foolstyre.jpg



Yeah followed it back from up the coast the first fools run i went on:D

I was mesmerised by the flicking of the white canvas for hrs.

[Tony Nitrous]

Couple more........

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/6333/bsv1.jpg

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/1377/bsv2.jpg

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/1885/bsv3.jpg

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/3206/bsv4.jpg

[tunelliner]

checkout Svrider.com

they got heaps of nice ones there, especially the ones on BOTM
http://forum.svrider.com/gallery/data/500/SVoTM-Nudist.jpg

I think that SV has been lightened over 30 pounds or something. Gen2 engine in a GEn1 frame, plus ZX6R front and rear end.

here's a gen2
http://forum.svrider.com/gallery/data/500/medium/SVotM-milda.jpg

[fimpBIKES]

wow, those last two look SWEET!

great little bike, just dont buy an ex-demo one
i think that was where i made my biggest mistake [XX(]

oh, and jim i sold mine a few years back
dont mistake a TL for an SV
completely different beasts!

if you get one, do what joe did
new forks and new rear shock should be first on your to-do list


ps- thats the first (and last) time im done that on a bike tyre, mine is the black one tony is referring to above. what REALLY suprised me was the way the tyre felt once we got onto wooton raceway/road on the way home, you could feel it all flexing around like it was a flat tyre when it was leant over
NOT FUN [V]

[latheboy]

CrazyJoe smashed his 1 week after the AFR...

That red SV is a great looking bike

[fimpBIKES]

fuck, did he!?!?!

how'd i miss that?
he ok?

[sag78]

cheers guys that has given me food for thought, just need to talk the boss into letting me a second bike. think i might need to store up some more brownie points. i have already started to draw up some ideas......

[tunelliner]

I posted in a previous thread about a SV

I don't exactly have a fighter, but I was chasing the cafe racer look with my SV. Body positioning is lower and more aggressive than my mates 08 R1.
I have a 04/05 GSXR600/750 front end and a 06-07 ZX10R rear shock. Make's a hell of a difference to the bikes handling. Haven't had any major headshake problems (don't have a steering damper), even blasting bumpy primitive QR.

I say do it saq78 :P, fighter the shit out of it and go for an undertail exhaust. Looks the shit me reckons

[latheboy]

quote:Originally posted by fimpBIKES

fuck, did he!?!?!

how'd i miss that?
he ok?


In an email he sent me "the council left gravel strewn across a bend with no warning signs at all" said he had a nasty fall...
Big thanks goes out to the council for killing a nice bike...

[Gix11]

Yea, he told me to keep it quiet as well and that he's taking a rest from bikes for a while.

[Tony Nitrous]

quote:Originally posted by Gix11

he's taking a rest from bikes for a while.


I think not...;)

[sag78]

was thinking of an exhaust like on a buel also how hard is it to fit a gsxr front end?

[hyofighter]

what about exhaust like this ?
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1249060043.jpg

was think it myself for the hyo

[sickboy]

always was a good looking frame on those curvey 650's.

[latheboy]

quote:Originally posted by Gix11

Yea, he told me to keep it quiet as well and that he's taking a rest from bikes for a while.


Opps i didnt know it was to be kept quiet.... Everyone dont read anything i've typed, there that should fix it...

[sag78]

quote:Originally posted by hyofighter

what about exhaust like this ?
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1249060043.jpg

was think it myself for the hyo


thats cool, was thinking maybe duel shorties, one on each side if it would work. now to talk the boss into letting me get a new bike.........will let you all know how i go.

[tunelliner]

what about an undertail :P

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/katana3232/IMG_0277-1.jpg

[DiscoDan]

My father in law has one of these (round frame model) and it's a great toy. If the forks were sorted and the pickup off a closed throttle were smoother it would be a perfect mid-weight ride.

To that end I happen to have the forks and clamps off a GSXR600 SRAD (RWU) spare and they would be a nice upgrade to the shitty forks on the SV. Does anyone know if the SV wheel will fit on a GSXR600? I don't have the SV handy to measure the axle diameter but I know the GSXR forks have a pretty big axle and my spare Slingshot wheel won't fit without a bearing change

cheers
dan

[tunelliner]

Dan I'll try find the link of the fella that fit a SV wheel to GSXR forks

might take me a while to find it, but some guy did manage to find to do it

[sag78]

quote:Originally posted by DiscoDan

My father in law has one of these (round frame model) and it's a great toy. If the forks were sorted and the pickup off a closed throttle were smoother it would be a perfect mid-weight ride.

To that end I happen to have the forks and clamps off a GSXR600 SRAD (RWU) spare and they would be a nice upgrade to the shitty forks on the SV. Does anyone know if the SV wheel will fit on a GSXR600? I don't have the SV handy to measure the axle diameter but I know the GSXR forks have a pretty big axle and my spare Slingshot wheel won't fit without a bearing change

cheers
dan


hey dan if you ever think about selling your spare slingshot rim im looking for 1.

[DiscoDan]

I got it to put on the slabbie but at this rate it might be easier to just get a SRAD/TL?Busa wheel that will drop in so the slingy wheel might become spare. I'll let you know

[sag78]

quote:Originally posted by DiscoDan

I got it to put on the slabbie but at this rate it might be easier to just get a SRAD/TL?Busa wheel that will drop in so the slingy wheel might become spare. I'll let you know


cheers mate

[J7-11]

Ed found this site - http://www.gregoryli.com/search/label/DIY which is pretty good for the later GSXR stuff.

I'm building up a sharpy one with K8 GSXR-600 forks and wheels, not sure if you can call it a 'fighter as such as the definition is grey at best! Some nice examples up above giving me some inspiration...

[crazymofo]

lol, to the comments reguarding me.

good news is ive sold the sv as a complete bike, i think the fella is intending on just getting it all fixed up to how i had it.
it wasnt to badly banged up, just scratches everywhere and a cracked tail plastic mainly.... but id had a gutfull of the bike, so it was time to move it on....

the wife and i have a new project now.... b-king

cheers.joe.

[latheboy]

Hey Joe, b-king is a cool name for a kid:D

[fireb1ast]

Is anyone selling a sv650 rear shock (yellow spring model)?? would be interested in purchasing.

[robmac]

quote:Originally posted by fireb1ast

Is anyone selling a sv650 rear shock (yellow spring model)?? would be interested in purchasing.
Maybe an SV forum might prove more successful?? Or the wanted section here......

[craig]

quote:Originally posted by fireb1ast

Is anyone selling a sv650 rear shock (yellow spring model)?? would be interested in purchasing.
I have one if your still interested.

[xa-mont]

yeah i have a shitty SV rear shock as well... i would take it from someone if they paid me though... they are horrible.

on the general SV650 topic though... I gots one!

Its a great bike. stacks of torque for a 650 and great fun to mod. There is so much info around that it is all very easy.

I have done the GSXR front end swap and zx10r rear shock and it makes a world of difference. I have also done a few other little bits and pieces. feel free to ask for any advice.

Also check out svrider.com and svdownunder.com for a lot of knowledge, i'm on both of those forums as XA-Mont.

and here is my bike :D (no good pics since the front end)

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/015fcdd8.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/6b5cc6a9.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/a7663e81.jpg