sickboys SV =GSXR frontend swap

[sickboy]

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[sickboy]

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[03gixxerpilot]

well done, nice

[alfiestorm]

Did the front end bolt straight in there or did you have to do any reworking at all :)
Looks damn fine

[Rocket]

The more I see those SV's, the more I want one.
That's real nice Sickboy.

[Gix11]

That's come up really well mate. Simple and tidy. Any more plans?

[geesexar]

hey man really like that front end job..well done

[WATEVR]

sickboy frontend looks great and i agree with rocket the more i c of these the more appealing they get. is the rad gaurd wider than the radiator as looks like its sticking out by a fair bit?

[Slingblade]

nice work mate. It would make a huge difference to the handling. My father in law has an SV and the stock forks are pretty low spec and average kit. Money well spent.

Plus it looks bloody good!

[sickboy]

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[sickboy]

Thanks for your replies guys , the only mod I had to do was dremell out the underside of the GSXR triple clamp and cut out some 12mm alloy plate and glue with Devcon (2 part alloy liquid epoxy)then clampped them together ,after a few days to cure I marked out where I wanted to mount the SV bar clamps then drilled the T clamp.

[sickboy]

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/81232421896961.jpg
Sorry the pics arent in order, this is after roughing up the under side with dremell.

[sickboy]

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The steering damper lug was removed then painted the T clamps with satin black brake rotor paint.

[sickboy]

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/812324218103266.jpg
Coerce Hyper bars and standard SV bar risers.I cant take all the credit though, I think it was Large's idea of useing pvc pipe clips to mount the head light $7 for 4 clamps , bargin. And the HEL brake lines I got through Stu.

[sickboy]

quote:Originally posted by WATEVR

sickboy frontend looks great and i agree with rocket the more i c of these the more appealing they get. is the rad gaurd wider than the radiator as looks like its sticking out by a fair bit?

Thats the standard width,I think the stainless gaurd stands out to much, I might get it powder coated black.

[sickboy]

quote:Originally posted by Gix11

That's come up really well mate. Simple and tidy. Any more plans?

Thankyou and Yep a GSXR1000 rear shock and a Power comander waiting to be fitted.

[sickboy]

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/812324359168546.jpg
OK then last one.

Hi,i have a 05 sv 1000s,im thinking about doing the same with the forks,is that a complete front end or did you use the sv wheel.I know with the gsxr 1000 k2 forks you ,can keep the sv wheel,just change the size of the discs.....

[sickboy]

Gday Griff,I used the standard SV wheel and discs and made up some 5mm spacers so that the gsxr radial calipers clear the discs ,SV discs are 10mm bigger than the gsxr k4 discs ,SV stearing head bearings are the same as the gsxr.Theres heaps of info on the Sv portal on how to do this.
http://www.sv-portal.com/index.php
Good luck.
Some more aussie SV front end mods.
http://www.svdownunder.com/forums/index.php?topic=4858.0

[Vcook]

nice!! I like how you took the time to paint the bottom triple!

Thank you sick boy,i must get a gixxer front end,as your one looks excellent

[sickboy]

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/111721111117762.jpg

Cheers mate ,if you can ,try and stick with the K4 stuff,the front wheel ,axle and steering lock will work nicely with k4 front forks and triple clamps, if you do this you might want to get hold of a rear shock also. Here's a pic of the rad gaurds powdercoated.

[Vcook]

quote:Originally posted by sickboy

[I cant take all the credit though, I think it was Large's idea of useing pvc pipe clips to mount the head light $7 for 4 clamps , bargin.


Can you tell me more about these "pvc pipe clips"? thanks in advance!

[Large]

quote:Originally posted by Vcook


quote:Originally posted by sickboy

[I cant take all the credit though, I think it was Large's idea of useing pvc pipe clips to mount the head light $7 for 4 clamps , bargin.


Can you tell me more about these "pvc pipe clips"? thanks in advance!


http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1563/img2238uo8.jpg

Hardware/plumbing stores carry these pipe clamps in a few sizes which can be made up into brackets like in this thread (pg3)

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2523&whichpage=3&SearchTerms=lazy,sunday

[sickboy]

Thats the ones ,I gave them a rough up with some sandpaper then used paint stripper then gave them a couple of coates of black brake rotor paint ,sorted.