tail tidy for curvy?

[muffin]

hi
can anyone recomend a tail tidy for the curvy model please ?
ta

[maultin]

not available as an aftermatket purchase because the tail is integrated into the oem undertray. i asked the same question myself when i got my '99 curvy

here is a template for making, or butchering if you will, a new undertray that will accept an aftermarket tailtidy, but it seems like a whole load of nightmare.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/junej.h...te/rse_end.htm (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/junej.hendry/scottishsv650site/rse_end.htm)


Alan

[Kinvig]

Do you think it needs it? The curvy back end looks tasty!

I can understand it for the pointy tho' as the number plate hanger really sticks out from the back of the bike, almost like it was an after thought of the designer....

[maultin]

i would love to get rid of the huge back end on my curvy
look at the photo - you can barely see past it :D

Alan

[pmapp]

You could fit one of the undertrays that are available, then one of the RSend plate mounts - that tidys it up a bit.

[Dangerous Dave]

Suzuki made the best undertray for the curvy SV, it accepted all the OEM equipment and also came with the internal storage tray. It was a straight swop with the OEM tail section. Unfortunately it is nolonger available from Suzuki, unless a store has one instock (unlikely).
http://www.tcpsa.com/suzuki/sv650sc.jpg


All other types require you to cut down the mudflap, if you are willing to do this I would reccomend the Pyramid Plastics one (its is also available colour matched).
http://www.pyramid-plastics.co.uk/catalog/images/27012.jpg

Maultin - You can make your back end a couple of inches shorter if you wish. Look carefully at the mudguard part of the back end, at the bottom of the number plate you'll notice that there is another piece bolted on the extend the mud flap down a bit.

[cuffy]

not available as an aftermatket purchase because the tail is integrated into the oem undertray. i asked the same question myself when i got my '99 curvy

here is a template for making, or butchering if you will, a new undertray that will accept an aftermarket tailtidy, but it seems like a whole load of nightmare.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/junej.h...te/rse_end.htm (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/junej.hendry/scottishsv650site/rse_end.htm)


Alan
Thats the same one i used, i'm a complete techno numpty and i managed it,
Quiff used the same for his too iirc.

[dirtydog]

also came with the internal storage tray.


I've got a Pyramid undertray on mine and still have all my under seat storage as you only cut off the back section

[maultin]

i really like the look of the pyramid plastics undertray but at £130 i will have to think very carefully.
Dangerous Dave - any ideas of how much butchery i would have to do to the existing back end to fit the pyramid undertray?

Alan

[mac608]

BanditMania do several and there's a French firm something like FDR (but I know that is wrong). Someone will no dout come up with the correct name.

[fizzwheel]

BanditMania do several and there's a French firm something like FDR (but I know that is wrong). Someone will no dout come up with the correct name.

Do you mean these guys

http://www.tcpsa.com/

This is the company that made the OEM undertray. The do list the SV undertray on their website, but whether or not they'll sell you one direct I dont know.

[dirtydog]

i really like the look of the pyramid plastics undertray but at £130 i will have to think very carefully.
Dangerous Dave - any ideas of how much butchery i would have to do to the existing back end to fit the pyramid undertray?

Alan


You dont need to cut it down drastically, i managed to do mine with a stanley knife, just kind of cut around the ecu

I'll sort you a couple of pics in a minute once i've finished eating :rolleyes: as i've got my undertray off at the moment

[maultin]

fizzwheel - to the best of your knowledge will the TCP undertray fit onto a '99 naked SV650?
I have emailled them but just thought i would ask incase you already know.

Thanks,

Alan

[fizzwheel]

fizzwheel - to the best of your knowledge will the TCP undertray fit onto a '99 naked SV650?

I believe it will. Thats the same undertray as the Suzuki OEM tray TCP are the company that make them for Suzuki.

[hovis]

i've said it before, and i'll say it again..........

just cut the bits off you dont like. thats what i did, i fitted a 9x3 plate & she looked sweet

[maultin]

very interesting
i will let the thread know if i get a responce from them

Alan

[maultin]

hovis - lets see some pics of your interpretation of 'sweet'
we could maybe put it to the vote
:)

[hovis]

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k295/hovi5/dcp_2649.jpg

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k295/hovi5/dcp_2655-1.jpg

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k295/hovi5/dcp_2654-1.jpg

[fizzwheel]

No offence Hovis, but the chop jobs look rubbish, I've never seen one that I thought looked good.

Mautlin - this is the OEM TCP tray on my SVS just so you can get an idea of what an undertray is going to look like

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e344/fizzwheel/DSCN0566.jpg

[hovis]

No offence Hovis, but the chop jobs look rubbish, I've never seen one that I thought looked good.

how very dare you:(

oh, well......... i liked it

[dirtydog]

No offence Hovis, but the chop jobs look rubbish, I've never seen one that I thought looked good.



I personally don't like the look of them either, just looks like you were too tight to buy an undertray

anyway here's a couple of pics of the rear of mine minus the Pyramid undertray

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x241/dirtydog88/IMGP1033.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x241/dirtydog88/IMGP1020.jpg

a bit more than is actually necessary to be cutted off hasd been cutted off on this one but then I didn't do this one

[hovis]

, just looks like you were too tight to buy an undertray


i am;)

[dirtydog]

i am;)


and that's why it looks rubbish

[pmapp]

lol.

Theres some fibreglass ones on ebay, which is what I got. Way cheaper than the originals, but do need painting. The one I got keeps the origianl undertray, minus the bits like dirty dogs. Only diff is it doesn't have the extra lump for the ECU, so I just moved it to the side of the rear subframe.

Does any of that make any sense? lol

[hovis]

and that's why it looks rubbish

you forgot the IMO

[dirtydog]

Does any of that make any sense? lol

Yes


you forgot the IMO

I think it's actually general concensus ;)

[hovis]

I think it's actually general concensus ;)

:(

well it was my bike & i liked it.

:p

[Dangerous Dave]

Maultin, sorry for the late reply. Its quite simple really on knowing what to remove from the undertray (see dirtydogs pictures in his post). Pyramid will send you instructions with the undertray, all you do is cut off the piece that the number plate and number plate light bolt on to. Basically anything that hangs down below the bodywork when looking from the side. Personally I would go for the Suzuki/TCP (they are the same) version, you simply unbolt your standard black on and bolt in the TCP one. No cutting required and it comes colour matched. You can't get one from Suzuki anymore but TCP maybe able to help.

[Dangerous Dave]

Just found this on the bandit mania website, its advertised as no cut (bolt on)
http://www.banditmania.co.uk/Bodywork/SV650_ROCA_PLAIN_UNDERTRAY_NO_CUT.jpg
http://www.banditmania.co.uk/huggers_&_undertrays.htm

[yorkie_chris]

Have you seen the price? Nutters.

I'll be making one out of aluminium plate.

[Dangerous Dave]

Have you seen the price? Nutters.

I'll be making one out of aluminium plate.

I'd have agree with you on that one, it is a bit steep (£175) for what it is.

[sv_rider1990]

How much would the TCP Official Suzuki one cost? I'm probs going pyrmaid but that one does look quite tasty IMO if a simular price to the pyramid?!

[maultin]

I got an email from TCP Holland today. They will send a replacement undertray for the SV650 direct to UK for €219 (inc' P&P).

Alan

[sv_rider1990]

So would that in GBP be about the same as the ROCA one then off of Bandit Mania?

[Dangerous Dave]

I got an email from TCP Holland today. They will send a replacement undertray for the SV650 direct to UK for €219 (inc' P&P).

Alan

That would be about £158 for the TCP one compared to the £174.83 for the ROCA one on Banditmania. Both come colour matched. I would go for the TCP one as it really is of good quality and fits perfectly (no cutting required).

[sv_rider1990]

Fair enough it is rather nice the TCP one. I Suppose if you still didnt want the standard number plate light and indicators you could still change them?

[Dangerous Dave]

I Suppose if you still didnt want the standard number plate light and indicators you could still change them?

Not to sure on the number plate light, but yes you can use aftermarket indicators with the TCP undertray.

[Wideboy]

well serching for some lowers (different thread) i found some fairings i liked, searching on their website i found they do undertrays for 60 quid, only trouble is the company is in France

http://www.poly26.com/produits/photos/15.jpghttp://www.poly26.com/produits/photos/1145.jpg


cant see any openings for indicators so may require some tinkering. also the web page is in french so i cant understand a thing but this is definatly for a for a sv curvy, i worked that much out

i found a company that import the fairings but they don't have the undertrays, i suppose if you asked them they could, will add later i bookmarked the weby on me laptop but not on it at the mo

[Dangerous Dave]

I think that is a Poly26 item isn't it? You'll still need to cut the mudguard down as you do with the Pyramid one though, and get it painted. Rhencullen do a few from a company called ROCA, these too all require you to cut the OEM mudguard off....

http://www.rhencullen.net/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_SV_650__1998___2002_83.html

http://www.rhencullen.net/acatalog/jusv650.jpghttp://www.rhencullen.net/acatalog/rosv6pdr1.jpghttp://www.rhencullen.net/acatalog/rosv6pdr2.jpghttp://www.rhencullen.net/acatalog/rosvpdrsat.jpg

[Wideboy]

its all this chopping im not happy with if a had a spare OEM bit i wouldn't care, also don't want to pay those sort of prices for one

[hovis]

its all this chopping im not happy with if a had a spare OEM bit i wouldn't care, also don't want to pay those sort of prices for one

there was 4 stages to mine, i kept cutting a bit more off, i liked the end result, but the first few may be more to your liking.

i did not what to spend the money on it,

off to look for the link

[hovis]

there was 4 stages to mine, i kept cutting a bit more off, i liked the end result, but the first few may be more to your liking.

i did not what to spend the money on it,

off to look for the link


http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=86457&highlight=%40rse

[Wideboy]

cheers hovis will have a butchers (pun intended:))

[Dangerous Dave]

You could try asking The Bike Hut to see if they have any spare OEM undertrays to butcher, save yours for the resale.

www.svspares.com (http://www.svspares.com)

I got one from them years ago, I bought a second hand SV which had a ridiculous and hideous undertray that clipped over the tail light also.

[Wideboy]

so going back to this one (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/junej.hendry/scottishsv650site/rse_end.htm)


I'm tempted to do it, but if some one has done it could they plz take a photo of the inside and outside for me so i can get a proper look at what its going to be like.

I'm certain i can do it just like to see how people have laid out there electrics etc

cheers

[hovis]

gat the hack saw out you puffs

[Wideboy]

gat the hack saw out you puffs

:mrgreen: but i wuv my bike to much, i want to make sure i get it spot b*llocks

[Wideboy]

so going back to this one (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/junej.hendry/scottishsv650site/rse_end.htm)


I'm tempted to do it, but if some one has done it could they plz take a photo of the inside and outside for me so i can get a proper look at what its going to be like.

I'm certain i can do it just like to see how people have laid out there electrics etc

cheers

bu bu bu bu bump! [-o<

[yorkie_chris]

I'm going to do that one when I can find some alloy plate, all my mates are shut for xmas, and I'd rather pay bog all than a tenner at B&Q

[Wideboy]

do B&Q do it then :confused:, well i didn't know that :p

[yorkie_chris]

£12 for a 2x2 sheet, robbing sods

That was at the big one in castleford, sure I've seen it elsewhere too

Might just go nick some out of a skip :-P

[Wideboy]

Might just go nick some out of a skip :-P


lol i was thinking the same thing :D

[Wideboy]

well hears another pick of what he's done

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/junej.hendry/scottishsv650site/images/dbhilev2.jpg





i've emailed the bloke to ask if i could have some more pics so i can get a better idea of what it looks like then i will make up my mind.

[Wideboy]

what do you lot reckon on THESE (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SV-650-undertray-99-2002_W0QQitemZ120203912789QQihZ002QQcategoryZ10534 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

doesn't say whether the old one has to be cut off.

[Dangerous Dave]

Yeap, the OEM one will need to be cut off for those too.....

[Wideboy]

how lame :(

[Wideboy]

i think im going to put this on hold untill i have lowers, then i will see what it looks like