All this talk of front end mods...

[amnesia]

...leads me to ask a question.


I was talking to someone today about this, and they asked me...

"Why can't you just use the SV wheel?"


I couldn't answer them. :-dd


The GSXR solution requires playing with magnets, and the Triumph solution requires spacers to match the axle diameters and caliper positions.


If you need to do some 'home engineering' is it not possible to retain the SV wheel and discs? :confused:

[yorkie_chris]

Yes it is possible, it's just a sight harder and more expensive.

[sv650k4]

the sv discs are like 290mm and the gsxr ones are 300 and 320mm so witht rh sv discs you will be missing the calipers a bit then you have the wheel axle the gsxr one is alot thicker 2 the sv one.

i think it would be a good bit of work 2 try and run an sv wheel.

i never even tried mine when i done the front end change as i think it would be a bit hardish 2 try and get every thing ryt.


;)

[Stu]

the sv discs are like 290mm and the gsxr ones are 300 and 320mm so with the sv discs you will be missing the callipers a bit then you have the wheel axle, the gsxr one is a lot thicker than the sv one.

i think it would be a good bit of work to try and run an sv wheel.

i never even tried mine when i done the front end change as i think it would be a bit hard to try and get every thing right.


;)
HTH

[Rich]

Also the sv spindle is alot smaller. The discs fit from gsxrs though well my 1000k3s did. More hassle than its worth I always try and keep to tried and tested routes rather than messing about.

Edit: I need to read more. Doh

[sv650k4]

yes thats ryt the gsxr discs fit on the wheel ok but i still think just as handy 2 go for the proper wheel of the front end means ther no hassel or s~*t maby messing about with makeing spacers/changeing wheel bearings and stuff like that.

[yorkie_chris]

For the sake of less than the cost of spacers you can get a gsxr wheel and then resell the SV one

[Dangerous Dave]

It has been and continues to be done, costs more and requires a custom built front spindle. You'll also need spacers to fit the larger discs and align them with the calipers etc...

To be honest with a Curvy it is far easier to run the OEM speedo off the rear wheel! Plus you get your maoney back when selling standard SV stuff.

[sv650k4]

For the sake of less than the cost of spacers you can get a gsxr wheel and then resell the SV one



thats what i done with my sv wheel and discs just sold them and got a proper gsxr one and it just bolts straight in no messing around etc... and plus i wasnt out any extra money for the gsxr one it was basically just like a swop type of thing.

[sixstring]

so how do you go about fitting the original speedo on the back wheel? Sounds like a "too good to be true" solution

[sv650k4]

so how do you go about fitting the original speedo on the back wheel? Sounds like a "too good to be true" solution


i never had 2 worry about the speedo as my bike is a race bike so i didnt have any speedo problems :D:D:D


but ther is ways round it as i have seen it on here before.

[northwind]

so how do you go about fitting the original speedo on the back wheel? Sounds like a "too good to be true" solution

PM me an email address and I'll send you the guide I wrote while I was developing that fix, pictures and everything (actually, i have some of the parts you'd need as I've just taken them off my own, if you're interested...)

But I wouldn't do it that way now, back then there were none of these magnet options that have now been pretty well worked out. I've just swapped mine to a pickup-and-magnet approach as the speedo rotor packed in on mine (not bad going though, 32000 miles and about 40 wheel swaps!)

I prefer the magnet option as it's non-contact, easier to swap the wheel too, and easier to build in the first place... But the relocation of the stock drive does have its advantages, it's cheap (just need some wire and some chemical metal) and it's always nice to do something so much like the OEM spec.

[northwind]

Oh yeah, and why not the SV wheel- well, it's been answered, there's a number of reasons- you might have trouble with the disc track (too wide/not wide enough), SV wheels are expensive,GSXR wheels are cheap, the GSXR wheels are a cosmetic match so no worries there, and slightly lighter too. But mainly, it's easy!