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nah, dont worry about it B. I mean, what could possibly go wrong? ;-)
toby_smith
30-07-10, 11:49 AM
You doing all lockwiring then pit bitch :-P
I'll lockwire the whole bike to your foreskin if you don't hush your lip boyo. You'll become the only jewish-catholic yorkshire man in town when Carl tears off the line! :D
And you'll look good doing it too Toby, what with your stilettos and Mankini and an Umbrella in your hand ;)
toby_smith
30-07-10, 11:53 AM
And you'll look THE BEST doing it too Toby, what with your stillettos and Mankini and an Umbrella in your hand ;)
Post amended
yorkie_chris
30-07-10, 12:00 PM
I'll lockwire the whole bike to your foreskin if you don't hush your lip boyo. You'll become the only jewish-catholic yorkshire man in town when Carl tears off the line! :D
Ironic actually, they used to call me a Jew at school because I was such a tight git with tobacco :smt003
toby_smith
30-07-10, 12:01 PM
Ironic actually, they used to call me a Jew at school because I was such a tight git with tobacco :smt003
A tight git? In Yorkshire? Naaaah, surely not!
missyburd
30-07-10, 04:43 PM
I'll lockwire the whole bike to your foreskin if you don't hush your lip boyo. You'll become the only jewish-catholic yorkshire man in town when Carl tears off the line! :D
Not wanting to be a pedant or anything but would he even have a foreskin if he was Jewish? ;)
toby_smith
30-07-10, 05:58 PM
The removal of the foreskin would be the turning point for him!
This thread has taken an unexpected turn:shock:
Jamesy D
31-07-10, 11:23 AM
This thread has taken an unexpected turn:shock:
A slightly disturbing one, too
martin15s
31-07-10, 11:43 AM
could be an interesting turn bearing in mind this is the PHOTO section ???
andrewsmith
31-07-10, 07:00 PM
Absouletly cracking thread!!!
I think I'll be nicking a few ideas (reg/rec springs to mind) for my bike for the winter tinkering.
Keep it Chris and Carl!!
toby_smith
31-07-10, 08:11 PM
Reet, well I was cheif photographer today so here is todays snaps from.....
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z15/toby_smith_1988/Image0079.jpg
Well when I arrived the bike looked like this (more like a bike than it has the last few times I've seen it!!)
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z15/toby_smith_1988/Image0051.jpg
The "Just chuck it on, it'll fit straight on" fairing is just sat over the rest of the bike. By the looks of it it won't fit straight on!!
So then the bike looks like this again:
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z15/toby_smith_1988/Image0050.jpg
Then out comes the super special useful tool which should come as part of the fitting kit....
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z15/toby_smith_1988/Image0077.jpg
Bit of chop chop chopping of the fairing and then positioned using the crash bungs...
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z15/toby_smith_1988/Image0053.jpg
More chopping on the other side...
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z15/toby_smith_1988/Image0054.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z15/toby_smith_1988/Image0055.jpg
A bit of modification of the aformentioned chops...
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z15/toby_smith_1988/Image0057.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z15/toby_smith_1988/Image0058.jpg
Carl trying it for fit. A bit of rhinoplasty should sort the nose/screen conflict...
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z15/toby_smith_1988/Image0061.jpg
Cuppa tea time for those not too busy chopping fiberglass
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z15/toby_smith_1988/Image0063.jpg
And now a cup of tea and a cig for the mad axeman
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z15/toby_smith_1988/Image0064.jpg
So now about 2000 hours later with the fairing position decided time for carl to make some mounts..
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z15/toby_smith_1988/Image0066.jpg
And then time or chris to vanish to his voodoo shed and re-appear with some nuts magically attached to them..
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z15/toby_smith_1988/Image0071.jpg
And now for some more cutting...
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z15/toby_smith_1988/Image0083.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z15/toby_smith_1988/Image0082.jpg
Just a bit of daftness now...
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z15/toby_smith_1988/Image0091.jpg
And some more, the white powder is fibreglass by the way!
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z15/toby_smith_1988/Image0092.jpg
And now here's the pieces of fairing we decided not to use...so far...
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z15/toby_smith_1988/Image0098.jpg
Then all of a sudden things took a turn for the strange. Carl pulls out a can of spinach from his pocket, gulps it down and....
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z15/toby_smith_1988/Image0101.jpg
Then this is where I left them. About 7 hours after I arrived, yup, you guessed it, chopping more fiaring off to allow the bars to actually turn!!!!
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z15/toby_smith_1988/Image0104.jpg
I'm sure Chris and Carl will be along soon with the latest news, 1 week untill test time, I mean, the first race.
Lots of love,
Toby "the pit bitch" Smith
Where are the numbers going to go?
With a bit of luck you'll be number 2 rather then 666 ;-)
toby_smith
31-07-10, 08:55 PM
Dunno where he's sticking the numbers but he's 33 (number, not age!)
If the scrutineers are as picky as the ones I usually get then they'll be expecting a central yellow number board. Might be worth taping over the front ram air vent and the lower section of the screen yellow to form a decent sized number board.
10 HOURS!
10 Bloomin' hours!
Thats how long it takes to fit a 675 fairing to a curvy!
And it STILL not over because we had to remove so much of the fairing it has the rigidity of a sheet of A4 paper! So tomorrow its all coming off again (in Newcastle) and the same amount of fibre glass that originally went into the fairing is going to be added again just to stop it flopping all over the place. Bloody nightmare!
It might be that this is just a dodgy fairing and we have suspicions that it is. The right ride below the handlebar is about an inch higher than the left side and the dzus fasteners on the left side are in the wrong place and it wasn't a good fit to the bike at all. We even had a pic of an SV with a 675 fairing to work from and there was absolutely no way this fairing was going to fit like that fairing. We took measurements and scaled them up and we were miles out. So we adjusted the bike we had to match the set up on the other bike. We dropped the handlebars to the same level, moved this, bent that and still no way. This is not the same faring as is on the other bike. Even when we had it lined up with the same points on the frame it was no where near anywhere else.
So if you're looking for a good fit fairing for the SV, the 675 isn't it!
After going on and coming off about 20 times we evenetually got something that *Just* misses the handlebars (and I'll have to remove even more to make the scrutineers happy), rev counter (which was repositioned three times and is now in there with a feeler gauge!) We had to move the front brake reservoir three times, we had to completely demolish the Harris front frame mount (he says crying) and cut away about 20% of the fairing.
Bloody frustrating day interdispersed with great banter and lots of cups of tea. :)
Anyone have a K5 GSXR fairing for sale?
The bike will have a final 12 hour workout tomorrow to get it ready to race and I'll be setting up the suspension, checking everything and making sure it'll pass scrutineering. It'll also get new numbers too.
Hopefully the last pieces of exhaust will arrive this week and will be fitted on Thursday night before heading to the track on Friday. So will the Race pads. Then we can sort out the jetting and everything else that needs doing.
Its going to be a crazy week! :)
C
Flymo, As I don't know how much of the fairing I'll have left after cutting the rest off tomorrow I'm not sure how the numbers are going to go on.
Maybe like this..
http://forums.sv650.org/image.php?u=7747&dateline=1277754846
:)
I think this fairing will end up being binned as soon as the last race is over... unless I bin it first :)
C
andrewsmith
31-07-10, 10:50 PM
Where you in Newcastle (upon Tyne I'm hoping not Staffordshire) Carl i'll muck in after work if you need help?
Tell me again why you didn't fit an SV fairing..?
Well, that's a very good question!
I wish I had an answer.
Maybe naievity in believing it would be an "easy fit".
ETA Halfords at 10 am for Fibreglass and paint! Yes, the bike is getting a (very basic) spray job. But it'll be very, very basic! :)
This afternoon He'll be finished!... probably... or not.
C
This afternoon He'll be finished!... probably... or not.
C
Shall I hold my breath..?
Probably not huh ;)
Good luck matey. Hope it all comes together.
dizzyblonde
01-08-10, 08:53 AM
When I called yesterday morning, I thought Chris was sat next to a track or something.
That dremel made a perfect soundtrack for a 125 race!
Busy bees day again then!
4 hours of fibreglassing, filling, sculpting and sanding later and everything is clean and dry and ready for spraying in the garden.
Then we have a thunderstorm!
timwilky
01-08-10, 03:09 PM
In which case you will get bloomed orange peel and try as you might you will never be able to recreate the effect when you next repair off the inevitable slide down the track.
Still plenty of scope to practice your spraying over the next few years. buy you paint in bulk and keep some ready mixed just in case
Dicky Ticker
01-08-10, 04:59 PM
Ahem----I am presuming that the fairing you have fitted is a race fairing with the full sump cover so it doesn't drop oil on the track.
yorkie_chris
01-08-10, 05:03 PM
Ahem----I am presuming that the fairing you have fitted is a race fairing with the full sump cover so it doesn't drop oil on the track.
Yup. Big enough for all fluids and then some
Quick update. Spraying done and just numbes to add. Picks by midnight.
Red Herring
02-08-10, 07:00 AM
Is that midnight today, tomorrow, or some other time....? :D
lukemillar
02-08-10, 08:50 AM
Is that midnight today, tomorrow, or some other time....? :D
Yeah, I'm waiting for pics of this franken-homage to my bike! :)
(though, at the end of the day, doesn't matter how you sugar coat it, it's still a girls bike :p :wink:)
Sorry abouty that! Didn't get to Scotland till 3am this morning. Thats the problem with Just doing one more thing" There's always one more thing.
So I arrirved in HQ and quickly got the bike unloaded and undressed (again!). I'd been via Halfrauds and they certainly lived up to their name, relieving me of £45 for some fibreglass and three rattle cans of paint.
A quicky cuppa and 5 missing answers in the Times crossword and battle commenced...
Fairing off and the centre hole was plugged to stop any accusations of ram air going on when we win by a country mile! :) that and to stop the rev counter frazzling itself if its wet..
http://www.corporateflyfishing.com/images/born14.jpg
Then it was time to strengthen what was left of the fairing in the weakest areas, which turned out to be just about everywhere on the see through fibreglass. The clearance issues were solved bu gently stretching the fairing to 37.5cm point to point from the screen and pointy bit on the side...
http://www.corporateflyfishing.com/images/born15.jpg
Fibreglassing frenzy! No time for clearing up at the moment!
http://www.corporateflyfishing.com/images/born16.jpg
Fibreglass goers on to set the new position and give it half a chance to survive being hit by a bee!
http://www.corporateflyfishing.com/images/born17.jpg
and the front hole got a good dose of Isopon38 ready to be sculpted.
http://www.corporateflyfishing.com/images/born18.jpg
Next up was to fill and rub down the battered seat unit that hadn't seen a lot of TLC since the last incident at Railway bend.
Started on the bike so it was steady and finished off the bike..
http://www.corporateflyfishing.com/images/born19.jpg
http://www.corporateflyfishing.com/images/born20.jpg
The farings were finished and given a good rubbing down with three grades of wet and dry and degreased with Electrical cleaner to remove any patches of releasing agent from the mould.
They were all nicely cleaned and dried and set up on the garden for a once-over with the rattle cans.
Then it rained! Well, rain is a bit light. It bucketed down! Three coffees and a biscuit later and thge fairings were reprepared.
First to be sprayed was the mudguard which came up OK followed by the seat unit.
Trying to match Suzuki red from the stickers on the outside of Halfords paint cans proved to be impossible as Halfords but the SAME BLOODY STICKER on their cans regardless of what the red inside the can actually is! :( So off we went back to halfords to buy one of each reds to see which wa closest. Another £50 alter and we had one that was "reasonable" or in other words, no where near but not as utterly different as the other ones.
Back to Halfords for another three cans of that. (Seat Flash red)
It also turned out that whatever they'd used as releasing agent on the fairing wasn't coming off with any known solvent in my very, very extensive solvent collection. The paint still orange peeled in some areas and I'm supposing this is because its still leaching from the fairing.
http://www.corporateflyfishing.com/images/born21.jpg
Mudguard and seat unit on the bike...
http://www.corporateflyfishing.com/images/born22.jpg
Lots more fettling and fixing later the Transponder mount was added. This may yet be moved. The Rad catch bottle was swung around the rad and fitted there. No room in the original position with the fairing on. And the rear spindle was drilled for an R clip.
http://www.corporateflyfishing.com/images/born23.jpg
Time for another break! :)
Another three hours and two thunderstorms later and we were getting somewhere but issues were found with the paint adhesion to the fairing. Or on other words, there wasn't any! The slighest touch and it would peel off. It should look good going down the straight with great flaps peeling off as I go :)
So, Ladies and gentlemen.
From this 6 weeks ago...
http://www.corporateflyfishing.com/images/Bucket1.jpg
I give you, a very nearly finished
LIGHTNING THE WONDERBUCKET is all his glory!
http://www.corporateflyfishing.com/images/born24.jpg
http://www.corporateflyfishing.com/images/born25.jpg
The fairings then came back off again to add the yellow number boards which didn't exactly go according to plan. The masking tape pulled the red paint off so we bodged that with some naff silver tape and generally ruined the paintjob even more adding the front one. New spray job required straight after this weekend.
Jobs still to do:
Fit front brake pads (if they ever arrive) and fit Akrapovic parts.
Also glue some extra spacers on the lock stops. Easy jobs for Thursday night. Next update then..
He's ready to live the dream!!
:)
Geodude
02-08-10, 10:26 AM
Looking good, have fun :)
I also had my first chance to play with Chris' Voodoo Forks!
Un ******** Believable! :)
You could use these for WSB! :)
C
(Chris I made that 4mm hole adjustement to the Rebound leg and it was much better).
yorkie_chris
02-08-10, 10:29 AM
Nice job, looks great :)
missyburd
02-08-10, 10:30 AM
It really does, well done Carl! I was beginning to despair a couple of days ago, your perseverance has shone through :-)
barwel1992
02-08-10, 10:32 AM
common tell us about the forks .... cartridges ?
toby_smith
02-08-10, 10:35 AM
Sh*t hot!
Not yet. Full update next week after I've raced on them ;)
ChrisSV
02-08-10, 10:37 AM
Nicely done, bit of a long way round, but turned out good :D
barwel1992
02-08-10, 10:37 AM
tut obv something a bit different to the usual emulators or something
Yep, they've got 100% pure undiluted Voodoo in them ;)
If they work as well as they should Mr YC is going to be a VERY busy lad fitting them to the entire British Minitwin grid!
toby_smith
02-08-10, 10:41 AM
tut obv something a bit different to the usual emulators or something
They said they'd kill me if I told anyone. £3million quid and a flight to Mexico and I'll sequel
barwel1992
02-08-10, 10:52 AM
haha, i have 3 pound that do ? lol
Update on parts:
Both Akra bits and brake pads arriving tomorrow! I'll not sleep 'till they do! I hate loose ends :)
Oh, forgot to add, the pyramid hugger is going to have to go on to protect the electrics from the wet if it rains. The undertray doesn't cover them :(
In fact, I have a fiver says the undertray won't last the first race and will be worn through by the rear tyre :)
C
Hey, as James - sorry ThunderBucket the Wonder Twin - was mine first can I have my name on for a small sponsorship donation?
I'll try to dig some original photos of him out as well
And yes, it was a pre-registered model: 01 bought in 03
Flymo, As I don't know how much of the fairing I'll have left after cutting the rest off tomorrow I'm not sure how the numbers are going to go on.
Maybe like this..
http://forums.sv650.org/image.php?u=7747&dateline=1277754846
:)
I think this fairing will end up being binned as soon as the last race is over... unless I bin it first :)
C
Thats why I asked though, I was getting a fair amount of grief from the scrutineers over that :-(, all depends on the attitude of the blokes you get. You'll get away with it for one race at least.
yorkie_chris
02-08-10, 12:06 PM
Update on parts:
Both Akra bits and brake pads arriving tomorrow! I'll not sleep 'till they do! I hate loose ends :)
Oh, forgot to add, the pyramid hugger is going to have to go on to protect the electrics from the wet if it rains. The undertray doesn't cover them :(
In fact, I have a fiver says the undertray won't last the first race and will be worn through by the rear tyre :)
C
The ECU electrics have a bellows seal inside the connector, and all the connections were soldered and insulated with adhesive backed heatshrink.
Only thing exposed is the reg rec connections, give them a slart front and back with some grease, they'll be reet :)
Yep, they've got 100% pure undiluted Voodoo in them ;)
If they work as well as they should Mr YC is going to be a VERY busy lad fitting them to the entire British Minitwin grid!
You think we are all running round on bog standard forks then ;-)
You think we are all running round on bog standard forks then ;-)
You want better ... or best? ;)
Hey, as James - sorry ThunderBucket the Wonder Twin - was mine first can I have my name on for a small sponsorship donation?
I'll try to dig some original photos of him out as well
And yes, it was a pre-registered model: 01 bought in 03
Absolutely! You can have pride of place, next to "Yorkie Chris Racing"
We're bound to need something this weekend. Jets most probably! :) and a new Battery
Unfortunately, I don't want to put everyones name on for this weekend as the paint is coming straight off afterwards (or maybe during! :) ) so I'll get this done properly for the next one in September.
I might get them on with a magic marker though!
C
You want better ... or best? ;)
lol, let the banter begin :-)
crisis95
02-08-10, 12:56 PM
When the flag drops,the bull**** stops. See you Saturday Carl.
So, the final Spec:
One Bucket with added:
Sexy Akrapovic exhaust (from the sexy Kat :) )
Sexy Voodoo Forks (from sexy Yorkie Chris :) )
Penske rear shock
Harris GSXR 600 K1-K3 rearsets
R&G bar ends and crash bungs
Modified Reg Reg ECU tray
Modified rear subframe
Harris front fairing bracket (hacked to bits)
GSXR600 K1-3 tail unit.
Desnorkled K&N filter (now known as the K&N "RS" filter :) )
Rejetted carbs
Sharkfin
Supersprox rear sprocket
Renthal front sprocket
Renthal grips
Harris filler cap.
Modified battery position (with poorly battery)
Racing loom
Radiator protector
K&N oil filter
Magnetic Oil drain plug
Castrol T4 race oil
Braided hoses front and rear
(What's left of a) 675 fairing
Fender extener (only used for wet races)
Pyramid rear hugger (likewise)
Front pads Ferodo FDB2048(49)CP211 race pads
Rear Armstrong racing pads.
Braking wavy rear disc.
Front tyre Racetec Interact 120/70
Rear tyre Pirelli Diablo Supercorsa
Pirelli Wets
Getting to the grid on time...
Priceless! :D
C
When the flag drops,the bull**** stops. See you Saturday Carl.
Can't wait!
We should be rocking into the Paddock at about 1pm on Friday. I need to try and get the jetting sorted before the weekend. Cold ones will be in the cooler for when you arrive!
C
Owenski
02-08-10, 01:22 PM
So, the final Sec:
Sexy Voodoo Forks (from sexy Yorkie Chris :) )
C
?? Do you know a different one to the rest of us ??
missyburd
02-08-10, 01:27 PM
?? Do you know a different one to the rest of us ??
Tis OK, I know the one he's on about ;-) :mrgreen:
Owenski
02-08-10, 03:13 PM
ahh I understand... clearly you've both sustained severe head injuries.
Berlin does it still count as an SV when so little SV remains?
I jest, Its good work guys be a minter to see it running. Is YC coming as part of your pit crew?
yorkie_chris
02-08-10, 03:15 PM
ahh I understand... clearly you've both sustained severe head injuries.
Is YC coming as part of your pit crew?
I was dropped on the head as a child, repeatedly. My excuse and I'm sticking to it :smt003
First meet is this weekend which I won't be making due to the AR, so Toby Smith has been pressed into service as pit-b*tch and brolly-dolly, suitably equipped with a mankini and a pair of his missus' stilletos.
Toby Smith has been pressed into service as pit-b*tch and brolly-dolly, suitably equipped with a mankini and a pair of his missus' stilletos.
:smt044:smt044
Is there a race day at Knockhill in plans?
andrewsmith
02-08-10, 03:22 PM
I was dropped on the head as a child, repeatedly. My excuse and I'm sticking to it :smt003
First meet is this weekend which I won't be making due to the AR, so Toby Smith has been pressed into service as pit-b*tch and brolly-dolly, suitably equipped with a mankini and a pair of his missus' stilletos.
so is this the expected image at the start?
God I hope not! :)
Knockhill will be next year now unless there's one I don't know about.
Thuis year will be mainly East Fortune (3 meetings) and whatever I can squeeze in down south to get signatures on three tracks.
C
East fortune as in just east of Edinburgh? Can't google any track info though :/
Hmm.. might head down on a weekend to see the wunderbucket in action :D
When do these take place?
Owenski
02-08-10, 03:48 PM
I was dropped on the head as a child, repeatedly. My excuse and I'm sticking to it :smt003
First meet is this weekend which I won't be making due to the AR, so Toby Smith has been pressed into service as pit-b*tch and brolly-dolly, suitably equipped with a mankini and a pair of his missus' stilletos.
I think you should amend that excuse to read
"I was beaten round the head with a fork leg, repeatedly"
Only someone who's recived such purcussive education would be able to perform voodoo the likes of YC.
Thats awsome I hope that pic isnt photo shopped, suprised people are even looking at the flag I'd be laid out on the blacktop clutching my sides.
yorkie_chris
02-08-10, 03:49 PM
Haha, I nearly was beaten about the head with a fork leg by Berlin last weekend!
Owenski
02-08-10, 03:55 PM
its funny some time last weekend while working in the garden I distinctly remember hearing the sound of someones soul been destroyed, followed a short while later by a shower of SV bits.
Didnt think much of it at the time
East fortune as in just east of Edinburgh? Can't google any track info though :/
Hmm.. might head down on a weekend to see the wunderbucket in action :D
When do these take place?
Come on down! Its just north of Haddington, 10 miles east of Edinburgh. I might have a spare pass for you.
Practice is Saturday morning from 9 and racing starts about 1pm (or before if they squeeze in a race before lunch. Racing from 9 am Sunday.
C
DarrenSV650S
02-08-10, 04:58 PM
It's looking good! :D
Dyzio give me a shout if you're going. I might head down, see if I can get some actions shots :D
Never been to east fortune track
Argh, I'm away this weekend, when is the next one?
18th/19th September for the Melville clan at East Fortune.
C
May come and see you if its down at Edinburgh :)
Looking good.
Out of curiosity what is Yorkie Chris getting for his efforts? What are your hourly rates YC? Or is it just good will on his part.
Tell me to sod off if i'm being to nosey. :)
toby_smith
02-08-10, 10:00 PM
No mankini, I said I drew the line at that. I will put my best boxers on though!
andrewsmith
02-08-10, 10:15 PM
dont lose any bets toby as that was the result
toby_smith
02-08-10, 10:25 PM
Oh Jesus!
Luckily very few on here know what I look like so I should be able to find a hobo to pass that task on to
yorkie_chris
02-08-10, 10:38 PM
Looking good.
Out of curiosity what is Yorkie Chris getting for his efforts? What are your hourly rates YC? Or is it just good will on his part.
Tell me to sod off if i'm being to nosey. :)
I'm getting my costs covered for this. I'm trying to set myself up in business doing suspension and various other services so figured a bike with my name on it would be good advertising. Plus I got to try some cool stuff on the forks :)
When generally buggering about I try and aim for about £15 an hour.
Binky, you've missed the point, This is *priceless* R&D.
:D
Chris now takes cash, credit cards and trackdays as payment
all of them.. at the same time... :P
C
Numbers now cut out of B&Q's finest Matte black fablon.
... and because every little bit helps, the font used is "Hurry Up" :)
C
Race pads arrived and fitted! Only one delivery to go! :D
C
Starting with getting rid of some of the wiring. electrics from Stig-of the-"Wiring isn't my strong point"-Dump
And I thought my "loom of doom" was confusing. Ah well, out with the cutters.
Hey it worked. This is a result of having a K2 front wiring loom fitted to a K1 naked along with a K3 pointy naked clock. I had issues with the connector blocks by way of them not all being compatible and also the pin outs on the blocks were in different positions and the wiring colours were also different. I ended up cutting out the connector blocks, soldering all the wires and hiding it all behind the light inside the light bowl. I had it all written down so once you had the diagram it all made sense. Well almost. :)
K1 with an 03 plate?
Unregistered in the dealers for a while I believe.
Si, (and Messy) Any idea what kind of milage the engine has done?
C
Around 45 ~ 50k miles. Oil change every 3 ~ 4k miles , oil filter change every other oil change. Plugs replaced every 10k miles, coolant changed annually.
Just nicely loosening up then! :)
:D
It'll be good for a few more miles for sure. :) I expect it'll be ridden harder and faster than I've ever done. :lol:
Last remaining parts have arrived! All systems go for the weenend! :D
andrewsmith
04-08-10, 10:36 AM
nice 1. U using this weekend as a runnin in event?
Unfortunately yes. But I've only got the suspension to set up, tyre pressures to choose, carb settings and jetting to sort out and a new bike to get used to. As well as any last minute tinkerings and alterations.
How hard can it be?
Oh yes, and it looks like it'll be on wets too! :)
Nothing like a challenge. :)
C
yorkie_chris
04-08-10, 10:45 AM
You got jets through? they should have arrived today
Yep, cheers mate. I'll get them back to you first thing next week.
C
andrewsmith
04-08-10, 01:16 PM
sounds like a fun weekend is going to be had.
Have and dont crash!
hardhat_harry
04-08-10, 05:55 PM
On my 675 fairing on my SV I didnt cut the sides away from the top fairing I fitted a small brake res and positioned it differently so it lay with the fairing and didnt foul.
I can send pictures if you want.
10 HOURS!
10 Bloomin' hours!
Thats how long it takes to fit a 675 fairing to a curvy!
And it STILL not over because we had to remove so much of the fairing it has the rigidity of a sheet of A4 paper! So tomorrow its all coming off again (in Newcastle) and the same amount of fibre glass that originally went into the fairing is going to be added again just to stop it flopping all over the place. Bloody nightmare!
It might be that this is just a dodgy fairing and we have suspicions that it is. The right ride below the handlebar is about an inch higher than the left side and the dzus fasteners on the left side are in the wrong place and it wasn't a good fit to the bike at all. We even had a pic of an SV with a 675 fairing to work from and there was absolutely no way this fairing was going to fit like that fairing. We took measurements and scaled them up and we were miles out. So we adjusted the bike we had to match the set up on the other bike. We dropped the handlebars to the same level, moved this, bent that and still no way. This is not the same faring as is on the other bike. Even when we had it lined up with the same points on the frame it was no where near anywhere else.
So if you're looking for a good fit fairing for the SV, the 675 isn't it!
After going on and coming off about 20 times we evenetually got something that *Just* misses the handlebars (and I'll have to remove even more to make the scrutineers happy), rev counter (which was repositioned three times and is now in there with a feeler gauge!) We had to move the front brake reservoir three times, we had to completely demolish the Harris front frame mount (he says crying) and cut away about 20% of the fairing.
Bloody frustrating day interdispersed with great banter and lots of cups of tea. :)
Anyone have a K5 GSXR fairing for sale?
The bike will have a final 12 hour workout tomorrow to get it ready to race and I'll be setting up the suspension, checking everything and making sure it'll pass scrutineering. It'll also get new numbers too.
Hopefully the last pieces of exhaust will arrive this week and will be fitted on Thursday night before heading to the track on Friday. So will the Race pads. Then we can sort out the jetting and everything else that needs doing.
Its going to be a crazy week! :)
C
Cheers HH but it wouldn't have made any difference. I repositioined the original reservoir so its in line with the top of the yoke and the link pipe fouls the screen bolts (or did till I stretched the fairing).
Both handlebars hit the front of the fairing with minimal bar movement (like an inch!) and once the cut was made so they could move forwards the right bar then caught the side of the fairing when on right lock. Its an inch higher than the other side.
We started at the rear so the faring wasn't touching the pipe (it does) and to do this properly I'd have had to cut out the whole of the bottom of the belly pan and remake it to get bar position.
But with the faring in its present position which has been cut and the bars dropped 30mm down the stanchions the front of the fairing is still 4" higher than the picture we used for guidance! How, I have no idea! How can we be 4" higher yet still have the bars hitting the underside of the screen, even when dropped 30mm?
It may be because the fairing is a copy of a copy. I've looked at the original 675 screen and there are big differences at the front so it may be that the donor fairing for the mould wasn't correct and this has been amplified on making the new fairing form a mould made on that fairing. It wasn't the best manufactured faring in the world either, with bubbles and wafer thin patches. The gel coat was thinner than a wash with watered down emilusion! definitely a Friday special :)
C
I have just found THE BEST racing gizmo for Lightning the Wonderbucket!
No time to fit it for this meeting but it will DEFINITELY be going on for the next one! It'll revolutionise Minitwins as we know it!
I bet its banned first race! :D
I'll have to have it ready for Leeming. ;)
C
Come on then, what is it?
I'll let those who see it at Leeming tell you :D
andrewsmith
04-08-10, 08:22 PM
annoyed that i can't gt the time off 4 Leeming now :(
hardhat_harry
04-08-10, 08:30 PM
Ok makes sense mine was from the guy that made Glen Richards fairings for Triumph so it was spot on (also screen area is much smaller so you can fit a number board across the front). I also hit the issue with the exhaust system and the lower belly pan but when I fitted the Akropovic system it was nearer the sump than the standard pipe so that cleared that issue. You might want to put some silver sticky reflective tape on the belly pan where the link pipe routes down near the sump as mine has scorched the inside of the fairing.
Cheers HH but it wouldn't have made any difference. I repositioined the original reservoir so its in line with the top of the yoke and the link pipe fouls the screen bolts (or did till I stretched the fairing).
Both handlebars hit the front of the fairing with minimal bar movement (like an inch!) and once the cut was made so they could move forwards the right bar then caught the side of the fairing when on right lock. Its an inch higher than the other side.
We started at the rear so the faring wasn't touching the pipe (it does) and to do this properly I'd have had to cut out the whole of the bottom of the belly pan and remake it to get bar position.
But with the faring in its present position which has been cut and the bars dropped 30mm down the stanchions the front of the fairing is still 4" higher than the picture we used for guidance! How, I have no idea! How can we be 4" higher yet still have the bars hitting the underside of the screen, even when dropped 30mm?
It may be because the fairing is a copy of a copy. I've looked at the original 675 screen and there are big differences at the front so it may be that the donor fairing for the mould wasn't correct and this has been amplified on making the new fairing form a mould made on that fairing. It wasn't the best manufactured faring in the world either, with bubbles and wafer thin patches. The gel coat was thinner than a wash with watered down emilusion! definitely a Friday special :)
C
AndyBrad
04-08-10, 08:53 PM
looking good chaps! best of luck for the weekend fella!!!
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