Fitting tail tidy and exhaust.

[5hort5]

Today i will mostly be fitting an R&G Tail tidy and a Powertech exhaust.

I really should not be taking cash cards into events like the Bike Show when working :-)

I'll put up a few pics of the show and the mods later.

[5hort5]

And done, looks a lot better :-)

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q37/5hort5/sv650forum/a1.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q37/5hort5/sv650forum/a2.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q37/5hort5/sv650forum/a3.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q37/5hort5/sv650forum/a4.jpg

[savage86]

Very nice. Amazing how much difference a tail tidy makes. Nice exhaust to. You have anymore plans?

[scotty217]

Hey mate, i got an R&G tidy for mine at the bike show too. Just finished fitting it. Too dark for photos but i'll do some tomorrow if the weathers good.

[5hort5]

I have a good few plans yet but I have to check my spending. I picked up a new shoei Neotec lid at the show, cost £330 but that's loads better than the £470 odd at J&S. SWMBO didn’t mind toooooo much but I have a feeling if I get more bits soon I’ll be well in the dog house.

The R&G was a really nice, good fit and I'm really pleased with it. It took a few mins of looking and test fitting to work out which way the plates fitted but i got there in the end. I forgot to pull the insulation up the number plate wires though so when I started the bike I promptly blew the 30 amp fuse! I called myself a few names for being a prat and doing that but at least it blew on the drive and not on the road.

[ty_uk]

Looking great,
How much for the R&G tail tidy?

[5hort5]

I paid £55 quid at the show for it but I was wearing exhibitor badges etc and the lady did say that was cheaper than normal although I wasn't sure if it was or not. On their site it seems to be £74 quid delivered.

[scotty217]

Hey mate, here are the pics I promised:

before

http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=1029&pictureid=6553
http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=1029&pictureid=6554
http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=1029&pictureid=6555

After

http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=1029&pictureid=6556
http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=1029&pictureid=6557
http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=1029&pictureid=6558

[disco2]

I cant see you pics scotty217 I have a rg tail tidy i will be fitting it after xmas as its a prezzie is there any hassel fitting it or any tips you can give to help me out please.

[5hort5]

Me neither Scotty.

As for fitting it there wasn't really any problems at all. erm possible bits that took more than a few seconds thinking about were .......

- The plastic pin clips on the fairing. push the centre in to take them out. pull the centre pin back through and out the front then put them back in (then push the centre ini to lock). That took a minute or two to work out and will make sense when you look at them.

- I never worked out how to take either side of the cowl off so took it off in one bit by sort of pulled it back and twisted it off.

- The tidy doesn't bolt to the frame there are a pair of plates that bolt to the subframe first. The long bits of the thread on these two plates point down and after knowing that they can only be bolted on one way and will only fit on the correct side.

- The undertray, after unbolting the back two bolts and unclipping it from the frame at that point it took a bit of a push down to unclip further along to then remove the original sail mudgaurds final two bolts.

All and all pretty easy though

[disco2]

Cool thanks for the help as i say its a xmas prezzie from Mrs disco2 so i have to wait for that and a few other goodies..

[scotty217]

Hi 5hort5, I'm using an album i created on here which is set to "public". I got some other advice from other guys:

Aparantly "You need to have the album type set to Public. They will only appear to registered users who are currently logged in. As well as that people must have Show Images enabled within User CP >> Edit Options >> Thread Display Options (this is true by default)."

Now I'm not trying to teach y'all to suck eggs, its just that I can see the images when i log in.

Any help? and sorry for the derail.

Scotty