SixFiddy
31-07-17, 03:43 AM
I'm due to change all of the fairings on my bike in the next week and as I've never removed the nose of my SV I'm a little bit nervous (though fully confident to do the job). I'd just really appreciate some helpful tips to overcome any potential difficulties I might encounter before I jump in.
First worry: (TL:DR - Is changing the nose fairing bracket a simple job?) - As a result of a lowside which left the nose fairing bracket/mount bent on the left side, I bought a "new" one. I'm just a little bit confused as to what the clocks bolt on to. Is it the bracket that I'll be changing around? If not, then that's great if I don't have to touch the clocks. But if they do bolt on to that bracket then I hope any bolts/screws are easy to access. If there's one thing I've noticed, the SV's components seem to be in the most awkward places compared to other bikes I've worked on.
Second worry: Over the past few weeks my low beams have been working intermittently and now they've finally stopped working completely. After a million Google searches and reading threads posted by SV650 and 1000 I'm 90% sure it's the "big white connector" and one of the connections/wires is probably toasted. A solid fix seems to be crimping the suspect cables outside of the connector. I'm not electrically inclined. I only just learned how to crimp some indicator wires a week ago. I don't own a multimeter and I don't know which fuse is the lowbeam headlight fuse :D If it is this connection and I don't feel like attempting to clean the toasted connection with WD40, can I just cut the suspect wires at their ports to the connector and then crimp them with bullet connectors outside the big white connector?
Thanks in advance!
First worry: (TL:DR - Is changing the nose fairing bracket a simple job?) - As a result of a lowside which left the nose fairing bracket/mount bent on the left side, I bought a "new" one. I'm just a little bit confused as to what the clocks bolt on to. Is it the bracket that I'll be changing around? If not, then that's great if I don't have to touch the clocks. But if they do bolt on to that bracket then I hope any bolts/screws are easy to access. If there's one thing I've noticed, the SV's components seem to be in the most awkward places compared to other bikes I've worked on.
Second worry: Over the past few weeks my low beams have been working intermittently and now they've finally stopped working completely. After a million Google searches and reading threads posted by SV650 and 1000 I'm 90% sure it's the "big white connector" and one of the connections/wires is probably toasted. A solid fix seems to be crimping the suspect cables outside of the connector. I'm not electrically inclined. I only just learned how to crimp some indicator wires a week ago. I don't own a multimeter and I don't know which fuse is the lowbeam headlight fuse :D If it is this connection and I don't feel like attempting to clean the toasted connection with WD40, can I just cut the suspect wires at their ports to the connector and then crimp them with bullet connectors outside the big white connector?
Thanks in advance!