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Fitted my lower fairing kit and seat cowl today. The fairing was a pain because when you tighten up the brackets they have a habit of moving...
Next mod might be an exhaust come the summer.
Can't believe how good they look with the lower fairing and cowl. I can't afford to insure a sports bike so I am chuffed as to how sporty an SV looks for a budget bike.
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Yeah they def help to finish it off nice, you need to get rid of the snow shovel on the back though for a hamicad.
Looking good matey. :wink:
Looking spot on mate! I have lowers on my k5 too... I went for an ermax undertray and it really made the difference!
Diveboy
05-02-06, 09:48 PM
nice. but someone painted your frame black :lol: :lol: :lol:
Saint Matt
05-02-06, 10:40 PM
nice. but someone painted your frame black :lol: :lol: :lol:
*******s aren't they!
independentphoto
06-02-06, 12:04 AM
Nice one mate.
A set of R&G bungs will help protect those in the event of laying it down or worse.
Garry :wink:
Hamicad hmmm yes hear what you are saying and totally agree but exactly how much work is involved in fitting? What do you have to do exactly?
Buy one & follow the full instructions included, it's that easy.
Remove both seats, rear bodywork & snow shovel, fit hamicad & other bits in reverse order.
Should be done & dusted in about an hour tops. :wink:
Nice bike!
Lol, you bought a budget bike but now will spend £££ on the mods. :wink:
Just seen the instructions on the hamicad website! Looks scary! Yeah true about the cost issue. With the fairings, cowl, exhaust and hamicad I would have spent the difference in insurance between the SV and the GSXR600. I so detest all these chavs that mod their cars and yet I am in danger of emulating them.
Might leave the bike as is because it is technically still standard or just get the exhaust but that depends on what the insurance says. I gotta ring them to declare the fairings and cowl and will ask them what an exhaust will do to my premium.
Flamin_Squirrel
06-02-06, 02:33 PM
Just seen the instructions on the hamicad website! Looks scary! Yeah true about the cost issue. With the fairings, cowl, exhaust and hamicad I would have spent the difference in insurance between the SV and the GSXR600. I so detest all these chavs that mod their cars and yet I am in danger of emulating them.
Might leave the bike as is because it is technically still standard or just get the exhaust but that depends on what the insurance says. I gotta ring them to declare the fairings and cowl and will ask them what an exhaust will do to my premium.
Chavs add tacky tasteless garish mods with all the asthetic appeal of John Prescot in a bathing costume.
You're adding subtle mods that add to the appearance of the bike without looking out of place 8)
I would definitely concur. Most of the mods suggested actually have funtional properties as well as looking good.
Hugger (reduces spray onto the rear shock) quite a good thing at £250 a pop for a new shock.
Fender extenda ( stops water spray from getting into your cylinder)
Seat cowl ( erm well erm. Ahh, if no one sits there, its a waste) Stretching it abit now.
Lowers, (reduces wind blast and increase protection of the engine from elements)
Anyway I think chavving it is a bit strong. PEople who spend thousands on their cars tasteful or not do it for the love of it and the thrill. Your average chav might roller brush a white stripe down his corsa, buy those fake looky likey alloy hubs from halfwits and will defintely get flashing leds all over the car. Oh and lets not forget the bolt on 5 inch big bore look exhaust extension for about a £10. THey still make laugh when I see them now. :lol: :lol:
you dont get many adult "boy-racers" in cars (i wont call them charvers because they are a whole different breed and many wont own cars its just some boy-racers are also charvers). However, you dont get many young lads with bikes so the adults reign there. There arent many bikes which arent modded at all.
Ceri JC
10-02-06, 11:24 AM
you dont get many adult "boy-racers" in cars (i wont call them charvers because they are a whole different breed and many wont own cars its just some boy-racers are also charvers). However, you dont get many young lads with bikes so the adults reign there. There arent many bikes which arent modded at all.
I'd also point out that I'd say a tastelessly modified bike (usually bandits/oldish sportsbikes) is a rarity, rather than the norm. Considering almost all bikes are modified in some way, it's a testament to the restraint and style of most owners that they generally look better than stock.
Looking good but get a hamicad when you can and do not be put off as the instructions seem harder than it really is. The bike will look so much neater at the back...
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