My Wrecked SV650 - and photos from the rebuild! (no dialup)

[neuone]

Thanks for all the support I got after my little off. I took some pictures last night before I got started on the rebuild.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b264/neuone/SV650_Wrecked__0009.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b264/neuone/SV650_Wrecked__0011.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b264/neuone/SV650_Wrecked__0021.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b264/neuone/SV650_Wrecked__0025.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b264/neuone/SV650_Wrecked__0027.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b264/neuone/SV650_Wrecked__0032.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b264/neuone/SV650_Wrecked__0002.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b264/neuone/SV650_Wrecked__0005.jpg

So I just got the parts to rebuild my M4 - those guys are great! Ordered on Monday arrived today (wed). Granted their company is only 2 hours away. There's also a pic of my old Icon helmet torn apart. I'm a curious person... :D

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b264/neuone/SV650_Rebuild__0001.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b264/neuone/SV650_Rebuild__0003.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b264/neuone/SV650_Rebuild__0006.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b264/neuone/SV650_Rebuild__0009.jpg

[Saint Matt]

Nice, mine's been off the road for a while, it loked like this last weekend, now has front fairings on, waiting on indis to stick the rears on. And it needs a damn good clean, especially the exhaust, that front downpipe is a disgrace.

http://www.bikepics.com/pics/pics/suzuki-sv650s-99-bikepics-517620.jpg

http://www.bikepics.com/pics/pics/suzuki-sv650s-99-bikepics-517623.jpg


Hope you get it sorted soon mate.

[Carsick]

Pah, I've seen much worse damage on bikes.
I seem to remember a certain blue k4 lying at the side of the road on a wet hill in France.

[Foey]

It don't look too bad in the first picture, then it gets worse, good luck with the rebuild, remember fettling the bike is as much fun as riding it. :wink: :lol:

[Last Action Pimp]

good luck fixing it mate, i hope you get it sorted soon

[Cloggsy]

Ouch :cry:

Hope you get it sorted soon :thumbsup:

[Supervox]

. . . remember fettling the bike is as much fun as riding it. :wink: :lol:
:shock: :shock: :shock:
Not if you're a mechanical moron like me it ain't !! :D


Hope you're back pn the road soon mate :thumbsup:

[neuone]

Yeah, I thought it didn't look too bad either. Then I started paying for things.

If I can't find a used radiator I'll have to drop $450 USD on one. I've already put $770 into buing parts and the lift that it's on - the lift was only $90.

[GC-SV]

Its never nice to see those sort of photos.

Hope you get it sorted and hopefully its a reminder to us all how easy a high repair get sneak up and bite us.

[neuone]

I rebuilt my M4 today. Not hard, just annoying. It's an oval can but the sleeve comes as a circle. The packing material is loose fiberglass and when it's pulled out it expands like it's spring loaded. I used some fiberglass mat from my local bike shop to repack it.

The old one.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b264/neuone/SV650_Rebuild__0012.jpg

There are six rivets on each end that needed drilled out.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b264/neuone/SV650_Rebuild__0013.jpg

The core looked like this after just 4 days of running.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b264/neuone/SV650_Rebuild__0015.jpg

This is the packing after it exploaded out.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b264/neuone/SV650_Rebuild__0016.jpg

I got some cheap high temp silicone sealer for the ends. All the instructions I found said to put a bead on the end cap, but this was easier.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b264/neuone/SV650_Rebuild__0021.jpg

I marked the center of the end cap so that it would be lined up with the seam down the back side of the can.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b264/neuone/SV650_Rebuild__0024.jpg

Riveted the ends and put the M$ tag on.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b264/neuone/SV650_Rebuild__0022.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b264/neuone/SV650_Rebuild__0026.jpg

And my cat slept through it all.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b264/neuone/SV650_Rebuild__0027.jpg

[chunkytfg]

next time you rebuild the can use lock wire to wrap around the fibreglass to hold it tight and feeding it in the sleeve will be far simpler :lol:

[rictus01]

next time you rebuild the can use lock wire to wrap around the fibreglass to hold it tight and feeding it in the sleeve will be far simpler :lol:

Or cling film/wrapfast, does the same job, but is cheaper (pinch it from the kichen).

Cheers Mark.

[Sid Squid]

Beautiful moggy.

Boy? Girl? Name? We need to know the details when you post up important pics like this.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b264/neuone/SV650_Rebuild__0027.jpg

[Peter Henry]

Pah...as a teenager I would have been proud to ride around on something in as good a nick as that! Good luck in sorting it mate. :wink:

[chunkytfg]

next time you rebuild the can use lock wire to wrap around the fibreglass to hold it tight and feeding it in the sleeve will be far simpler :lol:

Or cling film/wrapfast, does the same job, but is cheaper (pinch it from the kichen).

Cheers Mark.

does it? i've always just used lock wire as i had some lying around from work

[rictus01]

next time you rebuild the can use lock wire to wrap around the fibreglass to hold it tight and feeding it in the sleeve will be far simpler :lol:

Or cling film/wrapfast, does the same job, but is cheaper (pinch it from the kichen).

Cheers Mark.

does it? i've always just used lock wire as i had some lying around from work

indeed it does, in fact it's probably better as it stops all the fibreglass stuff going everywhere.

Cheers Mark.

[neuone]

Yeah, next time I'm going to buy the repacking kit from M4. I'm sure it will come with all the rivets and everything I'll need. I was in a hurry... I don't know why but I was.

The cat is Peanut - or Peanutbutter Butt - because she looks tabby from behind. My friends named her and we got her because she couldn't afford to care for her.

My bike isn't really all that bad. Untill you consider the price of everything I have to replace.

Rotors (Used) $120 shipped
Radiator (Used) $109 shipped (new would be $462)
Waterpump housing (used) $48 shipped
Handlebar (New) $62
Throtle tube / grip (new) $19
Front brake Lever (New) $12
Rear Brake Pedel (New) $62 !!!
Rebuild kit for M4 $135
Front exhaust bracket (New) $10

________________________$577

Plus I got a new helmet $184
Motorcycle lift $97

Total____________________$858

I'm just glad I don't have any fairings. I'll probably bondo and prep the scuff near the seat by myself and take it to a local auto detailer and have them spray it - I have some paint that's not perfect, but it's really close.