squirrel_hunter
06-04-07, 04:37 PM
Thought some of you out there may be interested in my latest bodge job...
Coming back from the MoFo meet last night when I got to my garage I decided that I would try and get off the bike and open the door without putting the side stand down properly first. Needless to say bike and rider ended up in a heap on the floor. Unfortunately I couldn't even drop the bike properly as I had no audience to point and laugh at me. So damage wise cracked some more of the front panel, snapped the end off the clutch leaver and bent the gear change leaver (not that anyone could actually spot the damage).
The gear leaver was bent in which had also bent the linkage rod. It was still ridable but changing up was like doing yoga, so I attempted a bodge. And here is the results.
From this:
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s216/squirrel_hunters_photos/Photo-0125.jpg
To this:
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s216/squirrel_hunters_photos/Photo-0124.jpg
There is a small prize for guessing what bike the donor leaver is from, as a clue its a Honda...
Its not a perfect fit as the SV leaver is thicker at the peg but theres no movement in it when riding. The biggest problem was the linkage rod with the reversed thread. The Honda engine side has the reverse and the leaver the correct way, the SV is the opposite so I didn't have a rod that could fit and the Honda engine side mount is to small for the SV's output shaft. So a quick trip to Wicks and for 80p I bought some threaded rod and made my own. Little bit of adjustment and I had it at the right height.
So the old leaver will go off to be straightened (again) and then go back on. Overall a successful and cheap bodge job thats keeping me on the road.
Coming back from the MoFo meet last night when I got to my garage I decided that I would try and get off the bike and open the door without putting the side stand down properly first. Needless to say bike and rider ended up in a heap on the floor. Unfortunately I couldn't even drop the bike properly as I had no audience to point and laugh at me. So damage wise cracked some more of the front panel, snapped the end off the clutch leaver and bent the gear change leaver (not that anyone could actually spot the damage).
The gear leaver was bent in which had also bent the linkage rod. It was still ridable but changing up was like doing yoga, so I attempted a bodge. And here is the results.
From this:
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s216/squirrel_hunters_photos/Photo-0125.jpg
To this:
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s216/squirrel_hunters_photos/Photo-0124.jpg
There is a small prize for guessing what bike the donor leaver is from, as a clue its a Honda...
Its not a perfect fit as the SV leaver is thicker at the peg but theres no movement in it when riding. The biggest problem was the linkage rod with the reversed thread. The Honda engine side has the reverse and the leaver the correct way, the SV is the opposite so I didn't have a rod that could fit and the Honda engine side mount is to small for the SV's output shaft. So a quick trip to Wicks and for 80p I bought some threaded rod and made my own. Little bit of adjustment and I had it at the right height.
So the old leaver will go off to be straightened (again) and then go back on. Overall a successful and cheap bodge job thats keeping me on the road.