i need to be faster

This reminds me a bit of a thread a few months ago where someone said he felt he was "reaching the limits of the SV" because he had it up to 120 in a straight line

Not quite as bad (just talking about speed off the line here) but still!

Mines 33bhp, i get a run for a few yards then get battered, best thing as i've heard from others(almost there myself) is like Hovis said, smaller sprocket(need), R6 Throttle(done), Can(done), 2nd and 3rd ignition retard(needs to be done and want to be shown), like others have said you'll be lucky to beat him after he hits the powerband. You might wanna take him into some twisties then see who's quick

IMHO, let him get away from you off the line. He'll get away from you easily in on a straight no matter what you do or how far ahead you are anyway.

Then come the twisties, literally ride rings around him. His bike will be faster, more sports like, and generally better to ride hard, but the SV will still out corner him with a half decent pilot on board.

Originally Posted by bigvern

If it's really that important, buy yourself a bigger, faster bike.

This is true.

One quick tip that may help in the short term is to fit a rear sprocket with
45 or 46 teeth.

Like Baph says let him get away, i find myself unable to keep up with unrestricted bikes on a straight due to 33bhp, but once i get to twisties i can get into a flow and a rhythm through them and catch right back up, i had a yellow VTR1000(not Viper) pull up to me on lights, he seemed to wanna play, battered it off the line, he went but seemed to be a girl through the twists so i caught back up and seemed to scare him when i was on other side of road into corners and he let off lol. Bless him, then so that i didnt feel a mug on the straight i pulled in at the petrol station lol.

Originally Posted by plowsie

seemed to scare him when i was on other side of road into corners and he let off lol.

That does tend to scare people, no idea why it scared him when he was in front of you though. Mostly it's people coming up behind that get put off.

Just be careful doing it, and give yourself time to get safe again (on the correct side of the road).

[Stu]

Originally Posted by plowsie

Mines 33bhp, 2nd and 3rd ignition retard(needs to be done and want to be shown),

Can't believe it will do anything on a 33.

But for everyone else with a curvy How to: disengage the ignition retarder.

[yorkie_chris]

Might help slightly, will try it and see if I can feel a difference.

Stop eating "All The Pies"....you'll go much faster then.

Originally Posted by Stu

But for everyone else with a curvy How to: disengage the ignition retarder.

i think it is easier to do it at the CDI

taken from http://www.sv650.tk/ enter site, click on mods, then click on ignition retarder mod
first things first you will need 1 or 2 tools

a small electrical screwdriver

electrical insulation tape or heat shrink

a set of tweezers or a contact pick tool







ok, now that you have the tools go and open up the rear seat on your bike



now you will see the ignition control box





remove the ignition control box connector



now on the multi plug there are two wires one is a red wire with a yellow trace, and the other is a green wire with a blue trace these are the wires you have to remove, on the wire end on the top of the multi plug they are number 3 and 4, so get your tools and use the tweezers/contact pick tool to release the pins on the multiplug, then pull out the 2 wires one by one



now using your insulation tape/heat shrink cover the contacts of the wires that way they cant earth/short out on parts of the sub frame/chassis



tie wrap the cables back on to the wire loom they come from just for tidiness (optional ) I didn't do this as it started to rain



plug the multiplug back in, stick on your seat, and start up the bike, and while sitting with the clutch in, go up and down the gears just to make sure that the bikes not cutting out or doing anything irregular



next step take the bike out and enjoy the extra throttle response and power in 2nd and 3rd gear!