What have you tinkered with today? - Page 84 - SV650.org

Trev B · 27-05-16, 09:23 PM

That should read fairly

Nutsinatin · 28-05-16, 08:51 PM

New PR4s front and rear, new pads, disks and refurbed calipers up front with new fluid, feels better than the old already and they're not even fully bedded in yet! New coolant and rear brake fluid tomorrow, and maybe some more bedding in.

DomP · 29-05-16, 03:34 PM

Finished fitting ktech springs, emulators and oil. Measure all the sag readings and adjusted preload. Just need to go for a gentle ride and hope I feel a difference.

Balky001 · 30-05-16, 06:56 PM

Fitted some captive spacers byTracktanium from Parkitt Racing. Went for the Endurance style. Honestly makes fitting the wheels so much easier, especially the rear as front was never really a problem.

Bibio · 03-06-16, 04:02 PM

new spaznav power. i modded the car cig socket so it now has wires out the end and plugged into my gizmo. works a treat. i already had a hardwire usb power for the old spaznav and worked a treat but the new one never liked it and i was not paying £20+ for a new one. ok so i could have plugged it into an accessory/cig socket but i never liked the idea of it popping out of the socket so hardwire it was.

new spaznav is garmin 55lm and is much faster at loading

Geodude · 04-06-16, 07:05 AM

Bibs your electrickery engineering gadgetry wizard skills makes me wish i lived closer too you so i could be your sorcerers apprentice or tea boy

keep up the good work.
xGx

Red ones · 04-06-16, 07:24 AM

Front calipers rebuilt. Hoping they feel better.

Rear is a pain to do - exhaust in the way.

Bibio · 04-06-16, 04:29 PM

washed the bike...

couldn't find fenwicks so i used what was at hand which was non bio clothes liquid at about 40ml in 250ml water in a spray bottle.. bloody hell its superb, the files and grime came right off with no scrubbing. spray bike, wipe down with cloth and rinse.

afterwords i had a good think about what i had just done as regards to if i could have cased damage. well if you think about it clothes liquid is safe to use on clothes in a washing machine, the washing machine has the same parts a bike has like rubber, plastic, metal and paint.

andrewsmith · 04-06-16, 05:34 PM

That's a good one!
I've used fenwicks caravan cleaner for first time during the week and its brilliant.

Did a white van at the same time and you could see it bubbling, or that might been the rust lol

Sent from my E2303 using Tapatalk

Bibio · 04-06-16, 05:48 PM

the motorhome cleaner is better for bikes. clothes liquid is better that that though. their bobby dazzler is the same as demon shine but you get a looooot more for your cash.

27-05-16, 09:23 PM	#831
Trev B Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 283	Re: What have you tinkered with today? That should read fairly __________________ Somewhere up north,Never regret something that once made you smile!!!

28-05-16, 08:51 PM	#832
Nutsinatin Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Lyne, Surrey Posts: 570	Re: What have you tinkered with today? New PR4s front and rear, new pads, disks and refurbed calipers up front with new fluid, feels better than the old already and they're not even fully bedded in yet! New coolant and rear brake fluid tomorrow, and maybe some more bedding in. __________________ Blue K9 Pointy - Squished by a car/kerb/wall Blue K9 Pointy #2 - Nearly at 120,000 miles!

29-05-16, 03:34 PM	#833
DomP Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Kington Herefordshire Posts: 916	Re: What have you tinkered with today? Finished fitting ktech springs, emulators and oil. Measure all the sag readings and adjusted preload. Just need to go for a gentle ride and hope I feel a difference.

30-05-16, 06:56 PM	#834
Balky001 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Leigh - on - Sea, Essex. Posts: 1,491	Re: What have you tinkered with today? Fitted some captive spacers byTracktanium from Parkitt Racing. Went for the Endurance style. Honestly makes fitting the wheels so much easier, especially the rear as front was never really a problem. __________________ SV650SK3 - GSXR600K2 - GSXR750K6 - ZX636RC1H - HD Sportster 1200 - CBR600F 2012 - GSXR1000K7 - Triumph Bonneville T100 2019 - Aprilia Tuono 660

03-06-16, 04:02 PM	#835
Bibio Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: here as devil's advocate Posts: 11,552	Re: What have you tinkered with today? new spaznav power. i modded the car cig socket so it now has wires out the end and plugged into my gizmo. works a treat. i already had a hardwire usb power for the old spaznav and worked a treat but the new one never liked it and i was not paying £20+ for a new one. ok so i could have plugged it into an accessory/cig socket but i never liked the idea of it popping out of the socket so hardwire it was. new spaznav is garmin 55lm and is much faster at loading

04-06-16, 07:05 AM	#836
Geodude Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Durham Posts: 2,673	Re: What have you tinkered with today? Bibs your electrickery engineering gadgetry wizard skills makes me wish i lived closer too you so i could be your sorcerers apprentice or tea boy keep up the good work. xGx __________________ Black naked 1999 sv650 which im trying to keep happy Custom paintwork *Saragon Customs* Spray painting *Electrical fault finding guide* and *Regulator rectifier test* Only a biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car window.

04-06-16, 07:24 AM	#837
Red ones Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 1,422	Re: What have you tinkered with today? Front calipers rebuilt. Hoping they feel better. Rear is a pain to do - exhaust in the way.

04-06-16, 04:29 PM	#838
Bibio Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: here as devil's advocate Posts: 11,552	Re: What have you tinkered with today? washed the bike... couldn't find fenwicks so i used what was at hand which was non bio clothes liquid at about 40ml in 250ml water in a spray bottle.. bloody hell its superb, the files and grime came right off with no scrubbing. spray bike, wipe down with cloth and rinse. afterwords i had a good think about what i had just done as regards to if i could have cased damage. well if you think about it clothes liquid is safe to use on clothes in a washing machine, the washing machine has the same parts a bike has like rubber, plastic, metal and paint.

04-06-16, 05:34 PM	#839
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: What have you tinkered with today? That's a good one! I've used fenwicks caravan cleaner for first time during the week and its brilliant. Did a white van at the same time and you could see it bubbling, or that might been the rust lol Sent from my E2303 using Tapatalk __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

04-06-16, 05:48 PM	#840
Bibio Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: here as devil's advocate Posts: 11,552	Re: What have you tinkered with today? the motorhome cleaner is better for bikes. clothes liquid is better that that though. their bobby dazzler is the same as demon shine but you get a looooot more for your cash.

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