Opinions please ... - SV650.org

18-01-06, 10:20 PM

OK, I've been thinking about what to do with the rear end of my bike. I'd ike something a bit different, don't need to worry about a pillion. I've looked at the race tail sections for the SV, and to be honest they just look like they are a model taken from the stock one with the seat cowl on. (Well the ones I've seen anyway)

Then today I was speaking to Steve Jordan's Suzuki and the guy (I forget names so quickly

) Mentioned they have K5 Gixxer Thou bodywork on their race bikes .... hmmmm

Anyway, after some quick photoshopping, which I didn't finish because it highlights the problems with the subframes etc., here is what it (kinda would look like)

What do you think..... waste of time, or worth looking into some more ....

They do have pics of their race bikes on the Steve Jordan website, but the colours just hide the details (And then I chose the black one to edit, me clever!!)

Sid Squid · 18-01-06, 11:12 PM

Do it, looks like it'll work well.

19-01-06, 09:45 AM

Looks very nice, though a little bit of a high rear end

Any way it could be lower down a bit?

19-01-06, 10:13 AM

Looks pretty darn good

Just get rid of the snow shovel at it'll be even better

I'd go for it but i need a pillion seat thicker than 5mm

19-01-06, 10:17 AM

Like it

19-01-06, 10:32 AM

It's one of the mods I'll be doing to my SV over the next year or so.

19-01-06, 01:03 PM

Looks nice.

I reckon it'd look really good with a high-level exhaust too...

TLMark · 19-01-06, 01:21 PM

Pix not great but I like the idea

northwind · 19-01-06, 01:56 PM

Hmm... I like it, but it looks a bit odd in some ways. It's positioned right for the lines of the top of the tail, but that makes the other line that comes from the indicators look a bit quint. It could need a fair amount of subframe work to make it work, but it'd not be the first time. I've got something similiar-but-different on the back burner, but whether I'll ever do it I don't know.

19-01-06, 02:33 PM

I like it very much,if it were me and funds would allow I would get both wheels and the frame gold / bronze anodised or some other method. That would then be a brilliant job well done!

18-01-06, 10:20 PM	#1
rigor Guest Posts: n/a	Opinions please ... OK, I've been thinking about what to do with the rear end of my bike. I'd ike something a bit different, don't need to worry about a pillion. I've looked at the race tail sections for the SV, and to be honest they just look like they are a model taken from the stock one with the seat cowl on. (Well the ones I've seen anyway) Then today I was speaking to Steve Jordan's Suzuki and the guy (I forget names so quickly ) Mentioned they have K5 Gixxer Thou bodywork on their race bikes .... hmmmm Anyway, after some quick photoshopping, which I didn't finish because it highlights the problems with the subframes etc., here is what it (kinda would look like) What do you think..... waste of time, or worth looking into some more .... They do have pics of their race bikes on the Steve Jordan website, but the colours just hide the details (And then I chose the black one to edit, me clever!!)

18-01-06, 11:12 PM	#2
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Do it, looks like it'll work well. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

19-01-06, 01:21 PM	#8
TLMark Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Kent Posts: 49	Pix not great but I like the idea __________________ Got a TL1000s an a SV650, Ducati 1098S and Monster 1100Evo VTwins Rule

19-01-06, 01:56 PM	#9
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,082	Hmm... I like it, but it looks a bit odd in some ways. It's positioned right for the lines of the top of the tail, but that makes the other line that comes from the indicators look a bit quint. It could need a fair amount of subframe work to make it work, but it'd not be the first time. I've got something similiar-but-different on the back burner, but whether I'll ever do it I don't know. __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

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19-01-06, 09:45 AM	#3
JakeRS Guest Posts: n/a	Looks very nice, though a little bit of a high rear end Any way it could be lower down a bit?

19-01-06, 10:13 AM	#4
Stormspiel Guest Posts: n/a	Looks pretty darn good Just get rid of the snow shovel at it'll be even better I'd go for it but i need a pillion seat thicker than 5mm

19-01-06, 10:32 AM	#6
Carsick Guest Posts: n/a	It's one of the mods I'll be doing to my SV over the next year or so.

19-01-06, 01:03 PM	#7
El Saxo Guest Posts: n/a	Looks nice. I reckon it'd look really good with a high-level exhaust too...

19-01-06, 02:33 PM	#10
Peter Henry Guest Posts: n/a	I like it very much,if it were me and funds would allow I would get both wheels and the frame gold / bronze anodised or some other method. That would then be a brilliant job well done!