Roberrrrt's curvy fettle thread.

Well here it is – the single biggest amount of fettling I’ve ever done to any bike ever.

Started in December last year with the intention of firstly converting my faired curvy into a naked with clip-ons (purely for tarty aesthetic reasons!) but also with the intention of sorting out how it handles and stops.

I knew it was going to be slow-going and expensive, but it turns out I underestimated on both counts! Anyway, this is a collection of photos that show my progress from those cold winter months to where it is now, and I’ll continue to update it as I finish it off.

So to begin, a 2002 SV650s in blinding yellow in one piece:





Then came the removal process! Front end stuff:



Looks like a naked already!!

Rear end plastics off, end can off:



Tank, airbox etc off:



Radiator off:




First issue – clutch cover has slight leak!!



Pretty grim looking front sprocket / clutch cable:

cont...

So, clutch cover pops off:



Bit further on, old gasket is all minging and flakey:



Insides...



Forgot to take photos whilst VERY carefully sorting new gasket out, but here it is back in one piece:



Meanwhile I left a pal to 'remove' suzuki stickers from tank and he got carried away with a Dremel, so cue filling bodge:



Priming the plastics:



Shiny new shock arrives

cont...

Time to remove the forks so they can be shipped off to Yorkie Chris' garage of doom for fettling (cue Owenskie's brilliant timber frame) :



Shock swap - old vs new:



All installed:



Removed exhaust as part of swapping shock and found this, YUM:

cont...

Painting continues with a bit more rapid progress:



Satin black mmmm:



Happy with this finish, clear coat yet to be applied though:



New tarty blingy chain ( cue YC calling me names... ) :



Voodoo forks back on:



Blingy chinese levers:

And now the reason why I continue to be cursed by YC:

WIRING





Mocking up headlight mounts so YC can make up a bracket for my oh-so-shexy Koso speedo unit:



Tank popped on purely for visuals:



And that's yer lot for now!

What rear shock is that? Any plans to target brakes?

It's a ZX-10 shock I believe. Yep bought braided lines but the threads on bolts were sent incorrectly so waiting for replacements. Other than than, standard SV calipers should suffice for me

cool, is the ZX-10 shock a popular upgrade to the bike then, is the standard one really that bad?

Aye it seems to be. Standard SV suspension feels like a pogo stick especially when you weight more than a HB pencil!

[yorkie_chris]

What would be really good would be a ZX10 one with a longer shaft and stronger spring.

Or a proper shock...