What have you tinkered with today?

[DJ123]

New grips on the bike as the old ones were a bit worn out. A slightly tedious job cutting the old ones off, trying not to damage the heated grip elements - they still work which is good news and a saving of £200 buying new heated grips.

[Adam Ef]

Another day off out in the freezing cold. Slowly getting there with the DRZ but also slowly losing the motivation as it's dragging on a bit (a lot) and it's very, very cold outside. Carb back on today and throttle and cables that I got locally through FB fitted and it all fits and works at last. Managed to fire up the bike for a few seconds, but turned it off very quickly as the exhaust is still not fitted back on so it was crazily loud. Refitted the exhaust and it wouldn't fire up again. I think the battery might be kaput from being out in the cold. The charger isn't happy with it either.. keeps showing an error message and it's only crept up to 9v, so I think it's gone. Also missing a couple of washers from the linkage which I think might have been missing already when I took it apart. Specific size and width, so back on to Fowlers Parts website to order 4 of them at £6 a pop, plus postage... £6 for a washer!!


Cold and waiting on more bits has now stopped play again. Back to work tomorrow for a few days. I'll be so glad when this is all done. I really didn't intend it to be a project.

[dirtydog]

Originally Posted by Dave20046

Maybe I'm not a bad workman afterall - in my head I have been blaming the tools but nor dared say it outloud. Had some difficulty on 22mm Tee's

That said my major plumbing is done now so it looks like I'll be giving this torch to my kids so they can struggle like I had to.

I use mapp gas and the turbine flame tip as well, can solder 28mm easily with it

[gt alex]

It has been a good day, I just had my gen 1 sv650 cafe racer with my single throttle body conversion on the dyno for the first time and it looks promising to me.
62hp at 8800 and over 44 ft/lbs torque almost flat 5000-6000.
Still needs work idle is way rich
So I will put some effort into the idle and the a gen1/2 cam conversion before another dyno session

[gt alex]

Dyno day with single TB. Got 62hp 8800 rpm and 44.5 ft/lbs torque 6300 rpm

64.2 hp (47.9 kW) @ 9000 rpm[12]
42.3 lbf⋅ft (57.4 N⋅m) @ 7200 rpm[12] from Wikipedia

So I am both disappointed and pleased
with a single throttle body and a home made manifold I have a better better mid range torque and max power only rolls off 200 rpm early and sacrificing 2hp.
I really think I will stick with this and add cams to see what that does. Also the muffler is nothing flash but I like the look at this time.

[glang]

Adjusted fast idle on my 2006 SV650S. Followed the manual to get the correct voltage showing on the TP sensor so pretty easy though havent tried it yet...

[gt alex]

testing single TB on gen1 sv650 cafe racer

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by gt alex

It has been a good day, I just had my gen 1 sv650 cafe racer with my single throttle body conversion on the dyno for the first time and it looks promising to me.
62hp at 8800 and over 44 ft/lbs torque almost flat 5000-6000.
Still needs work idle is way rich
So I will put some effort into the idle and the a gen1/2 cam conversion before another dyno session

If you're looking for some Gen2 inlet cams I have a pair I'm not going to use

[Adam Ef]

We scrapped our old washing machine last week. I kept the back panel and it's slowing taking shape as a patch for the underneath of my van. My first proper welding task and I think I've set myself a bit of an awkward challenge. Access to the spot I need to weld underneath is not great (even jacked up and on axle stands) and it's snowing and freezing out.

[Adam Ef]

New battery on the DRZ . Tank hooked up with a little fuel in and it runs again at last! Just got to get the back end back on it now. Chucking with rain again though, so might have to pause until the next day off.