SV650S Nose Fairing Assembly & Notorious Low Beam Issue

I'm due to change all of the fairings on my bike in the next week and as I've never removed the nose of my SV I'm a little bit nervous (though fully confident to do the job). I'd just really appreciate some helpful tips to overcome any potential difficulties I might encounter before I jump in.

First worry: (TLR - Is changing the nose fairing bracket a simple job?) - As a result of a lowside which left the nose fairing bracket/mount bent on the left side, I bought a "new" one. I'm just a little bit confused as to what the clocks bolt on to. Is it the bracket that I'll be changing around? If not, then that's great if I don't have to touch the clocks. But if they do bolt on to that bracket then I hope any bolts/screws are easy to access. If there's one thing I've noticed, the SV's components seem to be in the most awkward places compared to other bikes I've worked on.

Second worry: Over the past few weeks my low beams have been working intermittently and now they've finally stopped working completely. After a million Google searches and reading threads posted by SV650 and 1000 I'm 90% sure it's the "big white connector" and one of the connections/wires is probably toasted. A solid fix seems to be crimping the suspect cables outside of the connector. I'm not electrically inclined. I only just learned how to crimp some indicator wires a week ago. I don't own a multimeter and I don't know which fuse is the lowbeam headlight fuse If it is this connection and I don't feel like attempting to clean the toasted connection with WD40, can I just cut the suspect wires at their ports to the connector and then crimp them with bullet connectors outside the big white connector?

Thanks in advance!

[Tamsen Cooper]

I have taken the nose off, and all fairings as I took all the brackets for powder coating. Pretty straightforward and I just separated the bolts into different sections so I knew where they went when it came time to put them back together! The clocks are bolted to the bracket that the nose fairing attaches too, but once the fairing was off it was all pretty straightforward to access.

Good luck!

[Chris_SVS]

Originally Posted by SixFiddy

First worry: (TLR - Is changing the nose fairing bracket a simple job?) - As a result of a lowside which left the nose fairing bracket/mount bent on the left side, I bought a "new" one. I'm just a little bit confused as to what the clocks bolt on to. Is it the bracket that I'll be changing around? If not, then that's great if I don't have to touch the clocks. But if they do bolt on to that bracket then I hope any bolts/screws are easy to access. If there's one thing I've noticed, the SV's components seem to be in the most awkward places compared to other bikes I've worked on.

I had a similar issue recently, I can't recall the clocks bolting on but there are rubber cushions we swapped over onto the new bracket. http://www.alpha-sports.com/suzuki_p...FQpgMAodNj8QKg

Clocks - inner trim - fairing nose - we put the mirror bolts in loosely while lining up/tucking everything else in.

Can't help with the wiring but I can offer this - while the nose is off the bulbs etc are easier to get at if you were changing or upgrading any. Do all that fiddly clip nonsense on the bench then it's pretty much plug and play back on the bike

Much appreciated guys! Yeah Chris, my bracket is bent on that side but it's not as bad as yours. Either way it's getting replaced. I'm going to have a go at everything later today

[Chris_SVS]

Replacing is the easiest way, we tried for a long time to get some sort of level but it wasn't happening.

Just an update, done it all today with no problems!

Swapping the brackets around was all too easy.

Fixing the low beams was also all too easy. I snipped the suspect wire and crimped the outside of the main connector. I also fitted some LED bulbs which look amazing. I guess I'll find out tonight if they're dazzling.