Fitting a pointy rear brake to a curvy

[NedSVS]

I know quite a few people find the rear brake "too good" on the curvy SV650; I have locked the rear more times than I care to remember Suzuki must have realised the problem too, because they reduced the rear disc size from 240mm to 220mm and the caliper from twin opposed pistons to single piston. I have heard of people shortening the rear brake lever to reduce its effectiveness but it usually looks pretty amateur. I have managed to fit the pointy rear brake to my curvy, but it does need some basic engineering skills to do (but I wouldn't put it beyond the skills of a good DIYer). overall it cost me peanuts to do, as I bought the pointy parts I needed on Ebay and then sold my curvy parts back on Ebay. Contact me via the PM system on the forum if you are interested in having a go at this one yourself and I'll explain further. If there is enough interest I will put an information package together (but you will have to give me a little time).

Never had a problem myself. Locked it a couple of times, mainly in the damp or when kicking down through the gears to rapidly, while on the back brake.

Looks like a very tidy conversion though.

It does look good, but do you honestly think the rear brake was too good?

I found that adding a few well placed drops of oil on the rear disk did wonders in making my brakes less effective.















Please do not try this at home as, although effective, is a mind blowingly stupid thing to do and I did not really do it.

[Sid Squid]

Very neat, well done.

How did you locate the torque lug on the swingarm?

[northwind]

Mmm, I like that...

[NedSVS]

Yes I definately had a problem with the rear brake (either that or my insensative size 11's ). When you hit the front brake hard the back goes light and makes it all too easy to lock the rear. If you are not a heavy front braker you may not have noticed the problem, but I assure you it is most likely to occur in an emergency stop situation (ie Just when you could do without it ). The torque lug was created by drilling a 10mm hole and putting a 10mm cap head allen screw and nut in. The head of the allen screw is modified with two small flats to suit the size of slot in the torque plate and the nut inside the swingarm has a drop of loctite applied.

In that case I had better swap the engine for a 250cc thats the only thing that locks my back wheel. I love going through the gears (may be too much)

You have made a good job on that though fella.

[northwind]

The thing is though, when your rear is unweighted to the extent that it's hard to use the brakes without locking it, it's also uweighted to the extent that locking it's pretty irrelevant. A lot of people are terrified of sliding the rear because they think it's going to come right round and drop them like a stone, but a rear lock when the weight's right on the nose is nothing to be afraid of. Just let off and reapply.

[TSM]

With your mod, just wandering about the strength of the mod. Is it totaly up to the job or would it be better to use chem metal to hold the bolt to the swing arm. Im not sure of the stresses that it has to endure though.