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18-04-06, 08:25 AM

THANKS GUYS!! I'm smitten I never thought I'd get such a response. Not to blow my own feathers but I even got stopped by the white heads (its what we call traffic cops here) so they could take a closer look. I suppose it's a head turner, leaving the SV's nice frame more exposed than on the SVS works to its advantage.

The biggest job was fitting the stock naked clocks. I manufactured a new cowling out of 0.8 aluminum to make the assy thinner. The final was sprayed matt black.
Firebolt fairing fits like a glove on the SV. I can't think why nobody else has thought of this before and the lines just flow with the rest of the bike, which to me is very important as I wanted a special one off bike which looks like its been done by the manufacturer. The lower bolting holes in the buell's frame have to be filled in by a welder though and fresh holes have to be be drilled in which are lower for the SV. Other than that easy.

Sorry for the average pictures. I had so much great time riding it that I hardly wanted to stop to shoot the picts. Others will follow though.

Thanks again for the kind comments.

18-04-06, 08:25 AM	#15
zunkus Guest Posts: n/a	THANKS GUYS!! I'm smitten I never thought I'd get such a response. Not to blow my own feathers but I even got stopped by the white heads (its what we call traffic cops here) so they could take a closer look. I suppose it's a head turner, leaving the SV's nice frame more exposed than on the SVS works to its advantage. The biggest job was fitting the stock naked clocks. I manufactured a new cowling out of 0.8 aluminum to make the assy thinner. The final was sprayed matt black. Firebolt fairing fits like a glove on the SV. I can't think why nobody else has thought of this before and the lines just flow with the rest of the bike, which to me is very important as I wanted a special one off bike which looks like its been done by the manufacturer. The lower bolting holes in the buell's frame have to be filled in by a welder though and fresh holes have to be be drilled in which are lower for the SV. Other than that easy. Sorry for the average pictures. I had so much great time riding it that I hardly wanted to stop to shoot the picts. Others will follow though. Thanks again for the kind comments.