Who else has a Gladius?

It seems to me quiet a few on here have a Gladius apart from me.

So come on then who are you AND have you done any mods yet.

I'll start.

Removed GladAss stickers.
I have painted the grab handles, rear brake carrier, rear cush drive, Sprocket and a few fasters Saturn Black.
Chewys- Stuff Tax disc holder.
Replaced the chain guard screws with S/S screws i had left from my SV1000.
R&G Bobbins. Nicked of my Z750J6.
Cut the Silver side panels and resprayed what's left.
Relocated side stand cut out cables behind the frame.
Made a radiator grill cos a refuse to pay £50 for a Evo- Tech one.
Motografix tank pad.

To Do.

I will I suppose get the Evo-Tech tail tidy when I've got some money.
End can. Propley a GPR one.
Either powder coat the footrests or try to and retro fit some from a SV650 curvy cos they will fit.
Crash mushrums.
Renthals.
Aprilla black mirrows.

Here's a old pic.

I've put petrol in and ridden it

See I think that's a nice-ish looking machine! (Overall, without the snowplough and silly stickers etc)

Originally Posted by elmerfud

I've put petrol in and ridden it

Exactly the same mods as me

How the hell is a tail tidy going to be made for that i wander, the ,mould goes right around the light unit. Be interesting to see if they make one, or an undertray for that matter.

[flymo]

Originally Posted by madjohn

It seems to me quiet a few on here have a Gladius apart from me.

So come on then who are you AND have you done any mods yet.

I'll start.

Removed GladAss stickers.
I have painted the grab handles, rear brake carrier, rear cush drive, Sprocket and a few fasters Saturn Black.
Chewys- Stuff Tax disc holder.
Replaced the chain guard screws with S/S screws i had left from my SV1000.
R&G Bobbins. Nicked of my Z750J6.
Cut the Silver side panels and resprayed what's left.
Relocated side stand cut out cables behind the frame.
Made a radiator grill cos a refuse to pay £50 for a Evo- Tech one.
Motografix tank pad.

To Do.

I will I suppose get the Evo-Tech tail tidy when I've got some money.
End can. Propley a GPR one.
Either powder coat the footrests or try to and retro fit some from a SV650 curvy cos they will fit.
Crash mushrums.
Renthals.
Aprilla black mirrows.

Here's a old pic.

Nice looking bike now with all those naff bits removed. With a decent set of rearsets or powder coated foot rest hangers I think it would improve even further.

Nice job.

I wonder, what made you go from an SV1000 to a gladius?

Anyway, I am intersted in a few things wtih the new gladius, so I wonder if you owners would keep a bit of a record...

Fuel consumption - best / worst (if you can, quote miles for given litres of petrol used)

Build quality - typically things like paintwork, axle bolt / nuts, downpipe etc all give away the build quality

Reliability - if something goes wrong, document it we all know on here that early SV's had duffy regulator/rectifiers

Just fed 170 ltrs

rides = 54 hrs miles ridden 2400..used 154 ltrs at2360 mls > pathetic really

Whats pathetic ? Or am i being dumb?

Plus you live 5mins walk from my house trumpet

Originally Posted by Samurai Penguin

Exactly the same mods as me

Copy cat

Originally Posted by sv_rider1990

How the hell is a tail tidy going to be made for that i wander, the ,mould goes right around the light unit. Be interesting to see if they make one, or an undertray for that matter.

Evo-tech have made one. £70 plus . I'll get one as and when funds are available. Looks good but they have put the key lock underneath the undertray.

Originally Posted by flymo

Nice looking bike now with all those naff bits removed. With a decent set of rearsets or powder coated foot rest hangers I think it would improve even further.

Nice job.

Next job on the list. I'll probably get them powder coated Black although I do know curvy footrest hangers fit. I've measured them. Only problem is how to mount the can.

Originally Posted by Alpinestarhero

I wonder, what made you go from an SV1000 to a gladius?

Sold my SV1000 because it was costing to much to run. Biggest mistake ever. The price of petrol dropped shortly afterwords. I got myself a Z750J6, Didn't like it, Fancied another v-twin and saw the Gladie. I like challange.

More upto date photo.