More power to SV650? - SV650.org

23-07-11, 07:10 PM

I'm having the older SV and I love the bike but... I think it needs bit more horsepowers so any suggestions ? I've heard about big bore kits are they worth money and are they reliable ?

timwilky · 23-07-11, 07:24 PM

cheapest way to increase your power.

Trade it in for a GSXR 750

for what it costs to reliably upgrade the SV lump. An all round superior bike would work out the most economical upgrade.

yorkie_chris · 23-07-11, 07:26 PM

How much power do you want and how much money have you got?

andrewsmith · 23-07-11, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

How much power do you want and how much money have you got?

Firstly, how doo

Secondly as above

Thirdly

How old is the bike?
How many miles?

The quickest and easiest way to get gains is:
- New air filter: BMC race filter or similar
- Good service and throttle body/ carb balance
- Everything adjusted and moving properly (Chains, cables etc)

If you are still going after more power, cam works like reversing the intake and exhaust cams or a set of kents and a set of 35mm minkuni flatsides (don't anyone has had any massive success with flatsides)*

*Do you research on these before diving in

23-07-11, 07:36 PM

I've heard about performance cam or crank shafts... That's about all I can offer

There's always the obvious but expensive roots of

Full race exhaust system,
Higher flow rate Air filter
Power Commander (injection models only I believe)
Bore out to 700/750 cc
Gas Flowing

These are all just terms I've heard and thought should get thrown in to the mix. I know absolutely feck all about the nitty gritty details.

yorkie_chris · 23-07-11, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andrewsmith

If you are still going after more power, cam works like reversing the intake and exhaust cams or a set of kents and a set of 35mm minkuni flatsides (don't anyone has had any massive success with flatsides)*

*Do you research on these before diving in

You mean 39mm flatslides I presume.

People who really know their stuff, like TWF, have massive success with them.

Bibio · 23-07-11, 07:47 PM

buy a TL or an SV1000

andrewsmith · 23-07-11, 07:47 PM

Thats the one YC.

I'm guessing you've not tried the flatslides yet?

yorkie_chris · 23-07-11, 07:54 PM

Not on SV, they are mental on FZR1000 though.

23-07-11, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bibio

buy a TL or an SV1000

Aren't TL's just a suicide trip on wheels?

23-07-11, 07:10 PM	#1
v4mp Guest Posts: n/a	More power to SV650? I'm having the older SV and I love the bike but... I think it needs bit more horsepowers so any suggestions ? I've heard about big bore kits are they worth money and are they reliable ?

23-07-11, 07:24 PM	#2
timwilky Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Not in Yorkshire. (Thank God) Posts: 4,116	Re: More power to SV650 cheapest way to increase your power. Trade it in for a GSXR 750 for what it costs to reliably upgrade the SV lump. An all round superior bike would work out the most economical upgrade. __________________ Not Grumpy, opinionated.

23-07-11, 07:26 PM	#3
yorkie_chris Noisy Git Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Halifax/Leeds Posts: 26,645	Re: More power to SV650 How much power do you want and how much money have you got? __________________ Currently Ex Biker Now rebuilding a 63' fishing trawler as a dive boat

23-07-11, 07:36 PM	#5
Chris Bird Guest Posts: n/a	Re: More power to SV650 I've heard about performance cam or crank shafts... That's about all I can offer There's always the obvious but expensive roots of Full race exhaust system, Higher flow rate Air filter Power Commander (injection models only I believe) Bore out to 700/750 cc Gas Flowing These are all just terms I've heard and thought should get thrown in to the mix. I know absolutely feck all about the nitty gritty details.

23-07-11, 07:47 PM	#7
Bibio Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: here as devil's advocate Posts: 11,568	Re: More power to SV650 buy a TL or an SV1000

23-07-11, 07:47 PM	#8
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: More power to SV650 Thats the one YC. I'm guessing you've not tried the flatslides yet? __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

23-07-11, 07:54 PM	#9
yorkie_chris Noisy Git Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Halifax/Leeds Posts: 26,645	Re: More power to SV650 Not on SV, they are mental on FZR1000 though. __________________ Currently Ex Biker Now rebuilding a 63' fishing trawler as a dive boat

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