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northwind · 04-04-05, 06:04 PM

Speak to Clayton at http://www.svraceshop.com/, they make dogbones to custom order, and rather nice they are too... Usually they deal in shorter ones for racing, mind, but I'm sure he'd do you longer ones. (he's kind of an arrogant cuss but he knows the SV like few others)

IIRC Hayabusa dogbones are good for lowering an SV by 20mm or so, but don't quote me on that... I'd definately go for longer dogbones over softer suspension like Mitch has done, that seems like a bit too much of a bodge to me (no offence). Seat first as well.

There's absolutely no way that you can lower the rear by 4 inches and then even it out from the front, you can only drop the front by a few mm (15 on the carbed bike is a good rule, prevents the forks hitting the yokes- the FI ones are probably similiar. It'll be low, true, but it'll mess up your handling no end and could even give you dangerous clearance problems at the rear. If you need to drop it that far, I hate to say it but you need a different bike- Monster 620 or a cruiser of some sort maybe.

Still, you should be able to get a decent drop without causing yourself too much trouble.

05-04-05, 05:43 PM

It wasn't too long ago that I saw a posting on craigslist-DC that was selling a gel seat. Dunno if he ever sold it but perhaps he'll repost soon.

05-04-05, 05:55 PM

a friend of mine had his r1200 gs seat deflated professionally and lost a couple of inches i' ll get the details to ya asap

06-04-05, 10:38 AM

Hubby fitted the BanditMania kit on my SV, & you're right, 1/4 inch change in the link length dropped the rear by an inch. He also had to carve away most of the seat padding for me as well,

He also dropped the front down the forks a bit as well, try to keep some sort of normality to the ride geometry.

Think in all we lost 4 inches, enought for me to get my feet firmlyo n the ground. (I'm 5.1 (and a bit), with 29 inside leg)

He's posted these destructions on Fitting lowering kit on another site. Hope they are useful.

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Fitting lowering kit to SV650S

Ingredients

Lowering kit bought from www.banditmania.com (£35 in Sept ’04) see photo 1 - consists of two new doglinks

Pillow

14 & 17mm sockets/spanners

Soft faced hammer ( or hammer & block of wood)

Normous gert numpty able to take weight of bike pivoted about front wheel for couple of minutes.

Cooking time – about 20 minutes

Destructions

Place numpty at rear of bike to hold it upright. A paddock stand wont do because were going to disconnect (briefly) the rear shock from the frame.

Place the pillow between the rear wheel and the underside of the seat – this is just incase the numpty lets the bike drop when you knock out the doglink bolts.

Look for the doglinks under the bike to the rear of the engine, one end on the shock, one end on the frame. photos 2 & 3

Remove the nuts from both bolts

Warn numpty then knock the doglink bolts through. Wait for grunt from numpty.

Replace bolts using new doglinks. Be carefull to line the bolts up with the bearings. If the bearings start to come through with the bolts, knock them back and go again. Numpty may have to raise/lower rear of bike to get bolts lined up.

Replace nuts and tighten.

Remove pillow, put bike on sidestand, give numpty tea & sympathy – honest, I didn’t know it was that heavy.

AT this point you can try your lower SV, but I would recommend (cos I did it) dropping the front down the forks about 10mm to compensate for the lower rear end.

http://www.bikersoracle.com/suzukisv...hread.php?t=66

07-04-05, 10:30 AM

Check out this link for info on how to reduce the width of the seat.

Did this for my girlfriend coz she's inheriting my 650 and it worked a treat

08-04-05, 08:14 PM

Thanks again all... got my lowering links in the mail today so they're going on the bike tonight... going to see how far that lowers it and then take the rest off the seat... I was very glad to hear that you're a tiny bit shorter than me Aurora and could modify the bike to get both feet firmly on the ground... I'm so impatient to get on the thing!

08-04-05, 08:15 PM

Thanks again all... got my lowering links in the mail today so they're going on the bike tonight... going to see how far that lowers it and then take the rest off the seat... I was very glad to hear that you're a tiny bit shorter than me Aurora and could modify the bike to get both feet firmly on the ground... I'm so impatient to get on the thing! I have a friend who races and is a motorcycle mechanic so he's doing all the dirty work for me... thanks for the "destructions" on lowering it though... Peace

04-04-05, 06:04 PM	#11
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	Speak to Clayton at http://www.svraceshop.com/, they make dogbones to custom order, and rather nice they are too... Usually they deal in shorter ones for racing, mind, but I'm sure he'd do you longer ones. (he's kind of an arrogant cuss but he knows the SV like few others) IIRC Hayabusa dogbones are good for lowering an SV by 20mm or so, but don't quote me on that... I'd definately go for longer dogbones over softer suspension like Mitch has done, that seems like a bit too much of a bodge to me (no offence). Seat first as well. There's absolutely no way that you can lower the rear by 4 inches and then even it out from the front, you can only drop the front by a few mm (15 on the carbed bike is a good rule, prevents the forks hitting the yokes- the FI ones are probably similiar. It'll be low, true, but it'll mess up your handling no end and could even give you dangerous clearance problems at the rear. If you need to drop it that far, I hate to say it but you need a different bike- Monster 620 or a cruiser of some sort maybe. Still, you should be able to get a decent drop without causing yourself too much trouble. __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

07-04-05, 10:30 AM	#15
WicklowSV Guest Posts: n/a	Heres a cheaper way of lowering the SV Check out this link for info on how to reduce the width of the seat. Did this for my girlfriend coz she's inheriting my 650 and it worked a treat

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05-04-05, 05:43 PM	#12
RAGAR Guest Posts: n/a	It wasn't too long ago that I saw a posting on craigslist-DC that was selling a gel seat. Dunno if he ever sold it but perhaps he'll repost soon.

05-04-05, 05:55 PM	#13
salty Guest Posts: n/a	a friend of mine had his r1200 gs seat deflated professionally and lost a couple of inches i' ll get the details to ya asap

06-04-05, 10:38 AM	#14
Aurora Guest Posts: n/a	Hubby fitted the BanditMania kit on my SV, & you're right, 1/4 inch change in the link length dropped the rear by an inch. He also had to carve away most of the seat padding for me as well, He also dropped the front down the forks a bit as well, try to keep some sort of normality to the ride geometry. Think in all we lost 4 inches, enought for me to get my feet firmlyo n the ground. (I'm 5.1 (and a bit), with 29 inside leg) He's posted these destructions on Fitting lowering kit on another site. Hope they are useful. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fitting lowering kit to SV650S Ingredients Lowering kit bought from www.banditmania.com (£35 in Sept ’04) see photo 1 - consists of two new doglinks Pillow 14 & 17mm sockets/spanners Soft faced hammer ( or hammer & block of wood) Normous gert numpty able to take weight of bike pivoted about front wheel for couple of minutes. Cooking time – about 20 minutes Destructions Place numpty at rear of bike to hold it upright. A paddock stand wont do because were going to disconnect (briefly) the rear shock from the frame. Place the pillow between the rear wheel and the underside of the seat – this is just incase the numpty lets the bike drop when you knock out the doglink bolts. Look for the doglinks under the bike to the rear of the engine, one end on the shock, one end on the frame. photos 2 & 3 Remove the nuts from both bolts Warn numpty then knock the doglink bolts through. Wait for grunt from numpty. Replace bolts using new doglinks. Be carefull to line the bolts up with the bearings. If the bearings start to come through with the bolts, knock them back and go again. Numpty may have to raise/lower rear of bike to get bolts lined up. Replace nuts and tighten. Remove pillow, put bike on sidestand, give numpty tea & sympathy – honest, I didn’t know it was that heavy. AT this point you can try your lower SV, but I would recommend (cos I did it) dropping the front down the forks about 10mm to compensate for the lower rear end. http://www.bikersoracle.com/suzukisv...hread.php?t=66

08-04-05, 08:14 PM	#16
riderrhythms Guest Posts: n/a	Thanks again all... got my lowering links in the mail today so they're going on the bike tonight... going to see how far that lowers it and then take the rest off the seat... I was very glad to hear that you're a tiny bit shorter than me Aurora and could modify the bike to get both feet firmly on the ground... I'm so impatient to get on the thing!

08-04-05, 08:15 PM	#17
riderrhythms Guest Posts: n/a	Thanks again all... got my lowering links in the mail today so they're going on the bike tonight... going to see how far that lowers it and then take the rest off the seat... I was very glad to hear that you're a tiny bit shorter than me Aurora and could modify the bike to get both feet firmly on the ground... I'm so impatient to get on the thing! I have a friend who races and is a motorcycle mechanic so he's doing all the dirty work for me... thanks for the "destructions" on lowering it though... Peace