Valleyboy Would Be Proud...

So it's a lot lighter now then as well

Originally Posted by squirrel_hunter

Don't think anything fell off,including me for a change but I was only doing it by garage light, so don't really know what the other side looks like!

As for the special occasion, no not selling it need to replace the chain as its properly worn . So to make things a little easier I decided to give it a little clean. Actually forgot that I have silver wheels

Only took me half an hour, used spray paraffin to start with to remove the inch thick crud from the swing arm, wheels and hugger. Followed by lots of buckets of water, some spray on gunk, more water, more gunk, then a little more water.

Its all sparkly now

[squirrel_hunter]

Cheers mate!

You got your brakes sorted yet?

Originally Posted by squirrel_hunter

Cheers mate!

You got your brakes sorted yet?

Yep, had some **** in between pad and disk. Running like a dream now.
good enough for stoppies

Originally Posted by Viper

Yep, had some sh*t in between pad and disk. Running like a dream now.
good enough for stoppies

i have had a go at doing stopies...but not quite got the trick of it ???

breaded hoses might help

[squirrel_hunter]

Originally Posted by hovi5

i have had a go at doing stopies...but not quite got the trick of it ???

breaded hoses might help

I don't think those would help!!

As for braided hoses you do not need them to stoppie the SV. I have a standard set up and have no problem doing them provided the tyre and brakes are up to temp, just ask Strechie, I even performed this little trick with him on the back!

I would also not recommend attempting to learn them in this weather as you will need a dry road or you will just lock the front, and that ain't pretty.

@Law: was waiting for someone to post that . Unfortunately me cameras knackered and its got dirty again already. Oh well maybe next year!!!

Originally Posted by squirrel_hunter

I don't think those would help!!

As for braided hoses you do not need them to stoppie the SV. I have a standard set up and have no problem doing them provided the tyre and brakes are up to temp, just ask Strechie, but you are a nutterI even performed this little trick with him on the back!

I would also not recommend attempting to learn them in this weather as you will need a dry road or you will just lock the front, and that ain't pretty. no not trying in this weather

@Law: was waiting for someone to post that . Unfortunately me cameras knackered and its got dirty again already. Oh well maybe next year!!!

have you not heard of breaded hoses? hovis are the best

i have tried a few times but wimp out a bit.as there is a lot of weight on the forks,headstock etc(what do you think about that?)

[squirrel_hunter]

True that does put a lot of weight through the head stock, but it should be built to last.

Its like wheeling, done correctly and it won't add much wear to anything; for example headstock bearings, wheel bearings etc. But keep thumping it down and it will start to cause a problem.

I'm not great at them, as I still can't do full on rolling stoppies, but I can still have some fun. Took my time to learn it, the first thing I did was learn how to lock and release the front wheel, which has saved me a couple of times (in situations other than stoppies) and progressed from there. Once you get the hang of it its easy, though as a word of warning landing an 11 o'clock hurts

[anna]

.. cant do burn outs either