What have you tinkered with today?

[DJ123]

New heated Grip fitted to the bike, don't want a cold hand in the cold weather!

Nice and straight forward to fit, and not too fiddly (unusual for BMW)

[svenrico]

Originally Posted by Bibio

gsxr front ends are not the be all and end all. i have had a GSXR 600/750 K4-5 front end on my K7 for over a decade and its also been properly fettled with shim stack alterations etc.etc. the difference is about 10% better over a fettled standard front end but cost a whole lot more and the price difference is not worth it.

your better spending the money on a proper rear shock like a Nitron. then properly fettle the front end with springs for your weight, proper oil viscosity (this take a while to get right) and damper rod alterations. if you can outride a properly fettled standard front end then you should have a career in racing. the only difference is the brakes but i can tell you now that radial brakes on an SV is lethal. the SV brakes when they have been serviced correctly are good enough.

There is a bit of a delay in the front brakes biting on my 2020 SV650A which can be slightly disconcerting ! They aren't as keen as the front brakes on my last bike , a Honda CB650F, and could do with improving a bit I think.

[gt alex]

I did some more welding on the tank i'm making. Unfortunately the wind picked up and the gas ran out so I didn't get as much done as planned, but for only the 3rd time tig welding I'm happy and learning as I go.

[gt alex]

It does feel good to me on the bike now, and the foot pegs feel better than when the tank was shorter so that's a win. I have just worked out an articulated front fairing bracket that will give approx. 25mm of up and down movement and tilt forward and aft. That will let me bolt it on and move it around till I'm happy.

[Adam Ef]

Trying to work out what's wrong with the VFR. Took it for MOT yesterday and it passed. On the way home charging dropped and then lost all power.
I've recently done a reg rec upgrqade and hard wired it all in.
Double checked it all tonight and all connections seem good. No problems with the stator on a static test. Reg rec readings are all as should be. Wiring I put in is all showing good continuity etc and getting voltage reading from the battery at the reg rec end.
Looks like I have more to investigate tomorrow. Not sure where to go from here though. Possibly pull the stator cover and check it out visually? It's not showing going to ground or any bad connections though. I think resistance is within Honda spec. I need to double check that though. Possibly with it hot too (remembering the DRZ problems I had with running heat puttting up the stator resistance until it was out of spec.)


Currently only getting 11.7 volts at the battery when it's running though.



All was fine a couple of weeks ago apart from dirty connectors and hesitant cranking when cold.

[Craig380]

Originally Posted by Adam Ef

Possibly with it hot too (remembering the DRZ problems I had with running heat puttting up the stator resistance until it was out of spec.)

I'm not good with electrickery but I think that's a very wise thing to check, just in case a component somewhere is being heat- or load-sensitive.

[Adam Ef]

Odd that I'm getting 11.7v back even when cold though.

[admin]

Originally Posted by Adam Ef

Trying to work out what's wrong with the VFR. Took it for MOT yesterday and it passed. On the way home charging dropped and then lost all power.
I've recently done a reg rec upgrqade and hard wired it all in.
Double checked it all tonight and all connections seem good. No problems with the stator on a static test. Reg rec readings are all as should be. Wiring I put in is all showing good continuity etc and getting voltage reading from the battery at the reg rec end.
Looks like I have more to investigate tomorrow. Not sure where to go from here though. Possibly pull the stator cover and check it out visually? It's not showing going to ground or any bad connections though. I think resistance is within Honda spec. I need to double check that though. Possibly with it hot too (remembering the DRZ problems I had with running heat puttting up the stator resistance until it was out of spec.)


Currently only getting 11.7 volts at the battery when it's running though.



All was fine a couple of weeks ago apart from dirty connectors and hesitant cranking when cold.

My VFR stator passed the resistance, continuity and earth checks fine but when running I was 5v down on one phase. I swapped the stator out for peace of mind. Visually the old stator had signs of being cooked

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[Adam Ef]

Do you know what replacement you went for? I'm tempted to look for another RM Stator one if I need to swap it out, but they're expensive. If there's something as good for less then I'd opt for that instead.


+ What mileage did you have on yours when you did it John?

[Adam Ef]

Checked again today and the voltage output from the stator running was non-existent.


Opened it up and I'm going to just bite the bullet and swap it for a good new RM Stator one. Probably a new battery too as it's dropping a bit low when cranking and has shown signs of problems for a while.