SV650 Lump in a KR1S Frame (Courtesy of JanBros)

sweet- man somepeople have far to much time!!!

it has got me thinking of not project-ing the sv650 and just trying to follow a similar path and shoehorn the sv engine into a nsr250 frame... g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g- grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr... but i guess i must ask myself- do I indeed even have that kinda time?

but seriously- what the f~*k were suzuki thinking about when the did the swingarm????

Originally Posted by embee

There's a really nice frame for a SV650, looks like

whats wrong with the swing arm holds the wheel on doesnt it.

[yorkie_chris]

They were thinking: £1.50 ... £1.51 ... £1.52 ... STOP! That's plenty!

Some people don't like fact that it's not some posh banana-arm jobby, but it handles power of SV fine without flex.

I love the quality of the welding on the curvy swigarm, especially on the inner brace between shock and tyre.....

The pigeon on the production line must of had guts of steel to produce that.

Originally Posted by janbros

for those who are still interested :

it's alive

hoping to get it on the road next spring for testing.

Looking good, are you going to fair it?

Nice work.

But this and another thread has got me thinking-

Hmmm- SV650 Curvy with a single sided swingarm ,underseat exhaust and new bodywork.

I may not sell the SV when I eventually get a new bike....!

[yorkie_chris]

All excess weight!

those 595 single swingarms are really really reaaalllly heavy though.

Originally Posted by Luckypants

What's a KR1S? (Tin hat on)

Unreliable late 80s pile of Kawasaki 2-stroke rubbish. There are loads of immaculate KR1 and KR1-S rolling chassis around, because the engines lasted about 5 minutes.

I owned one, after the third set of pistons and barrels the engine was dumped wholesale in my wheelie bin, and a spare RD350LC F1 engine I had kicking around went in instead. It's still going after 9 years like that.