Project SV

[tactcom7]

Figured I'd start a separate thread rather than continuing to spam Idle Banter.

Pics show the bike in bits, the rather interesting situation of the oil pressure sender having been replaced by a bolt, and the tope yoke once I'd (nearly) finished modding it.

I'm looking to powder coat the frame/tank and swingarm, probably paint the engine and take it from an S to a naked.

I imagine I'll keep the suspension stock, don't want to throw too much money at it.

Thanks for looking.

[garynortheast]

Be interesting seeing this project progress. Good luck with it all!

[Craig380]

Keep us posted with progress. I was reading an old bike mag last night which had a feature about compact supercharger kits for bikes, just sayin' ....

[tactcom7]

Cheers, it'll probably end up looking something like my old one, minus the GSXR front end and ZX7 rear shock. Oh and hopefully no dent in the tank...

[tactcom7]

Well in today's edition of what in the actual...

Decided I'm going to powdercoat the front fork lowers, so, for the first time I started stripping them.
Imagine my surprise when I found a 24mm socket underneath the top nut of the right fork, and a 23mm socket under the left one. It's my first time stripping suspension so, and I can only guess, this compresses the spring more for a stiffer ride??

On top of that, I've got a 2002 bike which has the 2001 Top Nut (item 1), but each fork also had the top spacer thingy (Item 22) fitted. So it seems to be a mish mash, which doesn't surprise me considering the state of the rest of the bike.

Any ideas?
Thanks.

[glang]

Originally Posted by tactcom7

Imagine my surprise when I found a 24mm socket underneath the top nut of the right fork, and a 23mm socket under the left one. It's my first time stripping suspension so, and I can only guess, this compresses the spring more for a stiffer ride??

A lot of people make this mistake and think preload, whether with spacers or screw adjusters, does something to the spring and ride! Wrong, all it does is raise the bike height and the spring stays exactly as before

Preload is purely to adjust the height of the bike for different loads so for example with two hefty riders plus luggage the springs will compress a lot and the dampers will be too near the end of their travel and risk bottoming out. Using preload the springs will still be compressed as before but the dampers can be pulled up so they sit in the correct position to leave approximatelty 2/3 of down travel - this is called setting the sag

[tactcom7]

Originally Posted by glang

A lot of people make this mistake and think preload, whether with spacers or screw adjusters, does something to the spring and ride! Wrong, all it does is raise the bike height and the spring stays exactly as before

Preload is purely to adjust the height of the bike for different loads so for example with two hefty riders plus luggage the springs will compress a lot and the dampers will be too near the end of their travel and risk bottoming out. Using preload the springs will still be compressed as before but the dampers can be pulled up so they sit in the correct position to leave approximatelty 2/3 of down travel - this is called setting the sag

Thanks for the explanation! At least I have two more sockets to add to my collection. I'm still slightly confused by the apparent mixing of parts, old style top nuts but a K2 spacer. Oh well I shall rebuild them minus the sockets and see how it feels.

Thanks again.