finally done! well not quite, still need to take it to a shop to tighten the front axle, plus its raining here in cali so itll be a while before i get a test ride in
2003 sv650 mods:
pcIII
de-snorkeled air box w/ k&n filter
buell lightning headlights and air shield
2005 gsxr forks, wheel, brakes, clip ons
pp tuning rear sets and ss rear brake line
sargent seat
leo vince full high mount exhaust (thing rawrs)
kawi 636 rear shock
honda f3 rear wheel
+2 teeth rear sprocket
520 chain
cut rear grab bar
home made plate and rear blinker mount
crg bar end mirrors

i went into this project knowing almost nothing about bikes and feel ive learned a lot thanks to trial and error and everyone who helped with my endless questions on this site. thanks to everyone and i know the pics are crap but im no photographer and its raining outside but a good friend of mine is a good photographer so she'll do the bike justice when the weather clears








comments welcome

 

comments:
*why are you taking it to a shop to tighten your front axle?
*the side ignition imo looks terrible especially since it's on there with like zip ties and your upper triple still has the ignition key hole. I'd put it back
*is that a lil bit of the oh **** bar left on the sides of the rear seat? or were they cut flush?

 

Nice job man! It looks nice.
Also, excellent rear set choice, i love mine.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EngineNoO9 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">comments:
*why are you taking it to a shop to tighten your front axle?
*the side ignition imo looks terrible especially since it's on there with like zip ties and your upper triple still has the ignition key hole. I'd put it back
*is that a lil bit of the oh **** bar left on the sides of the rear seat? or were they cut flush?</TD></TR></TABLE>

it takes a 20 or 22mm allen wrench to tighten and i dont have anything remotely that big and the shop will do it free. i agree the side ignition does look bad the way it is right now but the headlight mount uses one of the bolt holes for the ignition so it cant be put in stock place. ill figure something more secure for the ignition later but for right now it doesnt move around or contact any moving or hot parts so its fine. the grab bar was cut flush to the lines of the tail section but its not painted over so it reflects the camera flash and might look like its sticking out.

 

Looks good. A few suggestions:

- Adjust that damn front brake lever, it hurts me just to look at it like that.
- Find a new place to put the ignition. Get a piece of sheetmetal, or something similar, and make a small bracket to hold it. It looks like you might be able to put it under the gas tank in front of the seat, not sure it will get in the way of your leg though.
- I would remove the chain guard
- And upgrade that rear shock to match your snazzy front end

I want an SV now after looking at yours and rdblck's

 

nice, hopefully mine will be done around march

 

Looks great man. Other than the aforementioned ignition switch relocation, very nice job.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Muffler Bearing &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Looks great man. Other than the aforementioned ignition switch relocation, very nice job.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

but can you ride it?

 

Nice work on the DIY Im starting to like SV's more and more

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by falcongsr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">but can you ride it? </TD></TR></TABLE>

thats what im gonna find out.

 

Congrats maing, it looks gnarly (in a good way).

 

Where on earth did you find a silver front fender? I lloked forever and never had any success. Want to trade for a black one? What made you decide not to put the ignition into the upper triple?

 

Nice sv ya got there.

Hypercycles Good shop.

 

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by that one guy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i agree the side ignition does look bad the way it is right now but the headlight mount uses one of the bolt holes for the ignition so it cant be put in stock place. ill figure something more secure for the ignition later but for right now it doesnt move around or contact any moving or hot parts so its fine.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

nice project

 

pc the frame black

then paint the wheelz gold.