Picked up a new sv

**RocketPunch** · 07-04-10, 03:56 PM

Picked the bike up last week from Ohio, it was freaking long drive from NY. I am in the process of getting it prep'd hopefully for Aug 7-8. Bike is mostly stock except with a rear set, exhaust and a gixxer rear shock, which I still have to install. I am actually having fun simply preping the bike up as it gives me a chance to know the bike better.

I m sure I will have a lot of question from all the members here, so please excuse my n00nness and thanks in advance!

**Rambunctous** · 07-04-10, 10:22 PM

LWGP?? Nice bike!!

**waveman** · 07-05-10, 03:53 AM

niccccccccccceee

**Sportygurl131** · 07-05-10, 05:18 AM

sweet i love the sv!

**The Snowman** · 07-05-10, 08:17 AM

Nice!

Aug 7-8 will be my rookie weekend. Hope to see you up there.

**SVRACER01** · 07-05-10, 09:52 AM

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Dont put that gsxr shock on....just buy a penske. trust me
oh, and congrats

**DuncanMoto** · 07-05-10, 10:12 AM

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+1 on Pensky.
Also I think you will need a belly pan to race it.
You can get a turkey pan or pm me for a armour body kit.

**The Snowman** · 07-05-10, 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by SVRACER01

Dont put that gsxr shock on....just buy a penske. trust me
oh, and congrats

Originally Posted by DuncanMoto

+1 on Pensky.
Also I think you will need a belly pan to race it.
You can get a turkey pan or pm me for a armour body kit.

+2 on a AFTERMARKET shock. I run an Ohlins on my SV. (Thanks Dan for equipping the bike so nicely.

)

**RocketPunch** · 07-05-10, 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by Rambunctous

LWGP?? Nice bike!!

Probably LWSS and some other class. At this point, I neither have the skills or the bike to make dent on the competition. Simply to get more actual race experience is my goal at least for the rest of the season.

Originally Posted by waveman

niccccccccccceee

Originally Posted by Sportygurl131

sweet i love the sv!

Thx!

Originally Posted by 07BladeRider

Nice!

Aug 7-8 will be my rookie weekend. Hope to see you up there.

Did my rookie race last month, it was fun and obviously I am hooked....

Originally Posted by SVRACER01

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Dont put that gsxr shock on....just buy a penske. trust me
oh, and congrats

Originally Posted by DuncanMoto

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+1 on Pensky.
Also I think you will need a belly pan to race it.
You can get a turkey pan or pm me for a armour body kit.

Trying to get a pan fabricated from a local shop. As for the shock, I really don't have the money to get one, so the gixxer shock will have to do for now. Besides getting the bike legal, I simply need to limit all my expenses at this point to fuel, tires and travel only.

R1 · 07-05-10, 02:57 PM

I have a question,

a cobalt? really?

j/k

nice bike.

**Currently** · 07-05-10, 04:46 PM

Look for a used Elke, Ohlins or Penske shock in the various forums.

They come up all the time and you got to move fast cause they don't stay there long.

Here is the line of thought behind this strategy. You say you can't afford it. Fair enough. Buy a used one, get it reconditioned, run it on your bike for several years and sell it separately when you sell the bike for the same price you paid for it. Keep your stock SV shock, it takes less than a half hour to swap out a shock.

There is a reason those mooks above recommend a Penske, Ohlins or Elke shock instead of a gixxer unit. I have never met anyone who rode one of those shocks go to some OEM kludge after riding one.

You may also want to spend a little time in the suspension forum and read Peter Kates diatribe on this subject.
http://www.nestreetriders.com/forum/...swap-myth.html

Stealing from his sig ... "If you can't afford to do it right the first time, how will you afford to do it a second time?"

You may also want to check out Spears Enterprises, they offer a race tuned emulator and rear shock by Ricor. I took off my AK20's and Penske triple and trying the Ricor shock and emulators out here in the Smokies and I am quite impressed for the money they cost. I got my stuff from Ricor directly and it is street tuned. Spears Enterprises does the race tuned Ricor stuff. (I got 3 different front/rear suspension setups and two sets of wheels with different tire types on them.)

Only bitch I have so far about the Ricor emulators is the oil check ring around the emulator swells after you take it out of immersed oil and you have to file it down to make it slip easily back into the slider tubes. It functions the same as a piston ring. The swelling causes stiction in the forks. So you take a fine mill file and file off a sixteenth of an inch at a bevel. Problem solved.

There are plenty of options out there that are purpose built especially for the SV.

**SVRACER01** · 07-05-10, 06:02 PM

No bellypan required for lrrs (unless they changed the rules
which is highly unlikely) the bike didn't come with a bellypan
so none required for the sv. Suggested? Absolutely.

**RocketPunch** · 07-06-10, 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by SVRACER01

No bellypan required for lrrs (unless they changed the rules
which is highly unlikely) the bike didn't come with a bellypan
so none required for the sv. Suggested? Absolutely.

Do you mean this? Under 7.17 - F

All production twin motorcycles are exempt from the catch pan rule

I thought it only applys to the class "Production Twin". I am kinda confused....

However, I don't recall the school bike had a belly pan and I am pretty sure I was in the supertwin class and not production.....

Originally Posted by Currently

Look for a used Elke, Ohlins or Penske shock in the various forums.

They come up all the time and you got to move fast cause they don't stay there long.

Here is the line of thought behind this strategy. You say you can't afford it. Fair enough. Buy a used one, get it reconditioned, run it on your bike for several years and sell it separately when you sell the bike for the same price you paid for it. Keep your stock SV shock, it takes less than a half hour to swap out a shock.

There is a reason those mooks above recommend a Penske, Ohlins or Elke shock instead of a gixxer unit. I have never met anyone who rode one of those shocks go to some OEM kludge after riding one.

You may also want to spend a little time in the suspension forum and read Peter Kates diatribe on this subject.
http://www.nestreetriders.com/forum/...swap-myth.html

Stealing from his sig ... "If you can't afford to do it right the first time, how will you afford to do it a second time?"

You may also want to check out Spears Enterprises, they offer a race tuned emulator and rear shock by Ricor. I took off my AK20's and Penske triple and trying the Ricor shock and emulators out here in the Smokies and I am quite impressed for the money they cost. I got my stuff from Ricor directly and it is street tuned. Spears Enterprises does the race tuned Ricor stuff. (I got 3 different front/rear suspension setups and two sets of wheels with different tire types on them.)

Only bitch I have so far about the Ricor emulators is the oil check ring around the emulator swells after you take it out of immersed oil and you have to file it down to make it slip easily back into the slider tubes. It functions the same as a piston ring. The swelling causes stiction in the forks. So you take a fine mill file and file off a sixteenth of an inch at a bevel. Problem solved.

There are plenty of options out there that are purpose built especially for the SV.

Thanks for the info, I'll look into it! Still a month left to next race, may be I can swing it.

**SVRACER01** · 07-07-10, 10:05 PM

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The rule of "all four stroke machines must have a bellypan" has never been enforced since ive raced there. i was basicallu told that if a bike didnt come from the factory with one then you dont have to run one. its been a pet peeve of mine since day one. and its further insulting that they added that priduction twins bikes dont neec them. why? idk. apparantly they are indestructable and dont contain any oil or something.

**competitionplus** · 07-08-10, 02:17 PM

Want to sell your side fairings and rear seat cover? pm please.

**SVRACER01** · 07-09-10, 11:28 AM

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I dont have either of the things that you speak of

**competitionplus** · 07-09-10, 03:25 PM

Originally Posted by RocketPunch

Picked the bike up last week from Ohio, it was freaking long drive from NY. I am in the process of getting it prep'd hopefully for Aug 7-8. Bike is mostly stock except with a rear set, exhaust and a gixxer rear shock, which I still have to install. I am actually having fun simply preping the bike up as it gives me a chance to know the bike better.

I m sure I will have a lot of question from all the members here, so please excuse my n00nness and thanks in advance!

Nice bike! Do you want to sell the side fairings and Rear seat cover thingy to raise some $$$? Pm if so.

**OreoGaborio** · 07-10-10, 12:26 PM

springs/emulators up front, Penske or Ohlins in the rear, belly pan, safety wire, gas and go!

LWSS, LWSB, LWGP and GTL are your main choices for races. Thunderbike, too but you'll be a little out gunned.

**RocketPunch** · 07-12-10, 08:18 PM

Originally Posted by OreoGaborio

springs/emulators up front, Penske or Ohlins in the rear, belly pan, safety wire, gas and go!

LWSS, LWSB, LWGP and GTL are your main choices for races. Thunderbike, too but you'll be a little out gunned.

Thanks for the info. Trying to get all the safety wire done....what am I getting myself into.

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