like christmas morning - Page 2

Dave · 08-17-2008, 11:42 PM

looking good! gonna do lower fairings?

Crazy · 08-18-2008, 01:29 AM

hmm.. metal cutting disk, I'll have to see if i have that in the set. the cut off wheel barely made a scratch on it

i might do lower fairing in the future, but not this season.

Dave · 08-18-2008, 01:40 AM

nice, the newer sv's look really good full fairinged. ive been kicking around the idea of snagging a 1000 as an alt bike

JoJoYZF · 08-18-2008, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crazy

hmm.. metal cutting disk, I'll have to see if i have that in the set. the cut off wheel barely made a scratch on it

i might do lower fairing in the future, but not this season.

I think the metal cutting disks are only a couple bucks for a two or three pack. I used one to cut the metal bracket when I was putting on my new tail light and it worked great.

the chi · 08-18-2008, 12:51 PM

She looks great, can't wait to see the new exhaust!

marko138 · 08-18-2008, 12:56 PM

No lowers. Go naked.

Crazy · 08-18-2008, 07:15 PM

what my bike looks like right now

dropping out the exhaust system is actually not too hard, the clamp to the rear header is a bitch to get at but luckily i'm skinny

i'm about half way through cutting the pipe - after thats off, and I sand it down a bit, I think its pretty straightforward to install the slip on. then more swearing while i try to mount the whole thing to the bike - and im done.

Cutty72 · 08-18-2008, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Crazy

M4 is (hopefully) going on tomorrow. Cutty did u ever drop the entire exhaust off the bike? only problem i see is the clamp for the rear header is kinda hard to reach. other than that the install seems pretty easy

Never dropped the exhaust. Just used a sawzall to chop it.
Hold the new pipe up, visualize where you need to cut it (remember it needs to slip over part of the header) and then measure to double check it.

Here is a somewhat decent pic of right after I got it on. There is about 2" of the header pipe in the slip on.
Pretty much cut right behind the rear brake light switch.

Crazy · 08-18-2008, 08:26 PM

yeah I know i could do it that way but i didnt want to scratch up the swingarm or anything. its really not all that hard to drop out the system.

also, I just couldn't resist starting it with the pipe off... holy crap that sounds good

Crazy · 08-18-2008, 09:23 PM

all thats left is the fender...the exhaust sounds sweet!!!

08-17-2008, 11:42 PM	#11
Dave Chaotic Neutral Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cherry Hill NJ Moto: GV1200 Madura, Hawk gt Posts: 13,992	looking good! gonna do lower fairings? __________________ TWF Post whore #6

08-18-2008, 01:29 AM	#12
Crazy I'm home take me drunk Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Champaign, IL Moto: 2005 SV650s blue Posts: 430	hmm.. metal cutting disk, I'll have to see if i have that in the set. the cut off wheel barely made a scratch on it i might do lower fairing in the future, but not this season. __________________ Memento mori

08-18-2008, 01:40 AM	#13
Dave Chaotic Neutral Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cherry Hill NJ Moto: GV1200 Madura, Hawk gt Posts: 13,992	nice, the newer sv's look really good full fairinged. ive been kicking around the idea of snagging a 1000 as an alt bike __________________ TWF Post whore #6

08-18-2008, 07:15 PM	#17
Crazy I'm home take me drunk Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Champaign, IL Moto: 2005 SV650s blue Posts: 430	what my bike looks like right now dropping out the exhaust system is actually not too hard, the clamp to the rear header is a bitch to get at but luckily i'm skinny i'm about half way through cutting the pipe - after thats off, and I sand it down a bit, I think its pretty straightforward to install the slip on. then more swearing while i try to mount the whole thing to the bike - and im done. __________________ Memento mori

08-18-2008, 08:26 PM	#19
Crazy I'm home take me drunk Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Champaign, IL Moto: 2005 SV650s blue Posts: 430	yeah I know i could do it that way but i didnt want to scratch up the swingarm or anything. its really not all that hard to drop out the system. also, I just couldn't resist starting it with the pipe off... holy crap that sounds good __________________ Memento mori

08-18-2008, 09:23 PM	#20
Crazy I'm home take me drunk Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Champaign, IL Moto: 2005 SV650s blue Posts: 430	all thats left is the fender...the exhaust sounds sweet!!! __________________ Memento mori Last edited by Crazy; 08-18-2008 at 09:28 PM..