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SOLD! update: BIKE IS SOLD I'm selling the SV1000 (and my KDX 200, separate thread), though it breaks me 'art, wuh wuh. It's in great running condition and has lots of upgrades, but it's not pretty looking and it's not entirely street legal (tachometer and turn signals). I was planning on...

I love riding the SV1000, it's beastly fast and steers great. But something's got me stumped: when I switch from the ZX6R to the SV1000, it feels like it doesn't accelerate as freely, even though it has more power. That must sound backwards…the SV has a lot more torque, and it can definitely...

TL;DR: I'm working on chaining android apps together to let me talk to my phone in my pocket through my helmet while riding, and do a whole lot more than take calls and listen to music. ============ I just had an epic ride with bluescruiser down to Solvang and back this weekend. We had Scala...

lol. MotoGP making the most of that postage-stamp-sized space they have:

Wondering about the next set of tires to get for my zx6r, for track day use...I've ridden both Q2's and BT003 DOT race tires in A group, but definitely on the slower side and not pushing to the limit of either tire. Both sets of tires felt fine but I'm curious what you think about the front tire...

Had a weird experience last night that left me with a question...I was riding home through Walnut Creek around 9:30PM, going northeast on Treat towards Clayton. Close to Countrywood shopping center, I came up to a red light, and split between the cars up to the front. Some douche canoe in a huge...

a couple of these recent threads on "go where you look" made me think of something unique about motorcycles compared to other skills: not really being able to separate practice time from game time. the way pros practice things is by breaking a skill down into individual skills, and refining...

Is it bad for the bike? I've heard it's no good, but I don't know why. I love doing it, especially on a big V-twin or any single/thumper. The SV makes some bad chattering noises down around 2-4k RPM when you open it up, but it feels so good :) do you guys do it?

Does anyone know of 56mm fork tube clamps that would work with an Aztec8 7" headlight assy? I'm trying to buy the Aztec8 full kit for my SV: headlight, fork clamps, and brackets to hold my gages. The problem is, Aztec8 only sells fork clamps up to 54mm, and my SV has 56mm forks from an '08...

Yesterday I was watching Fastest and thinking about GP riders trying to squeeze the best lap times out of their bikes. They mentioned how much harder it is to analyze bike data than F1 car data, because the rider moving all over the bike and the nuances of the lines they choose make a huge...

I'm going to fix the leak as soon as I can, and I'll find out then, duh, but of course I'm gonna ask you guys anyway :twofinger This SV1000 has Yoshimura RS cans (not sure the model, painted black) that have been shortened to about 10" by some previous owner. He cut the mufflers, then...

Hi guys, I hit a wall putting my SV back together. I took out the clutch master cylinder and front sprocket cover when I replaced my flywheel. The long pin that goes from the clutch master cylinder through the engine to the clutch came out with the master cylinder, and stayed hanging from it...

I see a lot of conservatives resisting using the internet to their advantage, and instead spending a ton of effort and money trying to control and censor it. I think that's a losing battle. Whether it's right or wrong, I think it's inevitable the internet will get far beyond any one...

Guaranteed this picture caught Corti right when Edwards told him a dirty joke: Hah Colin Edwards is great

Why do most sportbike commercials show lame riding? Why do they show the rider barely leaning it over at all, with this epic music playing? It's like a joke... there are so many riders who could lean it over twice that far if they just threw a set of DOT's on the bike for the commercial! "We...

When you're backing it into a corner, there's a point where you're done and the wheels go fully back in line with each other...and we try to do it smoothly to avoid it "snapping" the rest of the way in line. It's awesome to watch moto2 riders do it, they are so good, but even they mess up from...

I took the generator cover off my SV1k, and noticed one of the magnets glued to the alternator has a shard broken off, about as much material as a quarter or a nickel. there are tiny little fragments of it all over the inside of the alternator, and on the gears visible from that side of the open...

While doing valves on this used SV1000, I noticed the left-side exhaust pipe coming out from under the footpeg, and my stomach sunk, it's SUPER messed up and dented/crumpled: but then I looked at the parts fiche, and I laughed so hard I cried: WELL, IT's to SPEC!! :wtf :rofl

I am trying to turn the engine over to check the valves, and this timing hole cover (i guess it's called) is not budging...I destroyed the hex head, so I let some penetrating oil soak in for 3 days, and tonight I spent a while hammering on it sideways with a sharpened punch...and still no give...

I just bought my friend's 2005 SV1000s, ~30k miles, $2700. It has been used and abused, let me tell ya…he had a craving for 2nd gear power wheelies, and rode almost exclusively on redwood (where I met him). It's been crashed a couple of times, but never flipped and the chassis, wheels, motor are...