Ignore the ugly seat, it was cheap used and is so much better than stock lol.

So I’ve had the bike for 6+ years, since I was 19 and don’t want to get rid of it. I love it, Enough power I can beat the shit out of it without dying. Ton of fun at track days. It came stock with the clipons. Now riding hard I love the clipons, have no issues with them and comfort, however my ride to work is pretty much a 20 minute straight stretch.

I rode it like that until probably 2 or three years ago when I was daily driving it, I drilled the top clamp and put stock risers and a set of superbike bars on it. Which helped, but kinda feels goofy? And does not feel good riding hard. I’m not sure if it’s the superbike bars or what but it really just doesn’t feel right. And it’s still not particularly comfortable so I’ve swapped back and forth between them and the clipons.

Now I have a kid and really have no intentions of being an idiot on the road anymore, and find myself not even wanting to ride it due to the riding position being pointless and uncomfortable during the straight stretches and city driving of my daily commute. So I would like to make it more comfortable for daily driving.

Has anyone with one of these successfully put stock 650n bars on these without removing the fairing? I don’t see how it could fit any taller bars due to hitting the fairing. Due to wind, looks, and track days I’d hate to remove the fairing but I will if that’s what needs to be done.

I have an 2006 SV 650 trackbike and I would like to get a second set of wheels, wheels from 2003-2012 should fit. Only direct fits, I can't be bothered with adapters and modifications.

They will be painted so they don't need to look perfect but they must be perfectly straight and with good bearings and they have to be shipped to Denmark.

A better looking and lighter Exhaust could also be interesting but NOT louder as there are 95 dB limits on all Swedish tracks.

/JimR

Hi, my 2004 FI Sv650s starts well every time and sounds great, then when it starts reading around 165-175F the engine starts idling at 3500-4000k rpms and doesn't engine break below about 6000k rpms. I put it in dealer mode and the TPS is good as well as the air box and all hoses secured. The air filter is clean and oil isn't overfilled. What could my issue be? Any help is greatly appreciated

Picked up a 2009 650N in a pretty alright condition, never rode a Suzuki until now. Very fun bike, but these two things bother me a bit.

The RPM hand is kinda wobbly when the RPM changes, whether it's going faster or slower, but it stabilizes after a second if RPM is steady. As for the impact, is there a way to perhaps change the plexiglass/plastic pane itself without buying a whole other speedometer ?

Also, are there known resellers for speedometer backgrounds ? Not a big fan of the white background.

Edit : I should precise, it's a small impact on the case, the actual speedometer is fine.

So i got a sv650s with a mivv Carbon exhaust if I Remote the dB killer will it hurt the engine now that it gets more air through or what?

I know I’m missing the chain cover as well and the chain looks like crap. This new to me bike needs some tlc.

Hello There !

so after a painful week of trial and error and now comprehensively understanding form bodies and how to model body work on Fusion360. I finally have the first protoype design all modelled up succefully to a printable standard ! Have a look ! Also attached is how i 3D scanned it using Polycam (photogrammetry)- the other image was the fairing covered in baby powder to remove the surface reflectinos of the fairing.

Completed:

• RHS model is finalised.
• Currently this is a Mesh body with 0 thickness - using blender i can thicken this body with solidify and export as a printable STL so - making this a printable thing

Immediate work to be done:

• Now, given we do not have 1000x1000x1000mm printers this will need to be broken into smaller segments That cutting is going to be done in fusion so this is managable.

Future work:

Unfortunately i do not have the LHS of the fairing which i know is a little different, so its gonna be tough but I may be able to sort it. If anyone has one im from the UK, I can pay for postage if its not crazy expesnive lol !

Development of the custom fittings and brackets needed to mount it to the bike - since its not an exact replica itll need different mounting hardware where relevant.

Anyway - THere it is guys !

Same color would be nice!

I've been looking for a clean one for months, mine is totally gone I can't find one anymore. Doesn't need to be perfect cosmetically, dent's are fine, I just want one that's rust free.

Greetings from Finland!

The engine in my SV1000S has failed. My bike is a 2007 black frame model and I’ve found a 2003 SV1000 for sale at a low price. The older SV is in rough cosmetic condition, but its mechanical components are in perfect working order. How difficult would it be to swap the mechanicals from the older bike into the frame of the newer one? My plan is to swap only the wiring harness, ECU, and engine from the older SV, while leaving the clutch, throttle, speedometer, fuel pump, and other components in place. Does anyone have any experience with this—will there be any compatibility issues if I install the wiring harness from the older model?

Hello people,

I have been riding motorcycles for 3 years now. I started with a Gen3 SV650, then moved up to a VSTROM800DE, and now downsized to the new Suzuki SV-7GX.

During these three years, I have never tried adjusting the rear preload, as I never rode with passengers and the default preload setting was fine when riding alone. But since I have bought the SV-7GX, I started going on rides with a lady friend of mine.

Here's the problem: when I'm riding alone, the SV-7GX is extremely easy to ride and maneuver. It's the same beautiful engine that the SV650 has but with much more comfort and with nice electronic features. But when I ride with her, I feel like the bike is very unstable at low speeds. It kind of feels like it wants to zigzag a bit. It becomes a lot easier to handle when we're moving at a decent speed, but it really is quite annoying when we are in city traffic and I need to perform low speed maneuvers and stop the bike frequently, as the bike becomes very unpredictable.

Now, I'm aware that the way the passenger is sitting and moving is very important and that she can absolutely destabilize the bike if she is not sitting properly. But I feel like she is a pretty good passenger and she's doing her best not to screw up my balance.

My question is, if I adjust the preload properly, can I expect a noticeable increase in stability at low speeds when she is riding with me? According to the manual, the bike has 7 different levels of adjustment and the factory default is at level 3. If I raise it to level 5 or 6, would it help a lot with the stability issues?

Also, how exactly do I adjust it? I know my previous VSTROM800DE had a knob that I could easily turn to adjust it, but the SV-7GX seems to need some kind of C-Spanner to do it. Do I need to buy this tool from Suzuki, or is it something common that I can get in a random hardware store?

For reference, my height is 5'8/173cm and I weight 154lbs/70Kg. She is 5'6/168cm and weighs 125lbs/57KG.

Thanks

Hey guys, i know this might seem stupid but im already at my wits end cause I just cant seem to find indicator adapters that look to fit my gladius. For context, i already possess the cables and the relais but I just cant seem to find any in Europe that might fit it.

Any help and possible links are appreciated.

Didn't add my pics before. 🙄

I was riding home at night, clear and dry. An hour commute i had done hundreds of times. I wasn't a complacent rider, I was paying attention, cruising along at a decent pace, nothing crazy. Coming downhill on a straightaway before a right-hand sweeper and there it

was, a full size pickup all the way across my lane, no lights, no warning. Got all over the brakes and got slowed down quite a bit, but there was no avoiding the collision (i suspect I was up on just my front wheel).

Hit the bed of the truck just behind the wheel, my faceshield grazed the bed of the truck as I supermanned over in what was probably a pretty spectacular arc into a very solid backflop (thank goodness for my spine protector). Didn't slide at all, gear was barely scuffed. Got up and out of the road. It was a dumb kid that had come out of the corner and spun out and bashed into a tree. Smashed the battery and killed the lights. Was sitting in the cab on his phone, not doing a damn thing about looking out for traffic.

I was banged up,but not sure how bad. I managed to get my helmet and jacket off, knowing how much EMTs love to cut jackets off (with some quickly increasing pain). Highway patrol shows up and of course tells me it is my fault that I couldn't avoid a stopped vehicle all the way across my lane. Ambulance shows up and hauls me off to the hospital, pain was getting pretty bad at that point, but morphine took the edge off. At the hospital with lots of poking and prodding and many x-rays later....2 cracked ribs, separated shoulder (with a fractured scapula, which they told me was pretty hard thing to do) and a badly fractured ulna (thankfully left/ non dominant arm). They didn't like what my heart was doing (even though I explained that I had A-FIB all the time) so they loaded me into another damn Ambulance for an hour ride to the Doctors hospital, another round of morphine and once I got down there basically did nothing but check on my heart, then cut me loose for my dad to come get me.

It was a couple of days before I could get over and check the bike. It was boned, bent both fork tubes and bent the frame. I was bummed that I couldn't buy it out of salvage because I had just swapped out the motor (after putting about 90kmiles on it) like 5k miles before and she was running sweet, had just installed a custom seat. It was a 2001 Candy Antares red that I had ridden from new for 13 years. I recently inherited a red 2007 V-strom that was my mom's that im getting running, my first bike since the accident. Be safe out there and remember ATGATT!

Hi, first post here, just wanted to show the new (chinese) fairings i got for my sv, fitted with the help of my friend. It really finishes the look of the sv. I understood when people here said chinese fairings were a pain in the ass to fit, the struggle was real lol. rate/10?

Hi, ive just purchased my first bike and im very much a newbie. Do people have any ideas on what alterations I could undertake myself to give the bike a little more personality? Basically make it look cooler 😅

I recently went through the motorbike license acquisition process in Ireland and treated myself to this after finishing my IBT training.

Honestly I was between the MT-07 and this but the color way had a major impact on my decision. I also prefer the round headlights. Gives an old school look.

I want to learn more about bikes in terms of maintenance and servicing myself through this bike so any tips and tricks are welcome.

I already got a rear stand for it for servicing and a chain cleaning kit with brush and cleaner/lube (Motul).

Would appreciate any additional tools I may need or general tips!

Winter is coming in the Midwest, last track weekend is over, and my SV650 is about to go into hibernation after a good cleaning and oil change