Well I've been busy over the last 4 months tinkering away with my bike. What I've done to it:
Brakes
Suzuki SV1000 Calipers
Goodridge Braided Lines
Brembo Master Cylinder (off of a KTM RC8/some kind of Ducati)
EBC Pads (originals weren't giving me very good stopping power)
Engine
New Oil + Filter
New Air Filter
NGK Iridium Spark Plugs
Carbs Cleaned + Balanced
CBR600 Coil Sticks
Delkevic SS Downpipes
Other
Tank Derusted
New Bridgestone Rear Tyre
Airblade Screen
New mirrors
Renntec rear grab bar
So I stripped it down a bit and it looked like this:
Carb and tank off to reveal these:
Another 14 months till they come out!
Cleaning the carbs. They were full of rust sediment when I took the float bowls off! Air corrector screws were off slightly so returned them to stock settings. Did seem to run a bit better after doing this.
I'll do a tank cleaning guide but here's a before and after:
Messy wiring. Tidied it all up and the new coil sticks helped alot. Forgot to take a pic of what it looks like now but will do next time I have tank and air box off.
Replaced the rocker cover gasket because it was leaking oil.
Took a while to clean all the old sealant off
Cleaned up all the oil/grease that seemed to be on everything.
New vs old filter! Ripped when taking it out. (Yes I realised I forgot to put the plastic cage on after I'd taken the pic)
Changing the oil:
I filled it up to here before I started it
And after starting; how much it takes to fill the filter
Onto the brakes! Old ones were absolutely
. Master cyliner was shagged the lever was all juttery, calipers were horrible and pistons weren't moving very freely, dunno how old the lines were but wouldn't be surprised if they were the originals! Read through the forum and got all sorts of ideas, eventually decided on the setup and sourced everything for a good price I think. Anyway some pics.
How the M/C looked befored I hooked it all up
SV1000 calipers. I'd taken it out for a short ride but the roads were still salty, that's why it looks a bit dirty. About to change the pads too which is why the bottom bolt is loose.
New pads
Old vs New
Stops a hell of a lot better now!
Here is how I've wired the stick coils, runs fine, think it does run slightly crisper for them but then again could well be a placebo effect!
And the just the other day I changed the downpipes. Old ones were terrible! Much worse than I thought. Although I'm not so sure if the new downpipes have made it run slightly worse. The tone is deeper but it feels slower to get up through the revs and sounds a bit weird on the over run and part throttle. Might get it on a dyno soon to see what the AFR readings are like. The Delkevic ones are basically a copy of the originals but in stainless steel and without the balancer pipes so I didn't think it would need any changes to the fueling. Anyway here are some pics.
Side by side:
All the holes!
And just to see how bad they were I took a small hammer and wacked them a few times, here's the result! Fooked!
And that's about it for now. Haven't got any pictures of how it looks right now. I'll get some when the weather decides what it's doing. Thanks for looking
