SV650 Build Story
SV650 Finished and Photographed
After countless evenings, weekends and cases of beer, the SV650 Custom project was finally completed last week.
I've wheeled the bike ...
SV650 Build Story
SV650 Rebuild
With all the parts back from the powder-coaters, it's time to start putting it all back together again. I'm reassembling using the engine...
SV650 Build Story
Aluminium fuel tank
It's still not a definite "no" on getting the SV registered in Germany, however with the fibreglass fuel tank it's incredibly unlikely. S...
SV650 Build Story
Full Strip Down before Rebuild
One thing I wanted for sure on the final bike was a black frame, as opposed to the silver one on the development bike. This of course was...
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Headlight fairing development
The last big job (or so I thought!) is to get the headlight fairing made. This would involve the usual process of clay modelling, and the...
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Making the bike legal
So in trying to make the bike road legal, I've made several modifications since the Slovakia Ring test.
Firstly, the rear number plate...
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Slovakia Ring test
After the mammoth journey to the Slovakia Ring, which was made even longer by my buddy's underpowered Dacia towing a big box trailer with...
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Finishing the Bodywork
After finishing the fuel tank and putting the bike together it was apparent that there was a significant issue with the running of the bi...
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Airbox Design Change
One of the biggest issues I've had with the design to date is the airbox cover which was to incorporate a friend's development TFT displa...
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Fuel Tank
Without a doubt one of the biggest challenges of the project has been the fuel tank. From deciding the material to the fuel pump, fuel le...
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Taking moulds
With the clay complete, it's time for taking moulds, and crack on with making some actual components.
To seal the clay, I sprayed the ...
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Finishing the clay
Having gotten the design to a place I was mostly happy, it was time for finishing the clay and to copy the design over to the right h...
SV650 Build Story
Clay development
The nice thing about clay is it lets you try out all sorts of new ideas quite quickly. Often whilst roughing in one idea, I'll see a scra...
SV650 Build Story
Time to start roughing in the design
In the last post, I'd just started to load up clay, which using the tiny oven I have (you can see it in the top left of the image below) ...
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Preparing the buck and starting clay work
Before starting to put clay on the bike, the "buck" has to be prepared, so the clay will have a secure, flex-free base to sit on. If you ...
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Bike sourced, stripped and in the new workshop
The bike is sourced, stripped and in the new workshop. In the last couple of months I've managed to source a 2003 model SV650 in reasonab...
SV650 Build Story
Start of a new project!
WOW, the start of a new project! This blog section recounts the development of my stripped down SV650 single-seater project. Much of this...
