As you guys are probably aware I don't carry much advertising on the either this site or the forum. A couple of reasons for that is that we have some kind sponsors, such as TSM who cover much of the cost and we also get donations from some of you.

There are times though, when someone wants to advertise and I can see a 'win-win' situation. The advertiser may be offering a product that is of interest to our readers, is offering a discount to readers, or a donation to the site, so both sides benefit.

This is the second donation I've had this month, so thanks to Blair, and perhaps you'd be interested in his products. Details below.

Hi John,

I just sent you a 55 pound donation to the site as we agreed. Let me know as soon as you can remove the existing banner and install the new one attached here now,   It needs to be directed to www.svracingparts.com  and it will all be great,

BTW: I am now the exclusive global distributor for MotoSliders Frame Slides, and we will be expanding the line up in the next 60 days to include No Cut SV1000 Frame Sliders and Gladius Frame Sliders as well so that the full SV family has access to superb Frame Slider Protection,

Thanks for all,

Enjoy the ride, and best regards,

Blair

W. Blair Layton
SV Racing Parts
b.layton@svracingparts.com
www.svracingparts.com

BRG Racing have just been added to the Services and Offers section. Take a look and see what you think of their products.

This article from them might interest you

Since the inception of the SV650 in 1990 the bike has come along way. When it was first released, the bike was making approximately 70 hp, not a monster but certainly good enough to get it down the freeway at reasonable speeds. The picture below is the result of racing on the stock crankshaft, stator, and rotor.

At first, we all stepped back and said, I wonder how that happened? Being a curious sort, I started looking closely at how much the stator and rotor weigh along with all the starter mechanism and come to find out that it weighs in at what I think is pretty heavy 2300to 2400 grams. That is just over 5 pounds. Now on the stock motor with a stock power pulses this is not a big problem, but as soon as you start screwing the motor down and getting over 85 to 100 hp, it becomes a big problem. Every time the piston fires, the crank shaft will try to accelerate. The rotor, being this rather large heavy mass, especially at eight - ten thousand RPMs is countering, trying to stop it. With enough stress cycles (accels / decels) the crankshaft, having that little stress riser of an oil supply hole becomes a sacrificial part. As we know, when the nose of the crank breaks off, this lets the ignition rotor loose and it goes into the charging coils usually wiping those out. In really bad cases, takes out the ignition. At that point, you're looking at replacing the whole motor. Big dollars

Well, in looking at all of this and talking with some other tuner friends of mine, we came to the conclusion that there is considerable weight to get rid of on that ignition rotor set up. Starting with the huge one-way roller Sprag-clutch assembly, it alone weighs in at approximately 626 g. Certainly we could get rid of some weight here.

Here is a picture of the roller Sprag assembly after being cut on the lathe (left). Next, we put it in the cnc lathe and take even more weight off of it (right).  We go from 620 + grams to 302 grams. A significant drop in rotational mass

Then, the rotor itself is almost a quarter of an inch thick; certainly we could lose some weight there. We take almost .100 off the circumference, leaving the ignition triggers (bottom).

Lastly, the magnets that run the ignition, do we need all six? Well, for the hard-core SV race or where less is always more, we have found over the last couple of years that we really only needed two magnets to keep the charging system functional. The race bikes don't have lights, turn signals handgrip warmers or any of that other stuff to keep working. All we have is ignition system, (and in the second GEN the fuel pump) two magnets work just fine.

So, if you have had problems with crank breakage on your SV, or you've seen the carnage done by a broken crank on your buddies SV and you'd like to try and avoid it, this is the solution. We've got a good reputation for making good horsepower and durability with our motors. This is one reason why.

Thanks for reading and let us know if we can help.

The Home of A Sickness for Quickness

K.C.  Owner of BRG Racing Products and Dyno Services

kc@brgracing.com

I'd just like to wish you all a Merry Christmas. I've already started and I'm writing this with a thumping headache, still it has to be done.

I guess I really should start my present shopping.

John

December 6th - Red Curvy

Good day John.

Love the site and kindly ask if you can add the attached pictures of my 2001 sv650s to a gallery. 1 pic with lower fairing, 1 without.

Many thanks in advance.

I dropped a line back to Geoff about the black fairing lowers.

thanks very much for your response - I only keep the fairing on in early / late season to keep the crap off !
I wasn't planning on painting it as it seems to work well with the black seat and screen etc ...
 
look forward to the pics going on the site !

I dropped a line to Dave Loubser the other day to see how he and his SV were settling into the UK after their move from South Africa in the Spring.

We are settling in OK.

Must admit I have not ridden the bike for a week or two. It has been around 2 to 3 deg C every morning when I leave for work and I have not yet summoned up the courage to ride in. I have also noticed that the number of bikers I usually see have dwindled down to one or two die hards.

I have found some great roads south of Farnham for riding and come spring/summer will take advantage of them. I have also paid my “local” Suzuki dealer a visit, they are in Bordon about 20 minutes ride away.

So far we have not seen any snow down here, it has just been cold with a little frost. (i bet he has now)

I have been looking around for a neat looking carrier for a top box for the SV and I found this on line. Not cheap, but it looks very neat and will do what I need it to do. I need something to carry my rain gear when commuting in spring/summer.

I've not seen this carrier before, but then I haven't been looking. Looks quite neat and I thought I'd pass it on.

December 6th - Another change of Season.

Hey I had a letter or two. See above. It's been another busy few weeks since I last wrote in here. Not much new to write about on the SV front except that it looks like this years AR will be in Yorkshire, sounds nice. Dates TBA.

I've been using the SV for short commutes recently but the recent dump of snow has seen the end of that too. So the bike is wrapped up waiting better weather or I'll be dragging it into the workshop for some winter TLC.

I had to part with some cash recently to buy a new PC. The old one developed an intermitten problem, where it would refuse to boot on most occasions. It gave me an excuse to upgrade, as the old one was built by me 7 years ago based on an Athlon 2600+.  I couldn't see the point in building one this time, as it doesn't save you the money it used too. So I'm now getting to grips with Windows 7 and all the issues that arise on a 64bit system, such as my Canon scanner not working due to no drivers. But it also brings lots of other benifits as it tears through photo and video editing.

All for now

John