Some of you might have seen my overly ambitious attempt at a hybrid build so after thinking about it for a while I decided to shelve the CB750 build for a while and focus on something simpler.
I've been considering doing an XV for a while but every one for sale around here was a shaft drive bike and the wheel choices were severely limited without going overboard on fabrication which I knew from experience was going to get me into trouble. So I waited for a chain drive model and it finally popped up. Sadly it wasn't a running example and this one had plenty of electrical gremlins like the rectifier and stator being soldered directly to one another. Several parts of the harness were pushing nearly 1M Ohms of resistance due to corrosion but after trimming and hacking some temporary items together I managed to confirm that the whole charging and ignition system still functioned.
So after stripping a bunch of things off here's how she sits.
I did still have the GSX-R Front end from the CB built so I sized it up and the stem measurements between the XV920 (*235mm) and the 06-07 GSX-R 600/750 (*230mm) are nearly spot on. This left me without the special washer and the top locking nut had only 2/3rds of it's threads in use. While it's not government work it's close enough to work.
First fork swap I've tried to do that didn't involve anything more than a special order of taper bearings which I would have had to do any way as I managed to loose a few of the ball bearings when I tried to remove the original forks...
Better yet, the ignition switch appears to fit, needed the holes bored out a bit to fit the larger bolts for the suzuki clamp but nothing too drastic, and if I weld on a new stop to the neck of the bike I can even keep my steering lock.
As for my wheel options I still want to match the front and rear wheel. I've measured all of the other 3 spoke wheels in the garage, the DL1000's is too wide and the R6 would fit but I'd have to forgo a rear brake or do something odd to center it. The beast of a wheel the GSX-R 1000 rear I have for the CB build just won't fit without some major customization. After some searching the generation 1 SV650's share the same rear axle diameter so my first goal is to borrow one and size it up to see what my options are. I intend to borrow one this coming weekend from a friend if all goes well.
I've been considering doing an XV for a while but every one for sale around here was a shaft drive bike and the wheel choices were severely limited without going overboard on fabrication which I knew from experience was going to get me into trouble. So I waited for a chain drive model and it finally popped up. Sadly it wasn't a running example and this one had plenty of electrical gremlins like the rectifier and stator being soldered directly to one another. Several parts of the harness were pushing nearly 1M Ohms of resistance due to corrosion but after trimming and hacking some temporary items together I managed to confirm that the whole charging and ignition system still functioned.
So after stripping a bunch of things off here's how she sits.
I did still have the GSX-R Front end from the CB built so I sized it up and the stem measurements between the XV920 (*235mm) and the 06-07 GSX-R 600/750 (*230mm) are nearly spot on. This left me without the special washer and the top locking nut had only 2/3rds of it's threads in use. While it's not government work it's close enough to work.
First fork swap I've tried to do that didn't involve anything more than a special order of taper bearings which I would have had to do any way as I managed to loose a few of the ball bearings when I tried to remove the original forks...
Better yet, the ignition switch appears to fit, needed the holes bored out a bit to fit the larger bolts for the suzuki clamp but nothing too drastic, and if I weld on a new stop to the neck of the bike I can even keep my steering lock.
As for my wheel options I still want to match the front and rear wheel. I've measured all of the other 3 spoke wheels in the garage, the DL1000's is too wide and the R6 would fit but I'd have to forgo a rear brake or do something odd to center it. The beast of a wheel the GSX-R 1000 rear I have for the CB build just won't fit without some major customization. After some searching the generation 1 SV650's share the same rear axle diameter so my first goal is to borrow one and size it up to see what my options are. I intend to borrow one this coming weekend from a friend if all goes well.