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Fork Off!

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

2005 GSX-R 600 fork and caliper swap onto 2006 SV1000s Installing an upside down fork and radial calipers on a 2006 SV1000s is something many owners are interested in doing. Having just completed this swap myself, I can say with complete assurance that the actual work is quite simple, providing you start with the correct [...]

921 miles – Yoshimura 3/4 exhaust system with carbon TRS muffler

Monday, December 11th, 2006

The stock exhaust on the SV1000S definitely gives the bike some of its “big twin” character, thanks to the dual pipes – but the sound from those pipes does not do justice to the motor, and the pipes are so low and wide as to severely limit cornering clearance. To remedy this, I chose a [...]