Of happenings!

"bob and john" (bobandjohn) 07/14/2014 at 11:53 • Filed to: None

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well, I finally got around to going the suspension swap on my Suzuki SV650.

Saturday, me and a buddy set about going the rear shock and brake lines (I have an ABS bike. so, line from MC-pump-caliper, not just MC-caliper)

an hour in, the old shock was out. 2 hours in, new shock was in and ABS pump SLIGHTLY relocated and one of the hard-lines to the pump SLIGHTLY bent to accommodate the new shock reservoir.

this is where it gets really fun.

the MC-pump line was relatively easy. unbolt from pump, unbolt from MC, install new line (the new Stainless steel braided line by-passed the original hardline from the MC to the pump)
now, from the pump to the caliper....suzuki decided to use these weird connectors to mate the hardline with the rubber line...and they are IMPOSSIBLE to undo. with the 8mm that you SHOULD use to unbolt it, it just stripped the bolt. so, out come the blunt-nosed pilers, some liquid wrench (penetrating oil) and about 3 hours of swearing and cursing. we actually ended up cutting the old brake line to get the 17mm over that end (hardline has a 8mm, rubberline had a 17mm) slipped a socket over it and undid it that way. checked to make sure the threads were still good, install new lines, bleed the brake, and BAM i had a new rear shock. by now, it was something like 11:30PM, so we fired up the bikes (my just rebuilt suzuki and his kawasaki....on which i had installed LED frame lights the day before) and we went for a quick ride to downtown toronto. realized about 1/2 through we forgot to secure the front fuel tank bolts and it was rattling. oops.

got a few hours of sleep, and then we ripping into the front of the bike.

got the front plastics off, headlights off, disconnected everything that needed to be disconnected, and made room to work.
step one was to get the old brake fuild out (as I'm installing new brakes) and then rip off the old lines. once again, we had to fight 2 of those stinking connectors, but thanks to yesterdays experience, we got then out in about 2 hours for both (vs 3 for one yesterday) then, we undid the top clamp, bottom clamp, and slid the old forks out. HUZZAH

the triples were next. taking them off was a relativly painless task, only 15 minutes or so. what was more painful was that fact that I want to reuse my ignition cylinder...and its held on with security torx...its still hanging on the side of the bike (with one bolt dremeled out). pulled the old triples out, installed the new triples/forks/clipones in one go, tightened it up, installed the front wheel (still needs to be tightend properly) and connected the new brake line brakelines to the calipers.

now, this is where i'm running into a problem. the new calipers are much bigger/beefier then the old ones. I cant get the the pads to engage at the spot i want it too. we've tried bleeding them out twice, but to now avail. I guess i have to wait until next weekend and continue then.

thebigbossyboss > bob and john 07/14/2014 at 11:57

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Of happened. Next time take a few pics son. Car shocks were easier than this about 7 hours total.

bob and john > thebigbossyboss 07/14/2014 at 12:26

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I have a few, but they are on my home computer, not work comp XD