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As part of my SV650 streetfighter build, posted here, I had replaced the forks with GSXR ones along with a tapered roller bearing for the top, and the original ball bearings for the bottom. I had tapped the race in a bit too hard, and ended up scratching the edge of the race slightly, as seen...

I recently installed a small M4 street slayer exhaust from a gsxr600 onto my '00 SV650. The bike seems to be running fine, but I figured I would check my spark plugs just to see if it's running a bit rich or lean after doing the swap. I'm assuming the exhaust flow is a bit worse since the...

I just recently bought an old Kawasaki S3 2-stroke and I've been trying to get it running properly since buying it. I changed some fouled spark plugs, and the bike has been running decently well since, except that while I was driving it I noticed gas started pouring out of the carbs. I stopped...

So I'm putting my bike back together, and after getting the frame back from the powdercoater I hammered a new tapered bearing race in for the top bearing. Turns out I was hammering on it too much, since I thought it wasn't seated yet. I seem to have damaged the lip of the race slightly. Is...

I should have thought of a better title than "Brian from Toronto," but I didn't, and I am from Toronto, which is why I'm on this forum! I've been meaning to post an introduction for a while, but have been sidetracked by my many other interests and responsibilities until now. I've been riding...

I've been riding motorcycles for the last 5 years or so now, but only recently decided to get into customizing my bike, and learning how to do most of the work myself. I've been posting this on svrider.com at: http://www.svrider.com/forum/showthread.php?t=248633, but I figured it would be good...