SV650 - What's Happening?

What's happening - lots of little things, all of which seem to be very time consuming!

So the past few days we have been working on getting everything onto the bike and mounting it all to the new frame. We have had some help from Simon who has been looking at getting the wiring loom all sorted and working out where everything can fit, using the black SV as a reference.

This is our battery box that we had lasercut a few months back out of aluminum, now TIG welded up and mounted on the frame. It sits down low on the right-hand side of the front cylinder to help bring the weight lower and it also has the rectifier mounted to the front. This has been designed so it will also fit the mounts on the standard frame.

The radiator is now mounted too. We needed it in place on the bike to get the location right with the wheel clearance. We have also made a few simple aluminum brackets that mount to the frame/engine to support the coil packs, fuel pump and anything else that needs to be bolted on.

The fuel tank has now been tacked together. In a quest to get fuel capacity as high as possible, big headaches have been caused in getting it to fit within the frame, so it has been gradually getting trimmed to make it fit easier and allow for other pieces such as the wiring loom to get past. It has been very frustrating, but it's not far off fitting now with the addition of a few rubber mountings.