SV650 - Battery Box Re-design

So this may not be the most important thing in the world, but it has been bugging me since we built the bike up. 

 

There was nothing wrong with the old design of the battery box, it worked fine when it was on the bike, is proving to be strong enough and is positioned nicely between the front cylinder and fairing, it's just that on the odd occasion when we have needed to remove the battery, its been a pain in the ****.

The old design has the battery removal from the top, which works fine on the computer and workbench, but this space is occupied by a water hose on the bike, meaning the only way to remove it is by removing the mounting bolts and lowering the enitre battery box.

The new design allows the battery to be fitted & removed from the side, by removal of the "A" shaped side plate. Whilst re-designing, we chose to refine the design, to reduce the number of components and speed up manufacture. 

On this new design, only one bolt needs to be removed to remove the battery (opposed to four previously), theres one cross brace (opposed to two previously) and there are fewer welds to construct the main carrier. On the front mounts the rectifier and inside the battery is cushioned with foam.

The drawings have been sent off to be lasercut, so when we get those back we'll get one made and fitted to the bike. This should also fit the standard bike, with a couple of different sized mounting spacers, so we'll check that out to confirm, then if anyone wants one to fit there SV, give us a shout!