Raising the SV
 

Hey can anyone help me figure out exactly what I need to do to raise my SV? I have a rear stand but I'm not sure exactly what else I need to do and if it's even going to be possibly for me to do it. :?:

Please help.

Is the SV lowered?

If you are raising a lowered SV, you need the stock links and if the forks were messed with, you need a front stand to bring them back to stock position in the clamps. You will need to lift the SV to remove the links and install new ones. You can get a steel rod from home depot and two car jacks to do this.

Yea it's lowered but the link is all the way down and there's two holes above it. Talk to drewpy he can tell you more than I can about it.

I had the stock links but with everything that happened the past few months they ended up with someone else

You should be able to get some new stock links pretty cheap off SVrider.

Basically you will raise the rear with your rear stand, once it is off the ground, shove the biggest steal rod you can get that will fit through the hole in the frame. Put some car jacks underneath that steel rod. Take off the rear stand and the bike's rear should still be up in the air. Now undo the bolt from the shock to the link and the link to the little contraption on the other side of the link. Replace links and torque the bolts back. Put back on rear stand remove rod and car jacks.

So will the frame fall once I pull out the links?? I'm extremely bike retarted sorry.

You won't be able to do it with the rear on the ground or on the stand. The swingarm needs to move freely. There will be too much pressure on it to remove the bolts. This is all part of the suspension and you don't relieve the pressure by putting it on the stand, it's the same as it being on the ground.

You have adjustable links, so you just need to move the one side with extra bolt holes to a the next point.

Well i now have a project for this weekend.

I emailed the original owner and this is what he told me....

As for your questions, I just dropped the forks in the tree so if you loosen the tree you should be able to slide them either way. The dog bones also are adjustable. I think when i installed them I put them on the middle setting. I want to say that each adjustment is -3, -1, and + 1. Don't hold me to that though.


How do I know when I have the forks at the correct height?

Do yourself a favor if and while it's up on the front stand, throw a jack under the engine block and jack the block up to take pressure off the cushion lever and so the swingarm can move freely... not such an issue taking the bolts out but it will help a TON when you're putting stuff back together.

I think I invented several swear words until I figured that little trick out.

As for the front forks, there should be just about 1/4 of an inch sticking out of the top triple clamp (maybe a little less).

LOL, easiest way to remove a shock or dogone is to lay your bike over on a beanbag. Either that or wrap a tie down strap around one of your rafters in your garage and loop it around the bike's subframe and lift it up.