Raising the SV

Trip · 09-27-2009, 02:30 PM

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.

psychochild28 · 09-27-2009, 02:38 PM

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

Trip · 09-27-2009, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by psychochild28

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.

psychochild28 · 09-27-2009, 05:40 PM

Well i now have a project for this weekend.

psychochild28 · 10-01-2009, 07:54 PM

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?

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09-27-2009, 02:38 PM	#2
psychochild28 Banned Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: On a bus Moto: SV 650S Posts: 857	So will the frame fall once I pull out the links?? I'm extremely bike retarted sorry.

09-27-2009, 05:40 PM	#4
psychochild28 Banned Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: On a bus Moto: SV 650S Posts: 857	Well i now have a project for this weekend.

10-01-2009, 07:54 PM	#5
psychochild28 Banned Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: On a bus Moto: SV 650S Posts: 857	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?