2nd gen sv650 and sv1000 front fairing removal

[@Sam590ss]

Great video man! My son just bought one and being a Harley guy, I know very little about sport bikes lol. This is very helpful, thank you.

[@EddieEmApuros]

Mistakenly I started changing my whindscreen whitout noticing all of these. Thanks for the video. Will try to make it in the morning again.

[@Mad8vCycles]

it should be workable with just removing the upper 2 screws and the rubber mounts... way easier with removing the fairing though

[@SteveSteeleSoundSymphony]

Thank you very much for the video. I need to take off the fairing to work on the front end and wasn’t quite sure where all the screws were.

[@Amzr575]

Crazy helpful videos and genuine person thanks man

[@MrLexxmorelia]

Cheers bud. Another helpful video

[@sethfinck3200]

Great video, thanks for the walkthrough!

[@dennisbanks706]

Will the same windshield work with the s or regular sv650?

[@calixto737]

Can’t believe you posted this 3 days ago, I’m looking to convert my sv1s to a naked and have been too scared to undo all of this,

[@arbenkrivanek2090]

What’s wrong with you it looks so much better with the fairing

[@ibrajimenez2098]

@@arbenkrivanek2090 no

[@arbenkrivanek2090]

Ibra Jimenez your special

[@cullenmichael34]

You want to sell me the fairings? haha

[@andrewneeds8189]

Great video, helped me out a lot..

[@chocolate_squiggle]

Dude this is my luckiest day of 2020. I just watched your rear wheel removal video which I've been scared to attempt. But also, I took the front off a year ago doing coolant change and found a previous owners repair that failed and needs re-doing with epoxy. It's been so long now I couldn't remember how I'd get it back on. But that's not all, my key ignition was giving me occasional error codes a while back and at the time there was no way I could get my hex wrenches in the right place to open / inspect / clean the contacts. I see in this video it's not that much more to take off the cluster and mainstay and then I should have plenty of space to get in there. I can't tell you enough this has really made my day - in a few short mins you've shown me the way forward to sort all these minor issues I've been putting off repeatedly. I'm my own worst enemy, really, I keep making things harder or more complex than they really are in my head. Thanks again, will give my chain and front sprocket a jolly good clean while that wheel's off! :-) Happy riding.

[@Mad8vCycles]

when you're pulling ignition, make sure to torch the hell out of where the bolts go into the triple (they're red loctited). also it's a security torx not an allen

[@SteveSteeleSoundSymphony]

I need to remove the outer fairing to flush the radiator but not the inner fairing, yes?

[@Mad8vCycles]

@@SteveSteeleSoundSymphony the cluster surrou d stays on yes

[@SteveSteeleSoundSymphony]

@@Mad8vCycles​​⁠Thanks. I pulled it off yesterday. It’s easy. But I realized that it’s a flimsy piece of gear and is partly responsible for some rattles. Have you ever reenforced the fairing?There was a broken plastic nut that needs to be superglued.

[@Mad8vCycles]

@@SteveSteeleSoundSymphony i have not. But plastic is easy to fix with a soldering iron and melting zipties into it

[@SteveSteeleSoundSymphony]

@@Mad8vCycles Good idea. I’ll do that. I’m also going to add rubber washers to bolts and contact points, and then some acoustic dampening tape on the bare surface areas.

[@SteveSteeleSoundSymphony]

@@Mad8vCycles Hey, one more question if you don’t mind. Have you ever installed GXSR forks on the SV1000? If so, were there any special considerations to the install? And how did it affect the handling and front end? Same with the shock. I have a GXSR shock but the gas reservoir is on the wrong side! Thanks.

[@ellap37]

Nice video mate, answered a question that I had lingering around for quite a while. I also have another small curiosity, if you have the time; while searching for my first bike the S version of the SV650 appears in such abundance that it makes the naked version, at least on my local market quite a bit more expensive. As the process of taking the fairings off appears easy enough, could I ask about your opinion how feasible swapping the front-end with something more retro-looking would be, could I get it in decently done in say under 300, 400 EUR or at this point simply getting a factory SV650 is more reasonable. Thanks a lot, have a good one.

[@wojciechkozuch5647]

Thank, you, helped me a lot

[@janenosv]

my front faring is shaking really bad while i ride, im going to tighten all the bolts you removed & see if i find anything loose thx! Or Do you recommend a different idea?

[@Mad8vCycles]

Id bet it's because the pins on the headlight are broken (or something else is)

[@DieOldLiveYoung]

Hey do you know the head light wire diagram?

[@Mad8vCycles]

it's online somewhere, but it's pretty straightforward since theres only like 5 wires for the whole thing

[@johnnyblade1276]

Wish you had a video on converting this to a single light with a new console

[@Mad8vCycles]

I have the trimming subhanress tutorial. The rest is... adaptive... depends on the plan

[@paxonearth]

Are you installing a traditional round headlight? If so, please post that video.

[@Mad8vCycles]

i have some of those howtos on the blahg section on mad8v.com and no, not installing anything, just took that bike apart

[@paxonearth]

@@Mad8vCycles ;)

[@terrybandit1]

Great vid. Mny tnx. Terry. Northwest England.

[@dimebag108]

Is the front fender the same for 1000 and 650?

[@Mad8vCycles]

2g sv650 and the sv1000 do share the front fender

[@dimebag108]

What about the tank?

[@Mad8vCycles]

Yes, except slightly different for 2003 sv1000s and 2003 sv650s/n from all the others. And the california models are slightly different

[@alexandrecarrilnovoa1796]

MAUSIS!!!