2002 SV650 build -patr 8

There is a reason why I take so many damn pictures. It helps me step away from "get it on and working." and let's me take some time to see if parts "look pleasing".

Went to be bothered by one thing after getting the rear suspension bolted on finally.

The abrupt end on the dog bone circle in red. Decided to match the angle (as best as I could) with the triangle indicated by the red line.

There, that's better...

Even failures are worth posting about, 'ya know teachable moments and such...

Got my motor and frame center mark lined back up.

Drill bit in the valve stem gave me a handy way to get my rear wheel on my mark.

Aprilia axle diameter is 25mm, gsxr rear wheel bearings take a 28mm axle. Need to make a spacer that will go through my bearings and fill the gap to swinger.

bought a piece of 12" 1-3/4" tube with 1" hole.

It was perfect because the hole is the right size (1" is right about 25mm)...

So I started to make my spacers. This is the finished brake side. Fills the gap to swingarm and reduced the axle diameter for bearing. I made it half the full with and planed on making my chain side the other half of the full wheel width.

BUT... The hole bored in the extruded tube was not concentric so when I turned it down I got a lop sided piece. That means my axle wouldn't be centered up in the reducers or maybe misaligned too...

Hard to see in the pic but look at the circles edges, one is thinner than the other.

Time wasted is the biggest bummer, but material and tooling on order and more progress to come this week.... I'll get it right...