SV650 Upgrade?

[cWj]

So.... Wire wheels and a Union Jack?

[The Buddha]

No interest payments 06 for $2200?

Why are we having this conversation again?

Do it before I find that person and figure out what kind of beverage they like!

We're having this conversation because I have a wife and she's pregnant. The deal would have been done otherwise. She likes "classy" looking bikes and has deemed the SV650S as ugly.  Also we're going to be pretty tight on cash when the kid shows up.

Update:

Replaced the camshaft and valve bucket as well as all shims. Flushed motor and got it running. Got about 40 miles before something else went wrong. Sounds like it could be a valve or a piston. I think it's pretty much done.

-Andy

His description to me sounded like the small end rod bearing went bad.
I dont even know that it can go all by itself.
In any case if that is what is gone, its toast. You theoretically can take off the head+cyls, and unbolt the rod and removing the pan and getting the rod out, and you can replace the rod. But your big end may be worn to where it binds ... or is too loose. Youhave to plastiguage it, and you cant do that without the crank out.

Andy - Buy a savage and turn it into a cafe. There was a cafe savage on CL a few weeks ago.

Cool.
Buddha.