From 9pm Sept. 22nd to about noon on the 23rd, the forum was offline due to a power outage caused by typhoon #17.

   

I kind of doubt anybody noticed, but do apologize for the inconvenience.  Hopefully it was the last one of the season.

Found a great example of a wheel/brake upgrade.  Check out this link for the original.
   

This is a quick translation of the original post:

Yamaha R1-Z Front end:
wheel, axle, forks, disc, caliber, fender, meter gear

Apparently it's just plug and play except for the front master cylinder, which needs to be swapped for a dual caliber model.

Yamaha R1-Z Rear wheel, disc, caliber, chain adjuster
Yamaha Zeal caliber support
Suzuki GSX-R750 Rear caliber master cylinder
SRX400 1JL Swing arm (Same as SRV but the axle is 17mm so you need to use the R1-Z chain adjusters which are the same15mm as the wheel.)
He doesn't remember if he used the SRV250 or the SRX400 pivot shaft, though they are the same size.  The width of the front of the swing arm is different so he's got 3 washers on each side of it. The end plates are listed as for the SRX400.
SRV250 Axle shaft (The R1-Z axle shaft is too short.)
Use 2 washers (spacers) on either side to make up for the difference in width.
SRV250 rear brake switch (With some modifications)

SRX250 Rear Step
Apparently the pitch didn't match up so he modified it. (See pictures) This mod moves the step back about 2cm.

The swing arm is longer so you'll need to change your chain.  520-120 link should do it.  Since the mount points of the rear suspension have moved forward, you need to make some adjustments against interference with the rear step. (Again, without actually doing the mod, I'm not quite sure what he's talking about.)

Hi All,

I have just purchased a 1994 Yamaha SRV in Sydney and looking forward into giving it a little TLC. Currently the fuel tank is off and being restored, giving me time to give it a deep clean, adjust the carby, reset valve clearances etc.
Seems this forum might be a little quiet at the moment but it would be great if it were to pick up again!

Cheers,
Cam

Okay, this wasn't on my SRV, but I still wanted to post a ride report showing my favorite two hours of twisties.

Last day of my vacation and I finally managed to force some time for myself to join in the Japanese tradition of "The First add anything here of the year."  I got my first run in and it has been a couple of months. (My bike let me know by the battery just being strong enough to turn it over.)


The weather was cloudy and cold (about 10C) but the roads were dry as it was sunny yesterday.  Here's a link to my favorite stress release:  Nagasaki Twisties

This route will take you up behind the town of Omura in Nagasaki for anywhere from an hour and 30 minutes to 2 hours of riding.  It goes by 3 different dams and stays in the mountains for almost the entire time.  There are only a few places where the roads are narrow enough to be considered one-lane (by Japanese standards.)

I had a great ride and definitely didn't feel any cobwebs.  Concentrated on good lines through the corners and felt I was able to up my average cornering speed.

When I got back I topped off my tank with Hi-octane and then washed and waxed the bike.  The weather is gonna start getting cold now, so I probably won't be riding for a while.

Now if I can just motivate myself to get my SRV back up and running!!!!

Hey Guys,

I am in the middle of rebuild and I have all the parts except for 4DN-25104-00 Front Spoke set. The available part for the same is 4DN-25104-20 which is not a replacement and I am not sure if it is. So guys if you know any links or leads please let me know. Many thanks.

Recently I cleaned out my bike shack and went through my parts box.  There were a number of parts I probably won't be using and I thought I'd post them here to see if anybody could use them.  If you are interested in anything shown here, post a comment and I'll post more information and/or pictures.

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Here's a nice looking Green SRV250 from Australia which I pulled from the Facebook group.  Would be nice to see some more pics of this lovely looking bike.

   

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I've upgraded the forums to HTTPS for a more secure experience.  You shouldn't notice anything different, but if you do please let me know here or in the Technical Problems thread.

This should also give us a better ranking on Google searches in the future.  I'm tired of being outranked by sites that haven't been updated for the last 5 years.

Hey guys and gals,

Thought we should have a place to introduce ourselves and show off our rides.
Say as much as you want and post a pictures if you'd like.



As for me, I'm an American living in Japan.  I've been here for a long time and made it my home.  Got my bike license here and bought my first ride through Yahoo Auctions - a shiny red SRV250.

Great first bike and I fell in love right away.  I've since added a 250 Ninja to the shed and am in the very long process of bobbing out my SRV.  It's a learn-as-I-go project and has taken twice as long as I expected, more than likely with months to go.

Anyway, I hope this forum can help some folks out and allow us all to enjoy these fantastic V-twins even more.

Can't find a pic on this computer right now, but I'm pretty sure I already uploaded one in the general discussions forums.