@@lulupokes that's awesome man, congrats on getting it fired up and have fun riding it once you get it back on the road!

Unfortunately it's been eventful, yep. None of my race footage pre-crash into 10B is even worth looking at and thinking about because it's all crap. I was running it completely wrong. I didn't *see* in the flesh how the fast people do it. I've seen video of it though. It's a far more conventional and tighter line than I was running. I'm just getting straight up killed on exits though when I try to do it. I need to be comfortable getting on the gas quicker. I'm at a HP disadvantage, but the time I'm losing is way more than just a HP issue. It's a rider issue. We'll see if ASRA makes it back out to Gingerman again. I'd like to do a full reset and approach it differently. Maybe you're wrong. Maybe you're right. You literally couldn't be more wrong than I was though, hah.

Good luck on the bike search man. Looking forward to seeing you out there!

17:42 . After you've driven the fork seal, installed the circlip over the fork seal, installed the dust seal, and put the bolt through the bottom of the fork to hold the damper rod. With the spring out and the stanchion collapsed completely in the fork lower, you'll add fluid until it reaches a specific level.

Hah. Bill Burr is from the east coast, a super successful comedian, and knows how to fly a helicopter. I'm from the midwest and still learning how to ride a motorcycle. I'm definitely not Bill Burr.

@@stevebulwicki thanks Steve! I'm hoping some of these vids help make racing more approachable to people on the fence. It also helps me to unpack everything to try to boil what I learned in a weekend down to 20 minutes.

That’s exactly what you do, drop the ego and get real about what it takes to get out there and do it!

@@stevebulwicki Oh trust me, I've got an ego. It's why I take a week to put it back in check first, haha.

You'll be fine. Just take your time and take lots of "before" pictures. More than you think you need.

Google translate: "I have a sv 650 and it starts with difficulty and when it starts accelerating slightly it draws a lot of candle through the exhaust" The SV650 choke plungers are known to get scored and stop functioning correctly. My initial thought was that you've got a vacuum leak somewhere but "candle through the exhaust" suggest unburnt fuel. If you've already cleaned the carburetor, I would bet on choke plungers being the problem.

@@mmotorcycles9497 hah, I was hoping someone might appreciate it. I rewatched Jackass 4 recently so it was in my head. I expected to hate the track after the first half day of the practice track day. I actually started to enjoy it despite the fact I clearly had no idea how to ride it at all. It seems super basic but it's got quite a bit of character. It's also got some bumps in strategic locations to make sure you never get too complacent. I think it'll be a while until I can join you in the Gingerman winners circle though, hah.

I do not believe you have a PAIR system on the MK1 bandit 600 unless your bike is a California E33 model. Looking at the parts fiches on Partzilla, the 2002 (MK2) bandit has it under the category "Second Air" www.partzilla.com/catalog/suzuki/motorcycle/2002/bandit-gsf600s/second-air The 1996 only has E33 "Second Air" in addition to an evap canister. I'm pretty certain there's no PAIR system on your bike. If you're wondering about whether it's a petcock issue, you could remove the fuel tank and try running off an auxiliary tank. If the problems disappear on starting--you may have found your culprit.

@@matttriestodothings thanks I've cleaned carbs, tank and new vacuum petcock and have spark so a bit baffled, won't even burp with starting fluid so thinking its electrical

Hell yea man, sounds like you found a good one! And sounds like you're well-prepared to be able to fix any issues that pop up. Old coolant always smells pretty gross after a decade or more. Just a heads up, those valve clearances tend to tighten with time as opposed to loosen. At least it's more consistent tightening with shim under bucket style. I've seen all kinds of odd instances on locknut rocker style valves though. If you set them within tolerance though, you're good to go and rip.

@@parkertibbs4928 thanks Parker. I'll be there as well, see you there! Hopefully it's a good weekend with a good turnout.

@@rmnanney thanks man. Yea I walked away pretty much untouched which was both lucky and awesome. And I didn't collect anyone which is the best part. "Geometry tear" was a new term for me this weekend, hah. Hopefully I'll see you out at one of the upcoming Blackhawk weekends.

I'm trying. That approach has been working everywhere else so far.

Hah, I'm long-winded so comment whenever you want. It was a rough weekend but one that I'll probably look at in the future as a positive stepping stone. I'll have to try bump starting the bike sometime just to remember the mechanics of how to do it. I was a deer in headlights at that moment. Hopefully things are going well for you and your SV!

@@matttriestodothings I'm sure it will be. That's how I'm looking at my solo crash weekend already, hopefully you get that same feeling and mentality going on. I've been running around the go kart/sumo type track near me and getting much much better there. I'm hoping it translates to the big track next weekend for round 3.

@@g3yost oh hell yea, good luck dude! Hopefully you get some nicer weather for this one. I feel like you deserve it after the last one. Kart track sounds like a great way to get comfortable, experiment, and spin a bunch of laps.

@@user-tt7yj4gy9w thanks man. I know it's an absolute pain and damn near impossible to show in a video. I'd probably done it ten times by the time I shot this one and I still struggle bad.

Thank you. Electrical is a weak point of mine. I did swap the r/r and it appears to have resolved this issue. Now I just need to get to the remaining ones!

On a fuel injected bike, that may be true. A basic TPS on a carbureted bike like the Bandit or SV650 doesn't have any way to change fuel metering depending on ambient conditions or altitude.

Hah, this one is too sentimental to me. You can find better versions of stock restorations than this one.

@@matttriestodothings I'm actively looking. I had a new 84' VF700F when I was in high school. Just listening to it warm up when the choke is on is intoxicating.

@@MotorcycleMayhem595 That's awesome. I'm currently (very slowly...) working on a VFR700 1986 project. Non-running and really beat up when I bought it. I've got it running, but aesthetically it's a disaster. It's probably going to take me a while before it's roadworthy. But damn it sounds nice.

Glad to hear it man. Hope you and your Bandit have a good season of riding!

I'm pretty certain this motor was the one that came originally with the bike. The cam chain tensioners were the original design--I replaced them with some gen2 tensioners I bought on eBay.

Don't let it stop you from making a better one man. Niche motorcycle videos and old school forums are some of the last good remaining parts of the internet! I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one that hit these stumbling blocks. What I thought was going to be a straightforward simple 2 hour thing obviously turned into several days. Cheers man.

Trust me, I was right there with you for quite a while. None of it made any sense to me.

Valve float was the thing I was most worried about, so I was trying to short shift as much as possible just to stay away from that redline. I'm not an engine expert, so I really don't want to have to be rebuilding it if I don't have to.

I actually raced at Blackhawk this weekend on my SV650 with ASRA (CCS). Turn 6 really isn't bad. I think they repaved in like 2004 or 2005. The biggest bump to deal with is the bump that's formed across the track in turn 5 after apex. It's not big if you're right on the curbing, but it gets worse the further out on the track you are. It's my best passing spot though so I hit that bump pretty hard if I'm trying to get around someone. The stock shock on these things is so bad, lol. I can only imagine how that felt trying to go around at speed.

@@matttriestodothings I have a f2 shock modified by Daugherty Motorsports with custom clevis to work on the VF500F, not sure if he's still in business. he traded me that plus a set of Gold Valves for the F2 forks I used for a dead vf1000r that I had gotten broadsided on but still had a motor that wasn't destroyed. never got to run that setup - just the gold valves. kid was born in 2001 hung up the leathers.

@@matttriestodothings sv650 was just starting to dominate when I stopped racing. interesting they are still competitive 23 years later.

@@cptomes They're competitive to an extent. Just as the SV bumped a lot of the bikes out around 2000, the SV is getting bumped out now. There are tons of them at the track still because they're (relatively) cheap and plentiful, and you can always find help with them. I think they're the best gateway into racing. But in the past few years they've all but become extinct in the Twins class in MotoA due to the R7 and RS660. On the club level, you can run a superbike build and be pretty damn competitive. You're at a fairly significant disadvantage in SuperSport though. For the classes I'm legal in--so is the Kramer 690 single, and that thing is just hilariously fast. Additionally, the Aprilia RS660s come out of the box with 20 more horsepower than my bike makes, so in SuperStock you're at a pretty significant disadvantage. But Club racing where the limiting factor is the rider (me) and not the bike? The SV is an awesome way to get out there and mix it up. I'll consider moving to a new platform in a few years when I start to taper off and get held back by the bike. I see my personal ceiling for laptimes on my Gen 1 SV650 as possibly 1:17's. I'm in the 1:19's now. It'll probably take me another year or two to figure out how to get 2 more seconds. If I can get to 17's but I'm still getting my doors blown off in straightaways by newer machines, I'll consider moving platforms. This shit is so expensive already though. Or maybe I'll just drop the SuperSport classes and move to a SuperBike build on my existing platform.

@@cptomes I did reach out to jamie Daugherty attempting to get one of the modified F2 shocks, but he no longer offers that service for the VF500F. He is still in business as "DMr Performance Suspension". "Kid Born, Hung Up Leathers" is a pretty common phrase I've been hearing. I get it. Not only the expenses but there is a lot of danger involved. You can minimize it as much as possible with safety gear and airbags, etc., but you can't eliminate it. Hell, a deer jumped out in front of a rider this past Sunday in the race immediately before mine. He split the deer in half coming into T2, and that little bastard sent him on a helicopter ride with a broken femur. So I don't knock or question anyone when they hang it up once starting a family.

Oh that's awesome man. Sounds like you had the setup that would address a bunch of the the ergonomics/setup issues I experienced. That's a ton of work that you put into that bad boy! I truly love these bikes. I think I'll do another track day this year on it and consider an AHRMA run next year as a field filler. Modern rubber on 17s would be pretty key to actually wanting to fast as well as something to address the low rearsets. Also would have to fashion up a belly pan of some sort. Could even go the turkey pan route.

@@matttriestodothings I stopped racing it the year before belly pan requirements. I made a form to build my own fiberglass belly pan, used it to make a pan and graft it onto the vfr750 race prepped I bought from Seth Rugo - he might still be riding that at bhf every now and then. he used 88? cb600f front wheel - those drop right into the front axle/forks/brakes, same dimensions. but stock forks which suck. you want a cb1000f triples and f2 forks with gold valves and custom cut down f2 springs to match your weight for proper sag and rate. then drop the triples down the forks to decrease trail, limit is when under braking and bump the front tire hits the front head cam cover. get clipons. then figure out steering lock limiters to prevent the clipons from bashing the tank in a crash. that was my last addition that I never did.

You were the one on the Aprilia, right? You taught me a big lesson about how how much more speed I need to carry into that kink prior to 7. You flew passed me so fast it was like I was sitting still. I made a cognizant effort to try to keep on throttle much deeper in the later laps of this race after having my doors blown off on lap 1 by you in that turn. Pleasure racing with you man. You and the other SV had a hell of a fight going on for pretty much that whole race. I was trying to keep within eye sight which was the carrot to chase. I know that battle was for the class win so I'm looking forward to seeing that fight from your point of view!

​@@matttriestodothings yeah that was me on the Aprilia. I'm glad you got to unlock some more speed through the kink and consistently dropped into the 19's, that's fkng rad. I've known the guy on the SV (the other Matt :D) for 20+ years and this was our second race ever (my first race day). So there was extra incentive to race each other as hard as we could :D I'll drop ya a link here once my footage is up on YT. Cheers homie! 🏍😃😎

@@rmnanney I didn't realize it was your first race weekend--that's fantastic man. Congratulations. I see you took home a win in Thunderbike as well. What a hell of a first weekend for you.

Hah, I had to do some reverse engineering on how you got the GSXR fairing stay to work on the SV! Still using all your same brackets. I actually ordered two of the fairing stays and cut em up a bit in case the current one gets wrecked. I've got another ready to go. I'm super glad you did the heavy lifting on that so I didn't have to do all the measuring and guessing. I've sorta been beating the shit out of your fairings. They may have cracked in three pieces at Pitt last month. I glued them back together tho 😅

I figured I had done enough videos with me talking in them recently, so maybe just upload an unedited version with a few text boxes. Or maybe someone will see something blatantly incorrect and tell me how to fix it. It wouldn't be the first time. I'll take all the advice I can get, hah. I've got a new-to-me track a few weeks away. I should probably print out a track map and start memorizing it... I've been quietly following along with your Skoal Bandit build. That might be the coolest one you've done yet. Oh, and I didn't chime in on the VFRWorld thread, but... I vote keep the green breather hose from the tank.

@@matttriestodothings Don't count on me to give you track advice, i only yell at the TV when my favorite MotoGP riders make mistakes LOL. Re the Skoal GSXR, thanks, yea I'm super pleased with it. My best resto so far, she was pretty far gone when i got it. BTW I do like the voice over commentary you normally do, I did miss that. Likely because I benefit from learning a bit more as you point things out. Im thinking im gonna have to take this RC8 to the track when its done, there will be no "balls out" riding, as that thing is way beyond my skill level, but just to say I rode it on track. A CBR125R is more like what i should be learning to track ride on, but im trying to sell my little Repsol CBR.

@@true-moto-resto Well if your favorite MotoGP rider happens to be Jack Miller, I bet you've been doing a lot of yelling at the TV so far this year (unfortunately). I'll see about doing a voiceover. There was quite a bit going on this weekend, but I usually at least try to do it if something interesting happened or something new to me. Welllllll I suppose the 30 minute monsoon race on Saturday was interesting for scary reasons. I know I'll have something interesting to talk about after Gingerman later this month just because the whole thing will be new to me. The good thing about a Novice track day is that there is absolutely no reason or need to feel like you have to go "balls out". At least with the organizations here in the Midwest US. Find out which organizations run at tracks near you. Then try to find someone that has run with multiple of them. Figure out which has the best, most structured, safest novice track day. That's the one I'm certain you want to run with. There will likely be no need to break 80mph on a straightaway if you don't want to (you will though). Or whatever 80mph converts to in maple units. I really do think you'll enjoy it. You'll enjoy it more if you can find someone to either take along with you or someone you can park next to that has some experience. It'll take a lot of the stress of logistics out of it and allow you to enjoy the day more. If I didn't have to deal with crossing a borderline I'd think about figuring out a track near the midway point and meeting you out there.

@@matttriestodothings Nice of you to say that, my closest track is 4-5 hrs drive, i think the smart thing for me would be to go and do a level 1 racing school where they teach the basics of cornering on a lower CC bike. then decide from there if and when i take the KTM to a track. re the MotoGP, I haven't picked a favorite rider since Rossi retired, I do like Bezz and a few others, but truth be told I'm happy as long as MM93 isnt winning (but thats gonna be changing real soon)

@@true-moto-resto That's not a bad idea. I don't know what's all available out there, but a lower CC bike is pretty much always going to be a better idea for the first time. It's just less risk, and it allows you to focus more on the actual track and the whole experience. Marquez is sure making things interesting this year. I'm a newer MotoGP fan, so I don't have deep running allegiance to anyone. I just think Miller is a riot. I'm a fan of both Miller and Binder and like seeing them do well. Don't really care about KTM bikes too much though. I'd rather see Japan stop being terrible.

Thanks man. A friend recommended this little wrist stabilizer thing that fit under my glove and restricted its movement. It worked really, really well. I thought it would be some snake oil waste of money, but it turned out to be a great choice. I honestly didn't even feel any issues running the bike. It's sore afterwards, but it didn't affect my riding at all like I expected it to.

@@matttriestodothings It's funny how we guard injury without support and how it affects concentration and pain, when the simplest bit of stabilization frees your brain up to focus on other things. Good deal.

I did. That was a scary ass race. I started pole for that one, lol. I've never ridden Blackhawk on wets before. I think about 3 bikes got passed me on the first lap, and then another 2 or 3 over the course of the race. I was running around 1:45 for the first half then brought it down to about 1:40s and decided that was as fast as I wanted to go. What's crazy about that race is that I was getting comfortable trying to hit the inside of the corners where there's 12-18" that have none of that asphalt sealer that turns to ice in the wet. And those 12-18" sections kept getting smaller and smaller as they filled up with standing puddles, so you were forced to run over the sealer. I've never had my rear end all over the place quite like that. My front actually stuck incredibly well (granted, slow pace), but the rear was going all over the place any time I added throttle. I'm sure all of you were dealing with the same things. I thought I was excruciatingly slow, but if I could make 1:40 my floor and build off of that, I would be comfortable with it. Nobody was touching Brad in that race though. In fact, if it went one more lap, he would have lapped me. He was 4 seconds behind me and running 5 seconds a lap faster. I was the last one on the lead lap of that race.

Oh, by the way, how did the weekend go for you?! I was watching your name on the scoring charts. I know that you've been working like crazy to get that bike ready to go for this weekend.

@matttriestodothings definitely was scary lol. First race and its freaking raining, never ride on the sv in rain. I think we had 3 bikes on the grid, finishing 1st. And Sunday the bike started hiccup. Nothing above 8k rpm, and nothing above 5th gear. So was just enjoying the ride lol. Did good on evry launch, but that's about it. Getting the bike fixed for July.

@@Maximumtrack Oh damn, you got a win on your first race!? I'm just checking the results now. That's freakin' awesome! Congratulations man. I never pulled off a win in Amateur. Sorry to hear about the bike troubles. That's an odd one for sure--I'm wondering if it has anything to do with a clogged fuel pump unable to deliver enough fuel. I don't own one of the fuel injected SV's though, so I can only speculate. I hope you're able to get a quick and easy resolution and everything's ready to roll by the July round.

Thanks man. I was pumped once I saw it on the AIM, smiled in my helmet for a bit, and then pushed on to keep trying to hit them. There are a few sections of the track I think I can change approach to carry more speed. A later turn in on T2 to send me a bit further left on exit and more drive on T6 gate. I'm shaving off too much in those spots. And I've certainly got to stop missing T1 apex. But we've got two more rounds at Blackhawk to work on that. Great seeing you this weekend.

Thanks man. I'll put some pics up on my SVRider race thread of the repairs, but you've definitely still got me beat for "the most SV, SV". The chart is from Speedhive for the MyLaps transponders. I snagged it from their website. My on-board laptimer is an AIM Solo 2 (without the data connection because carburetors). That start wasn't indicative of my normal ones. I'd say I was at least 1000rpm higher than normal. I'd been struggling to get into second gear on starts since I was wheelie-ing and trying to clutchless upshift and it hadn't been working. Made an effort to focus on clutch shifting for second gear and just let the RPMs get too high as I was focusing on too many things. But yea, it's pretty clear I'm the weakest starter on that grid. I guess it means I have more room for progress? hah. You're no chump dude. And you're miles ahead of where most people are at this point on being able to fix and setup a bike--especially under stress. I'm looking forward to catching more of your updates this year. This stuff isn't easy. Some of these guys and gals are just so good they make it look that way.

I blew the corner a bit wide which made it possible. The missed shift didn't help but I still think he gets me. Should have reached over and pulled him back a bit, lol.

@@matttriestodothings you did such a good job trying to get away I had no idea he was right there. But yes LOL next time just tell him to wait up

@@DylonND Oh I was 99.9% certain he was there. Normally, I can hear if a bike is right behind me, but I wasn't hearing anything. But that 518 and I are on pretty evenly matched machines, and it's hard for either of us to drive away from the other in the dry. He crushes everyone in the rain. It's not even close. In the three dry races on Sunday, the furthest either of us finished ahead of the other was 0.236 seconds. ULSB: 0.051 seconds, advantage #109 LWSB: 0.236 seconds, advantage #518 LWSS: 0.070 seconds, advantage #518

@@matttriestodothings Jeezzz! Dude thats super close. I haven't had that happen yet, but I'm sure I'll find my lap buddy :D

@@DylonND It's better to find a lap buddy that's like 1 second faster than you. Then you just steal their time and now you're 1 second faster!

Thanks man. Make sure you get yourself a factory service manual because (and it should be obvious) I'm definitely not an expert mechanic. Just a lot of trial and error and some of the stuff I tried worked. Cheers.

@@matttriestodothings After seeing how many stupid, insane mistakes the previous owner accomplished, I did indeed buy a FSM. It's been a life saver. Thanks man.

They all do. I just rebuilt this one last month again after noticing the fuel smell at a track day at Barber.

It could be the coils as they heat up, but I would suspect your pulling dirt into the carburetors--especially if you tried swapping them and the issue persists. If you have an inline fuel filter, I would check and/or replace it. If you have rust in your fuel tank, you're fighting an uphill battle until that's resolved.

@@matttriestodothings thank you I will try that

This one is a 2001 I believe. I think yours would be considered an "MK1" whereas this is an "MK2" if I'm remembering correctly.

@@matttriestodothings ah ok yea I was noticing some differences. Thanks for the reply

Thanks man, I appreciate it.

3 was too rich and sluggish for me. I couldn't get it to run correctly there. I think I ended up settling at 2 turns on the A/F mix screws and 2 shims on the needles.

Googling images now, and I can absolutely see it. It seems like both our minds went towards some form of alien life on the look of them.

Thanks man. I'm trying! I put new clutch plates in it this winter and I'm taking it to MotoAmerica to spectate with it tomorrow!

I am pretty certain all the MK2 forks are the same. I'm not a Bandit expert nor do I own one anymore though, so you may want to check with a Bandit-specific forum or cross reference parts fiches.

No problem man. Glad it was useful.

Hah, the people that know me in real life might tell you you're lucky you don't! Thanks man, well wishes to you too.