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Please be sensible. As I was putting this page together, I got this email from the server owner. John, As Steve says. Please be sensible. Maybe this guy thinks were running on a Cray XMP, with Megs of bandwidth. If you want something large like the manuals, ask. I can find other ways of getting the data to ya. |
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Cover Photo. I'm writing you a dear John... Just had a thought, I've never sent you any photo's of my trusty steed for your Image database on the site. So to fix it I've sent these, please notice the colour is Sonic Silver, NOT primer... Please can you put my photo in your exclusive Mag or forum this month... "May be on the title page..." the view is over A486 towards Bolton Castle, near Haws... one of the BEST biking Roads in the World.... apart from Hardknot pass and Rinos pass in the Lakes.... ( to be the Northern best Meeting place apart from Devils.....) The last photo was taken at Robin Hood Bay, it's there monument at the top of the hill. ;-) wishing you all the best salt and pepper... Richie Why is there a big potato on the tank?
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You're never to old to crash Greetings, I suppose it had to happen. After riding motorcycles for 35 odd years I have finally had an accident ! I was struck by a motorist who did not stop at a Stop sign. How he did not see a bright yellow bike, with a rider wearing a bright yellow helmet in broad day light I do not know...... I managed to swerve away ensuring that I did not make direct side on contact with the car, but struck the car with the left side of the bike around the foot peg area. The bike then flopped onto it's right side and skidded across the intersection and came to rest on a traffic island along with me. My injuries are minor, just some bruising and soreness, no broken bones or "roasties". The bike will be out of action for a while unfortunately, just when I was enjoying our summer riding season. Looking back I got away relatively easy, it could have been much worse, especially if I had hit the car straight on. Look after yourselves, it's dangerous out there, Regards, Dave Loubser Couldn't agree more. Never get complacent. If it can happen to an experienced rider, it can happen to anyone. Glad you're okay and hope you sort the bike out soon.
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Wiring Diag in Tecnicolor Had a bored 5 mins so I coloured in a SVs wiring diagram for ease of wiring finding Ash and Ryn Many thanks . Now in the manuals section 1999-2002 |
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Broken Gear lever John, I had a small accident on my SV that broke my shifter and I fixed it instead of replacing it. I used a simple drill and common parts from a local hardware store. I documented my repair with photographs to share with others. The Word file is about 7.5mb. I noticed on the website (SV650.org) that you were concerned about picture files being too big. Is this article of interest and is 7.5 mb too large for you to handle? Fellow SV'er, -Leslie You can pick up Leslies doc here It's in PDF format, so you'll need Adobe Acrobat |
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Ride review
Hi John, Kind regards, Mats, thanks for sending this, I missed it. Now available in the reviews section or click here |
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Mats again John, Could you please post 2 pics of my Bike 2002 SV650s They are not up to date with the Öhlins but anyhow. The hugger have I made my self in fibreglass and a lot of work, as you may notice I have also had some of the smaller black plastic parts painted in the original blue colour. Also the indicators have been moved and of course the obvious Akrapovic full system, BMC and Factory. Here are also a Dyno test of the bike when the engine parts where put on. www.viaber.com mostly info in Finnish Kind regards, Mats Nice looking machine. Are they indicators in the wing mirrors?
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April Ramblings Spring seems to have finally arrived here in Shropshire. Despite finishing the re-build at the end of Feb, the bike didn't get a lot of use due to extreme cold and wet, which of course meant plenty of black ice. Very frustrating. The last instalment of the rebuild is here. My attention has now turned to my old SV. It's still here and looking for a new owner. I delayed placing an ad over winter, seemed a waste of good money. Interest would pick up again when the good weather returned. It was is fine order, just needed a quick clean. Apart from that it started first time and I took her out for a quick spin to confirm all was well. I've noticed in the forum recently a number of stories related to the mk2 engine failures. The original SV engine was fairly robust from the start. There was the odd cam chain tensioner problem, but apart from that no major horror stories. Two such stories were down to gearbox failures, one resulting in a complete engine failure and the other a expensive re-build. One story had a photo of a gearbox cog with it's dogs torn off. A quality control problem? Jumping from my old SV onto the new one always brings home the differences in the transmission. The clutch is much lighter on the new model and 1st gear always engages with a nice click. Whereas the old machine has a much heavier clutch and a massive clonk in engaging first (when cold). It seems that Suzuki has done a lot of work on the gearbox and clutch over the years (notice that the oil filler cap has moved for instance, why did they bother, unless the internals required it). One thing I had noticed on my new SV is that I get more missed and disengaging gears when riding, than the old model. Didn't think about this too much until I read these stories. One of the possible causes of poor gear changes is a slack chain, but mine is fine. The other is too much play in the clutch. Mine had loads. I had to take what seemed like 5mm of slack out of the cable. Has it made a difference? Well I only did it today and I had to get used to a new clutch bite point, which through me a bit. I'll keep you posted. Not much news on the Annual Ride out '06. Now that the weather is improving, I plan to rec'y the route and start placing more details, maps and photos on the main site. I'll let you know when they appear. John |
