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Jersey Hi John, A few pics of my svs 650 with a few changes , the most obvious being the highlevel Devil system. I posted last in 2004 with the LSL handlebar kit the best thing I`ve done , since it went on your site I`ve had loads of enquiries from all over the world, which goes to show how popular sv650.org is, thanks for now ,please keep up the great work . all the best , Phil ,Jersey I think Phil's bike appears more than any other on this site. Interesting about the number of enquiries and worrying when you consider the site is held together with brown paper, vinegar and string.
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Biodome hi there john. i thought i would sent you a couple pictures of my bike at my place of work(the eden project). i hope you and everyone on the site enjoy them. you dont see as many of the darker yellow svs on the site. many thanks, jamie (jamieclayton9) I was down at the Eden project last year. Very enjoyable.
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Road Watch John I'm new to SV650.org, being new to an SV650 (first suzuki in 27 years of biking) and i love this community I've been thinking for a while about setting up a network for communicating notice of road faults and co-ordinating complaints to the relevant local authorities - if lots of group members complained about the same fault instead of just me we might see some improvement is there any possibility of adding a section for this to the forum? thanks for your work on this site ni (pictonabike) Coming soon to the forum. Ni will moderate and we'll assume how it's running after a month or so. |
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Road to Morocco John, Thought I would send in a pic of my SV on holiday, on the road between Chefchaouen and Oued Laou in the North of Morocco. 3000km in Morocco just added to the SV's list of qualities: you can go a very long way on it despite the seat (add 4000km across France and Spain to the 3000 in Morocco), it can survive horrible road surfaces, dust, heat (more than 40 deg c), and disastrous "petrol" (though it did sound very rough when I got home), and it will even have a go at being a trail bike- I probably did a dozen km of gravel on it. Even in the evenings, after lots of hot and tiring miles avoiding Moroccan drivers, its puppy-like enthusiasm still made me smile at the end of the trip. Only two mods to the bike- a road legal Leo Vince exhaust, which sounds great but gets louder as it ages, and a cut down rear undertray. Finally- and I hope you hear it often- thanks for producing this great site. Greg I wrote back to Greg to ask after the health of his SV No, it's recovered- luckily I had the major 24000km service coming when I got back, so the dealer could take a good look. Conclusion: needed an oil change big time, usual consumables, throttle butterflies way out of sync, a dirty injector and an air filter so plastered with dust he was surprised the bike ran. Plus a wrecked chain and worn front wheel bearing (both due to sand and dust). Definitely think about doing longer trips- I couldn't believe how easy Morocco was aside from indescribably bad driving of Moroccans. All it takes is a train to take the bike across France, one and a half days to cross Spain, and then Morocco is only an hour's ferry ride away. Even if you don't go down to the Atlas mountains, the Rif mountains in the North are fantastic, both for riding and for beauty. Greg
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Comp Corner Hi John, Not sure whether this is the sort of thing that might be suitable for the main sv650.org forum but would appreciate you consideration as to whether you could add the following press release to the site (see below). Also enclosed a couple of pictures. The first shows Mike 'Spike' Edwards (no. 8) with Matt Bond (no. 63) and Bob Collins (no. 99). I'm giving away bike no. 8 as part of a competition, selling bike no. 63 and spending the money on sending Matt Bond to race in Europe next year. Thanks, Mike I'm not entirely sure if it's suitable either. This is a commercial posting, but on the other hand it may benefit Matt Bond and one of our readers. Just as long as readers realise that SV650.org is not involved in this promotion ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Competition Entry www.givemethekeys.com sponsored the T.W.O. magazine MiniTwins team in 2004 and opted to help Matt Bond, a promising 18 year old, in the MRO MiniTwins series for 2005. givemethekeys.com supplied two race prepared SV650 machines for Matt to use and also decided to promote their involvement in the series by lending a MiniTwins spec. Cagiva Raptor 650 to Mike 'Spike' Edwards (ex-British 600 Champion) for a one off ride at the Silverstone MRO round in May 2005. Mike convincingly won two races and was beaten by just 0.006 seconds in the third. Mike and the team weren't too disheartened as it was team mate Matt Bond who beat him on the way to taking the lap record. Matt went on to win the next nine MRO races and has also taken the lap record at each of the four circuits he has subsequently visited. To celebrate givemethekeys.com has come up with a plan to give away the Cagiva Raptor 650 that Mike rode at Silverstone. Matt also had a one off ride on it at the last Bemsee round at Brands and finished second in the only race he entered with no time to practice or adjust the bike to his liking. As well as the bike givemethekeys.com will also be giving away spare wheels and discs, race entries for one of the MiniTwins series in 2006 and enough tyres for the season, well, 5 fronts and 10 rears plus a pair of wets which should be enough for most riders. In addition givemethekeys.com will be supporting www.adopt-a-racer.org.uk with a donation of three thousand pounds to put towards their 2006 race fund which was set up to support other struggling racers take part in the sport. You can enter the competition as many times as you want although there will be just a 1000 tickets available priced at £20 each. See www.givemethekeys.com/minitwins to find out further information or to enter the competition. Any profits from the competition will be put towards sending Matt Bond to race in the European SuperStock 600 series in 2006. The class is run at all the European rounds of the World SuperBike series and should provide a fitting environment for the talented youngster. MiniTwins Race Bikes For
Sale * ABE Fully Floating Wavy
Disks Dry Bike: Kawasaki ZX6R
Fariing & Extended Rear Shock Body. £4979 + vat (£5850) Buy Both For £9362 + vat (£11000) With Spares Package Including: CDI, Clutch Basket & Plates, Generator Cover, Oil Cooler, Petrol Tank & Rear Subframe. Photos of the bike can be found on Matt's web site at www.bondracing.co.uk Available For Collection At Brands Hatch MRO Round. |
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Old Git Hello John As an old git (51) and engineer, I'm having lots of fun with a naked SV650; only trouble is the bars are too raked back so that the weight is always on the outer heels of your palms, and slightly too narrow. In the first week I managed to unscrew the right hand bar weight by grabbing it with the throttle; after two attempts and a set of wasted motocross bars I've found the exact Renthal bar that does a perfect job to cure this. Code is 'Generic Ultra Low' code 758-01 on Renthal's website, they aren't fitted with the cross-brace as shown in the picture. Best source was B&C Express at Lincoln, superb service , arrived next day. Only glitch is you have to drill a 5.5mm hole for the throttle twistgrip location peg, in the top of the bars. Wonder if you could put this on your site to assist others? I don't know how to register Cheers Kevin Armstrong North Newbald Less of the old git, I'm only a couple of years behind you. My Sunrisers made the world of difference to my SV. I saw an 1982 Laverda Jota the other day, complete with adjustable Ace bars, such a great idea and so simple. All bikes should have adjustable bars. |
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Greetings from Canada!
I thought I would share some images of my 2004 SV650-R Café Racer. I built this brute after my (stock) 2004 SV650 was written off in a front end collision (the result of lending it to a friend who should never touch a bike again...). It features the following tasty bits. GSXR 750 inverted 43mm forks GSXR 750 six piston brake calipers GSXR 750 triples GSXR 750 rear shock GSXR 750 front fender GSXR clip ons GSXR 1100 front rim GSXR 1100 320mm slotted brake rotors Powder coated rims Goodridge stainless brake lines LP carbon fibre tank shield Suzuki tail cover Full Hindle Supersport high-exit race exhaust system Techlusion EFI controller Custom R logos / Dan Gurney GT stripe :) (and some further mods not shown in the pics) Custom fabricated stainless steel radiator shield Eliminated fender with LED turn signals She handles beautifully now, and sounds like and angry Ducati! Just shows that sometimes unfortunate events can become great opportunities. I recently had it dynoed on a Superflow unit, and I have attached a video of the run. The result was 65.4 HP with 39 Lb/ft, which is equivalent to 75hp and 47lb/ft on a Dynojet unit, so about 3-4 hp over stock. Cheers Jason Cormier Moncton, New Brunswick Canada PS Love the site, keep up the good work! Looks good
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Cover Hey John, Hope all is well on the other side of the pond. Just submitting some more pictures for up and coming month's covers. These are the newest of my pictures seen at this thread: http://forums.sv650.org/viewtopic.php?t=28395 If you want high resolution images without the signature on them let me know. I can email you a copy. Thanks, Mitch See this months cover shot. The red evening glow summed up Autumn for me. As for ponds, well it feels like one at the moment. Thanks John |
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Snaps John Here are a couple of images of my SV!! Hope they can be used in some way. I do plan on take more in the future and I will carry my camera with me on all rides out. Cheers Rob Tomkins I love both these shots, nicely composed and good use of light. A candidate for next months cover I think
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Smug Hi John What a great site, as a newbie I have already had loads of friendly help from the people within, magic. I have just got my new sv650, blue lower fairing and unfortunately lower seat ;~(. I have been asked in the forum to post a picture when I got it, so here we are at John O' Groats, feeling smug. TIA Ray "If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of regret" Ray sent this photo just after I posted Septembers page, so I've had it stashed for a month, sorry for the delay
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Broken hy, i am french people, and i have a very bad english... sorry i have find your home page, and i love that i have a sv650, and many photos are you interesting? i have buy my bike after an accident, and i restore his... she is finish now friday 3 or 4 photos... bye max Finished? Looks quite wacky like this, especially with only one mirror. Different though
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Foxed. Hi John, Thought I'd send you a few pictures from a recent Mallory Park trackday that I attended with Motorcycle Folly - more proof that you don't need an superbike to have a good trackday!! Cheers, Peter (Fox7) Photographer did a good job too. I agree with entirely
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Stunted Following on from Joes post last month, the one with the stunt riding video clip. Joe Nice riding, do you do this for a living? Anyhow you're just in time for the September edition, due on Sep 1st. John, Thanks. Well I have been paid to do stunts for various things over the years. For example, Road Rash 3 the video game, some commercials, But I wouldn't call it a living, i have a regular job also. I am also a instructor for a M/C race school (D.P. Safety School) here in California. When you said "just in time for the sep. edition. What do you mean ? Do you have a magazine also ? If so where in the states can I buy it ? Looking forward to seeing the video and pic on your site... Thanks again.... |
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Oct 1st Quite a lot in this months edition. Thanks to all those that wrote in. My SV is running fine at the moment. I'm listening to the engine quite a lot at the moment and everything seems noisy. I don't think it's any different to before, it's just me being paranoid. The bike runs fine and feels as strong as ever. I've been doing the odd maintenance job. I could hear cam chain rattle again on the front cylinder, so I removed the cap screw from the end of the tensioner and wound the plunger inwards by rotating the internal screw clockwise. This just checks that the spring loaded plunger is not jammed. DON'T turn the screw anti close, this will force the plunger out and put too much tension on the chain. I then turn the engine over by hand to let the chain sort itself out with the tensioner. I hit a snag at this point. I couldn't remove the inspection cap on the left hand side of the engine. The large hex (allen) key just chewed up the metal. I got around this by putting the bike in gear and turned over the engine using the rear wheel. I later managed to remove the inspection cap buy using a centre punch and knocking the cap in an anticlockwise direction. It ruined the cap, but I had a new replacement. I've touched up some missing paint on the engine, with PJ1 engine paint and that's been about that. I came quite close to buying a new Yamaha FZ6 a few weeks back. The looks of this bike do appeal to me and I called a shop in Telford that had an 04 example with only 1 mile on the clock and made arrangements to discuss a part exchange. Daryl B lent me the recent group test in Bike magazine and that soon put me off. The SV came top in that test and I have to admit that it's hard to find a bike that I'd enjoy more. So it's looking like my SV is going to be replaced with another SV. Enjoy what's left of the decent weather. John |
