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[xXBADGERXx]

Hi there folks , Passed my test yesterday and I am over the moon . Been riding since 1992 so it has been a long time coming . Finally went into Woods Motorcycles of Abergele today and dropped a nice big fat deposit on an SV650s`04 pointy in Blue and will be picking her up this Friday (well it`s traditional to pick females up on a Friday isn`t it ?) ....... joke by the way :D .

I can see me scouring these forums for all the Joys of SV ownership . Below is also a picture of myself actually sticking the Sold sign on my own bike :smt045
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v605/xXBADGERXx/Image001-1.jpg

[Alpinestarhero]

Welcome to the forums! We are genrally a freindly bunch, except around the hours of 2am and 3am, for some unexplained reason.

Have you been on CBT since 1992 then? Congratulations on the test pass, it is a very good feeling isnt it :D

Matt

[Richie]

Been riding since 1992 so it has been a long time coming . dropped a nice big fat deposit on an SV650s

(well it`s traditional to pick females up on a Friday isn`t it ?) ....... joke by the way :D .
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v605/xXBADGERXx/Image001-1.jpg

phnarr phnarr,
great news Badger, great choice of bike and welcome to the fold.

[kwak zzr]

nice bike badger! silver frame model aswell :) me likes the silver frame models :)

[xXBADGERXx]

Have you been on CBT since 1992 then?

I actually started out before CBT`s were even a twinkle in the eye of the Department Of Transport . You had 2 choices back in the day , do no training and Hoon about , or like myself , do a Star Rider Course wich was 9 Sundays of training with a nice big test on the final week . Prepared you for life on a bike far better than a CBT could in my humble opinion \\:D/

Thanks Kwak , I prefer the Black Framed ones myself but it`s my first big bike so I`m going to enjoy it all the same :¬)

[sv-robo]

Well done on the test mate:thumbsup:nice bike,best shape(although someone will probably be along soon to disagree on the shape thing):)

[Tim in Belgium]

Hello Badger, welcome from up north, bet you have a hard time sleeping Thursday night.

[markmoto]

welcome mate, the border patrol are up your way this weekend!!

[hovis]

oh dear, a blue pointy.........

you should have got a yellow curvy
ps, welcome to the madhouse
:kiss:

[Tiger 55]

Ahoy! :D

[ThEGr33k]

Welcome to the madhouse...

[Rhiwbina_Squirrel]

I'm suprised no one's said "Welcome to the madhouse" yet. So, welcome to the madhouse :)

I'm with Tim thinking that you won't sleep too much on Thursday. Don't forget to post some pics when you've got it!

[Rhiwbina_Squirrel]

Damn it!! That's how long it took me to type that post...

[xXBADGERXx]

welcome mate, the border patrol are up your way this weekend!!

Wassat then ?

[markmoto]

border patrol ride out a group of peeps from here are in north wales for the weekend. 30 or so of em.

[xXBADGERXx]

I'm with Tim thinking that you won't sleep too much on Thursday. Don't forget to post some pics when you've got it!

Never mind Thursday , there`s even more nights between now and then :smt101 . I spent Ten minutes as it is bouncing up and down on the bed today (like a Ten Year old) . Pics will most certainly follow once I`ve got her home and settled in , then the Kettle goes on , pics are taken and I can stand there with a brew in my hand and that contented and satisfied look a man gets when he admires a new piece of machinery knowing the neighbours are twitching the curtains :D

border patrol ride out a group of peeps from here are in north wales for the weekend. 30 or so of em.

Ooh a week too soon for me , never mind , next time eh ?

[Ed]

border patrol ride out a group of peeps from here are in north wales for the weekend. 30 or so of em.

I've posted some piccies on the Photos section.

Hello Badger!

[Gene genie]

evening badger, you a nocternal creature then or is it you just spend the night in the pub?
pointy blue nice shape but i would've gone for the copper coloured one myself.

[ArtyLady]

Hi and well done on the test! :D

[kitkat]

hiya welcome to the clan.

[slark01]

welcome :-)

[WestleyTDPR]

Soon the forces of curveyness will be insignificant.....mwahaha

[WestleyTDPR]

Oh yeah, and hello!

[blueto]

hi and welcome. Great choice of bike. Got it right with the colour and shape! All you need now is my sv jacket for sale to finish it of!

[xXBADGERXx]

evening badger, you a nocternal creature then or is it you just spend the night in the pub?
pointy blue nice shape but i would've gone for the copper coloured one myself.

It was a nickname given to me in school , I had long black hair with a strand of silver hair in it (natural of course) , we were watching a video of David Attenborough annoying some Badgers . He explained they were very nocturnal and didn`t suffer fools gladly . I looked up from what I was doing and half the class was looking at me . Apparently a school mate muttered something about it sounding just like me , so .......... long story short , that`s how I got the nickname :takeabow: .

Thanks for the warm welcome from all the others as well , greatly appreciated .

[olden mgroin]

Congrats on the test:smt038, Good choice of bike.

[Luckypants]

OOops How did I miss this and a local to! Said hi in BP section though. Enjoy picking up your bike tomorrow matey!

oh almost forgot

Croeso! :cool:

[Speedy Claire]

Think I also welcomed you in BP but hi again and good luck with the bike

[lily]

hello....have fun with your bike!!!! http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/7/7_14_4.gif (http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001_ZCYYYYYYMXGB)

[Lozzo]

Welcome aboard


You had 2 choices back in the day , do no training and Hoon about , or like myself , do a Star Rider Course wich was 9 Sundays of training



I took the former option, I have the scars and metalwork to prove it.

[xXBADGERXx]

Thanks for the welcomes all , Lozzo , despite doing the Star Rider training I still ended up with metalwork too LOL . 4 Screws and 3 wires in left ankle , broken Shoulder Blade , Collar Bone , Jaw and a fractured Vertebra , all in the same accident . Bikes eh! can`t live with them and can`t live without them .

[Tim in Belgium]

Have fun picking it up tomorrow, and take it steady through the winterey weekend ;)

[anna]

hello and welcome to you!!!

[xXBADGERXx]

Thanks guys/gals . Cover note has arrived for Insurance , Side pods have arrived for my Arai Tour Cross so I can remove the peak (looks very streetfighterish without the peak) , MOT is happening first thing in the morning , so all going well I should be on the road around 11am . Gonna take her for a careful whiffle to mid wales and back with 2 other mates . The weather is looking good and I`m gonna need plastic surgery to remove the smile from my face :D

Somebody just mailed me asking what the Tour X looks like without the peak , so here it is , with medium Tint Visor with Black insert in it (Til I see what stance the law is like on Visors around here:) )

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v605/xXBADGERXx/Image007.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v605/xXBADGERXx/Image004.jpg

[markmoto]

Arggggggggg no everyone going to want one....

[xXBADGERXx]

Sigh ........ 12 hours to go :/

[xXBADGERXx]

4 hours and counting

[Speedy Claire]

3 and a half hours!! :D

[xXBADGERXx]

Lmfao

[Speedy Claire]

Best of luck..... am really excited for you but take your jacket and helmet off, you`ve still got 3 an a quarter hours to go!!

[beaniebikerbabe]

Hi there folks , Passed my test yesterday and I am over the moon . Been riding since 1992 so it has been a long time coming . Finally went into Woods Motorcycles of Abergele today and dropped a nice big fat deposit on an SV650s`04 pointy in Blue and will be picking her up this Friday (well it`s traditional to pick females up on a Friday isn`t it ?) ....... joke by the way :D .

I can see me scouring these forums for all the Joys of SV ownership . Below is also a picture of myself actually sticking the Sold sign on my own bike :smt045
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v605/xXBADGERXx/Image001-1.jpg



congrats!

[xXBADGERXx]

Best of luck..... am really excited for you but take your jacket and helmet off, you`ve still got 3 an a quarter hours to go!!

Ok that`s spooky ..... how did you know :silent:

Thanks Beanie :D

[beaniebikerbabe]

so wen u pick yr new baby up??? u wil have hours and hours of fun

[xXBADGERXx]

She`s got an MOT first thing this morning so I`m expecting to throw a leg over it around 11 O`Clock after getting the Tax Disc .

Well folks I`m all kitted up and heading off to pick my Baby up , catch you all later for piccys and a review of my first day :D

[Speedy Claire]

SO????? come on........ how`s it all gone??

I bet you`re still out on the bike aren`t you???

Hope all went well :D

[beaniebikerbabe]

She`s got an MOT first thing this morning so I`m expecting to throw a leg over it around 11 O`Clock after getting the Tax Disc .

Well folks I`m all kitted up and heading off to pick my Baby up , catch you all later for piccys and a review of my first day :D



how has yr day been badger?? how many miles u do then???? :cool:

[DoubleD]

how has it been on the bike today????????

[lily]

http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_1_33.gif (http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001_ZCYYYYYYMXGB) Still beaming???? Did you have fun??

[Drew Carey]

C'mon......so....how did you find it? You still walking round like a smiling ejit?

[Ed]

Yeah, c'mon, we're all needing to know

[xXBADGERXx]

I am home , and all I can say is WOW . My wrists ache , my back hurts and my face hurts from smiling . 7000 rpm is interesting in the nether regions (now we know why the Laydeez like this bike ;) ) . I went from Abergele to Cerigudrydion for dinner , then back from there to Betwys for a coffee , then home to Colwyn Bay . Then I went and showed the bike off to friends and went back out on it to Betwys , over the tops past Plas-Y-Brenin but it hammered it down and was foggy so visibility left a lot to be desired , turned around and went back to the A55 via Bethesda .... quite literally crawling at 50 mph due to very poor visibility . Then home via the tunnels through Llanfairfechan / Penmaenmawr and Conwy .... that engine note made me smile like a buffoon . All in all I did 188 miles and am paying the price for it today , but WHAT A DAY .

You can see why I called it a day :(
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v605/xXBADGERXx/Image008.jpg

[MiniMatt]

Teehee, welcome to the club :D Sounds like a top first date :D

Anyone else get the impression that "this one's a keeper"? Me thinks the x-rated badger will be around for some considerable time :D

[xXBADGERXx]

LOL , I`m shattered , just made a coffee and can hardly hold it to my lips . One thing on the downside though , I lose sensation in my hands very quickly , too much weight pressing on that nerve in my hands that runs along the heel of the hand . I have that warm satisfied glow that you can only get from having a good day`s riding , or bumping uglies with nice lady LOL .

[markmoto]

LOL , I`m shattered , just made a coffee and can hardly hold it to my lips . One thing on the downside though , I lose sensation in my hands very quickly , too much weight pressing on that nerve in my hands that runs along the heel of the hand . I have that warm satisfied glow that you can only get from having a good day`s riding , or bumping uglies with nice lady LOL .

I think the numb hands thing is prity common with the sv as its puts alot of weight on the wrists, maybe a superbike bar conversion is the way to go, bluepetes got one on his said is made it a different bike.

[MiniMatt]

LOL , I`m shattered , just made a coffee and can hardly hold it to my lips . One thing on the downside though , I lose sensation in my hands very quickly , too much weight pressing on that nerve in my hands that runs along the heel of the hand . I have that warm satisfied glow that you can only get from having a good day`s riding , or bumping uglies with nice lady LOL .

Yarr, it's a common affliction (both scenarios that you mention). Cure for the first scenario is mileage (ie. live with it) + don't grip so hard + heavier bar end weights if you really suffer with it. Cure for the second scenario, there ain't no cure for that. Not that you'd want one :D

Oh, serious thought for a second. Powerball - they're great. Might help a little in the first scenario and might make you more accomplished in the second... See, I can't be serious after all.

[Tim in Belgium]

Or a couple more rides on the SV and your body soon adapts.

Good to here you enjoyed your day.

[xXBADGERXx]

Yeah I need to adapt to the bike a bit more anyway before doing anything drastic , Oh and I have a lovely view of my elbows in the mirrors too , but all that aside they are niggles I shall overcome in one form or another :)

[MiniMatt]

Chewys - does he still make 'em? Mirror extenders for the gangly armed. (aka little blobs that add an extra half inch - size does matter - to your mirror extension). They sit between the fairing and the mirror and take nothing more than 30 seconds to fit.

[xXBADGERXx]

Capital Idea my man

[MiniMatt]

Appears he does...

http://www.chewys-stuff.co.uk/

[DoubleD]

LOL , I`m shattered , just made a coffee and can hardly hold it to my lips . One thing on the downside though , I lose sensation in my hands very quickly , too much weight pressing on that nerve in my hands that runs along the heel of the hand . I have that warm satisfied glow that you can only get from having a good day`s riding , or bumping uglies with nice lady LOL .

I know that feeling after I got back from 500 miles of NW2 but not on NW3 as I have got a comfort kit which is fantastic.

I think the numb hands thing is prity common with the sv as its puts alot of weight on the wrists, maybe a superbike bar conversion is the way to go, bluepetes got one on his said is made it a different bike.

Thats the one I have as well, I think there was another couple of bikes that also had it done on NW3 as well.

Appears he does...

http://www.chewys-stuff.co.uk/

mirror extenders are really good, they helped me out loads to see what behind rather then elbow!

[xXBADGERXx]

Yeah I googled it , I think Chewy will be getting some of my Money this weekend , cheers for the head`s up on this you lot :D

[DoubleD]

Here is a link for getting the bars with a 10% discount I sorted for the .org

CLICK ME (http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=104705)

There is a new discount code on post #9


Here is the link of some pics of them being fitted to my bike.

CLICK ME (http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=105749)

[xXBADGERXx]

Sweet , that`s a very nice setup you have there ;)

[kitkat]

glad you had fun badger. Try gripping with your knees a bit more and easing off with your hands. it helps the wrists on long journeys. The vibrations are why this is a girls bike lol

[beaniebikerbabe]

hiya badger u back yet???????????

[Drew Carey]

glad you had fun badger. Try gripping with your knees a bit more and easing off with your hands. it helps the wrists on long journeys. The vibrations are why this is a girls bike lol

+1 on this......I commute daily on my bike and do 40 mile a day, gets you used to it. Found on longer journeys (IE NW3 - 500+ miles) that I grip the tank with my knees.

You will get used to it, its always worse in the first few rides.

[beaniebikerbabe]

hiya badger, glad u had a good day, and arrived home safe and tired. looking forward to much more of the same i bet!!!!

[xXBADGERXx]

Oh very tired indeed , was in work this morning and the lads were asking me about my day , they were astounded by the mileage I did and one of them then said "well you must have enjoyed it otherwise you would have come home sooner" , I slept soundly last night , but damn do my hands hurt today LOL

[Speedy Claire]

Glad you had such a good day and you`re happy with the bike... My wrists ache constantly whilst riding and my right hand actually goes numb! can`t feel my fingers or anything. I think i do already grip with my knees a lot cos i end up with bruises inside my legs.

Whats the c"omfort kit" people are talking about?

[yorkie_chris]

Risers and bars instead of clip ons, naked bike bars on the faired one.

Can be a lot more comfortable, but you may find you get more wind blast,

[DoubleD]

Glad you had such a good day and you`re happy with the bike... My wrists ache constantly whilst riding and my right hand actually goes numb! can`t feel my fingers or anything. I think i do already grip with my knees a lot cos i end up with bruises inside my legs.

Whats the c"omfort kit" people are talking about?


easy, it is basicly naked bars on a faired bike.

EDIT: beaten to it by yorkie chris....

EDIT2: yes you do get a bit more wind blast but nothing us bikers can't deal with.

[yorkie_chris]

Not expensive either.

?80 for some renthals and risers, maybe ?20 to swap any cables that need to be swapped. Not sure about the brake lines though.

Anyway it's an afternoons worth of messing about.

[DoubleD]

SHOPPING LIST:

Longer Accelerator cables (part of KIT - BluePete has kept the clipon ones though)
Longer Clutch cable (I still need to do this but you can use the clipon one)
Longer brake lines (I got HEL lines with the KIT)
Top yoke (part of KIT)
Risers (part of KIT)
Bars (part of KIT)
Bar ends (I got them off internet)
New Bracket for brakes and longer master cylinder pipe. (part of KIT)

[yorkie_chris]

You like spending money or summat? :-P

Bars, barends, risers, brake lines is all you really need

[DoubleD]

I have to get rid of the cash some how, I also light my gas fire with ?50 notes....

[Speedy Claire]

Thanks guys and if you like spending your money that much Dave you could always buy me the stuff? :D

[Speedy Claire]

SHOPPING LIST:

Longer Accelerator cables (part of KIT - BluePete has kept the clipon ones though)
Longer Clutch cable (I still need to do this but you can use the clipon one)
Longer brake lines (I got HEL lines with the KIT)
Top yoke (part of KIT)
Risers (part of KIT)
Bars (part of KIT)
Bar ends (I got them off internet)
New Bracket for brakes and longer master cylinder pipe. (part of KIT)


1 pack of baby wipes for cleaning pheasant poo of clothing whilst out riding bike :D

[MiniMatt]

I have to get rid of the cash some how, I also light my gas fire with ?50 notes....

I've got a cigarette lighter for sale. 50 notes and it's yours. Bargain :D

[svnightrider]

hi mate, im new on here too, just got a nice sv in black from woods, picking it up monday so should see you out and about

[yorkie_chris]

Thanks guys and if you like spending your money that much Dave you could always buy me the stuff? :D

And pay me to fit it :-P :-D

[Speedy Claire]

hi mate, im new on here too, just got a nice sv in black from woods, picking it up monday so should see you out and about


Hiya nightrider..... welcome to the org :D

[xXBADGERXx]

Oooh Hello there night , Fellow local SV rider it is then :D

[Speedy Claire]

And pay me to fit it :-P :-D


I`ll buy the bars and pay for fitting then get DoubleD to make a deposit for the full amount into my bank account.... am sure he won`t mind :D

[xXBADGERXx]

Mirror Spacers ordered from Chewy`s :D thanks for that guys .

[beaniebikerbabe]

i got renthals on mine and bar ends and my hands not too bad i dont think, do try to grip with me knees more than my hands, easier said than done???

[yorkie_chris]

Yeah it's all about gripping the bike, if you're gripping the bars then it's going to adversely effect handling too.

If you can corner with just 2 fingers on the throttle then you're about right IMO.

I sit quite far back, against the step, with my toes mostly on the pegs. This for me seems to result in my weight on the bike not the bars.

[xXBADGERXx]

I tried that on the way this morning Chris , got my bum back a bit further , gripped a bit better on the tank with my thighs and relaxed off a bit more on the bars , getting there slowly and each day just gets better . Haven`t gone for a really long ride yet in one go , been breaking it down into small segments . Purchased a Pyramid Fenda Extender on the way home today seeing as my SV is covered in road grit and salt and other such Suzuki eating horrors . Gonna have a brew and clean her down and fit the Fenda Extender .

[stewie]

Hi Badger, welcome aboard mate :D

[xXBADGERXx]

Cheers Stewie

[beaniebikerbabe]

hi mate, im new on here too, just got a nice sv in black from woods, picking it up monday so should see you out and about


hiya how r u doing??? welcome:D very friendly here ;)