First Dropped Bike! Help needed In Reading

[crewmanchris]

I had my first crash a few weeks ago! I am fine but the sv650 needs a bit of TLC. Does anybody know here i can take it for repair. I live in Burghfield, Reading. I can ride it just but don't wanna go to far. PLEASE HELP!!

[BBadger]

Sounds like your alright which is good.

Can you give me a list of what is broken or you think isnt stright ??

[pencil shavings]

there is a good shop on Oxford Road, forget the name right now.

see what you can do yourself, will save you a fair bit!!

[Warthog]

Big Ape will be along shortly to advise. Please remain seat and calmly await his arrival, thank you.

*ping*

[Stig]

Dude, what bits are broke? If it's ridable I assume nothing structural.

If you want someone to check it over without paying a shop of the privilege, willing to help out.

More information would help a lot. Feel free to send me a PM.

[Stig]

I assume you got it sorted then :?:

[crewmanchris]

sorry not sorted yet! Back from afghanistan next week! Here's whats wrong:
I think that i have bent the handle bars (Hope its just them, not the forks!)
Broken light unit and smashed headlight. Dent/gash in the rear seat fearing.
Broken brake lever.(front) - i know i can repalce this easy!



Wish i could get back and just thrash - heard that the weathers pants again. Its to hot out here! Thanks for allthe replys

chris

[DanAbnormal]

There is a place near me in Camberly that do insurance repairs. Very good service and job but it's costly. Place is called Altamura.

Failing that there is always the ebay method.

[Stig]

As mentioned in PM, doesn't sound like anything too drastic that can't be put together cheap enough. Give me a shout when your back and we'll get it sorted.

[crewmanchris]

Thanks again all. Looking forward to getting it all sorted. Is there a good websit/shop to get spares suck as handle bars/headlight glass/brake levers? I have used deamon bike before but they were quite slow for me!

[philbut]

My advice would either be to have a look on the for sale section here or get on ebay. You'll save your self a load of cash. You could always post in the "wanted" section, somone might have the bits you want lying around in tha garage - you never know.

[Sosha]

+1

Wemoto also pretty good for new stuff

[BBadger]

busters are good.

[pencil shavings]

+1

Wemoto also pretty good for new stuff

+1

and no quibble return and replace of a faulty chain, very impressed :cool:

[SDMF]

there is a good shop on Oxford Road, forget the name right now.

see what you can do yourself, will save you a fair bit!!

I think it's 'Berkshire Motorcycle Parts And Accessories' - small little shop, but they can get hold of pretty much any part you need, usually only have to wait a day or two for them to get it in after it's ordered too.

[crewmanchris]

I've been back fo a couple of weeks and after spending some time with the family finally got round to getting the bike sorted. Thanks for all the help, everyone! Heres how - If anyones interested. I know that hopefully it will help someone else!

Headlight - The glass was cracked and also the black plastic backing to the light was cracked. The mount for the light - attached to the forks - was bent. The fix - Removed the light and fetled the mount straight (with a big hammer). I brought a replacement light from 'Berkshire Motorcycle Parts And Accessories' on Oxford road in reading. It was just a standard 7 inch light and went on without too much bodging! It also had a crome back rather than the plastic suzuki light - bonus! The best thing about this was the cost saving - Suzuki wanted £155 for a replacement light. Got mine for £50. Proberbly could have got it cheaper on ebay but wanted it in my hands!

Handlebars - Bent the old ones. Got a renthal replacement on ebay - its a longer bar so a very nice riding position. Only problem here was getting the left grip on/off and the bike gases on full lock due to wider bar! Got this in red so it matches the bike - Nice!

Tail skirt - big hole/crack here. Replacent for RHS (it comes in 2 parts) was £80 odd quid from redcarmotorcycles online. Olso ordered soem R & G crash bobbins and a scorpion street extreme stubby with them at a moment of weekness. They shoud be arriving today.

Conclusion - The actual repairs/mechanical work were the easy part. Dont you just wish that the first thing google spits out is the answer to all your prayers! There are load of websites out there claiming to be the suzuki part dealer but none were much kop. I am sure that a good business would be an online parts dealer who supplied genuine parts and cheaper alternatives on the same site with an easy interface that had every bike out there (or just SVs!)

I will hopefully ride a bit more careful next time as it still hurt my wallet. (especially the exuast (I did dent the old one slightly and that means it needed replacing- thats what i told the missus!)

[philbut]

Glad you got it sorted fella. Yes, a small dent definatly means you need a new can ;-)

[Stig]

Glad you got it all sorted mate. Just a word of warning though. The fact your throttle revs when you turn the handlebars is an MOT failure. Have you tried the throttle cable adjusters to give the cable more slack? If that doesn't work you could always try and adjust them at the other end. Failing that your going to need to replace the cables with longer ones or chop some length off the end of the bars.

[Stig]

Oh and now your back, are we likely to see you at the Shire this coming Tuesday evening?

[crewmanchris]

Glad you got it all sorted mate. Just a word of warning though. The fact your throttle revs when you turn the handlebars is an MOT failure. Have you tried the throttle cable adjusters to give the cable more slack? If that doesn't work you could always try and adjust them at the other end. Failing that your going to need to replace the cables with longer ones or chop some length off the end of the bars.

Good point - didnt know that! I will have to have a fiddle - as for meet, i would love to get out but working that night. Do you guys meet up at weekends for rides?

[Stig]

You'll have to keep an eye out mate for any rides organised. But as a general rule, TVSF goes into hibernation during the cold weather. :lol:

Me being a family man, I don't tend to get out that much at the weekends anyway. But always 'try' to make any rides planned.

[ogden]

Tbh it was hard enough getting people out for rides when it was warm and sunny.

[crewmanchris]

Fairy nuff! I am reasonably new to this area and new to biking so don't know the good roads yet for weekend/afternoon rides! I have started to ride to work to let the missus have the car but haven't had a really cold day yet. The new 'windstopper' balaclava is a god send though!

[Stig]

Ogden's right you know. But this Summer was really the first proper summer of the TVSF section. We all now know each other much better and I am sure next season is going to be much busier than this one was. I certainly plan to have more weekends out on the bike for sure.

[crewmanchris]

sounds good for 2009 then. I look forward to it!

[ogden]

I actually rode a bike today. Not very far (home -> office -> soho -> home) but christ did it feel good.

Ordered a new rear indicator to replace the broken one... operation Get Ogden On A Litrebike is well on track.

[crewmanchris]

Someone walked past my house yesterday while i was working on my bike and asked if i knew anybody who wanted a mint GSXR 1000 K4 stelth in black for 4K! I said my wife would kill me if I dont kill myself! I will give myself at least another year on the SV first!

[ogden]

Did they want paying by Western Union or something?

[Stig]

See now, I would have not only not trusted him with anything what-so-ever. I would now be worrying about my own motorcycle.

[ogden]

Some bloke offered to buy my car in Kilburn once. The car in question was a knackered fiesta with a bent chassis, so many dents in the bodywork it looked like it was coated in bubble-wrap and a smashed quarterlight courtesy of some local scrote.

Me? Suspicious? Utterly bewildered, more like. Should've taken his offer - it was taken away and crushed not long after.

[crewmanchris]

luckily it was someone that i know from work but i always get told that I am too trusting!