New Haynes manual

[slark01]

My god what a good manual it is!
Bought the new Sv650 manual today and as a person who has no real experience on fixing anything ( and I mean anything ), this book seems to be really useful and comprehensive.
However this is the question...Am I mad, should I just get the bike serviced by a professional or be brave and go for it.
I'll be honest enough and say the idea of me tinkering with the bike makes me nervous.
So what do the mighty Orgers think?

[Girth]

Go for it!

I started servicing mine and etc about 6 months (7000miles) back. Its easy peasy and that was with out a manual

[yorkie_chris]

Haynes manuals are alright. Problem is when it says "unscrew and remove" when it should say "fight with the tw4tting thing for 3 hours to get it unsiezed"

What you wanting to do?

[Bibio]

yup go for it .. only trouble is that you also need the tools to do the job..

[Brettus]

I voted go for it as I'm a mechanical numpty and I've just serviced mine for the first time with the aid of a haynes manual. I learnt loads from it too, you get more confident as you go along, definitely worth having an exploratory fettle (ooh err), check you are comfortable with what you are doing as you go along, but I suspect most people are fine with it.

my only worry was previously I could take things apart and put them back together, I tried it with a computer backup tape drive, I had 40-50 parts off it then all of a sudden I just lost the mental image of how it assembled and it never got put back together hehe ;) the superficial service bits on a bike aren't nearly as bad, all logical steps.

[dizzyblonde]

The cylmer manual is a little bit more in depth than the Haynes..plus its got better pictures

[Dangerous Dave]

Go for it!

Study the manual first, if you feel confident in doing the job then do it.

[plowsie]

Get the haynes then get the pdf that someone posted up a while ago. They're a good help to refer to aswell. Very useful, so if something doesn't make sense in one then the other will.

[Dappa D]

defo go for it

[thedonal]

Do it.

You'll be amazed at what you can achieve with the right tools and a bit of a 'have a go' attitude.

I've done more to my bike (not sure that's the best wording!) than I ever did with 4 cars.

And it makes the bike much more of a personal experience for you.

Plus there are loads of lovely, experienced people here to give you advice as you're going along.

[Spikenipple]

The only service i've had done at a garage on my bike was the 600 mile initial service. I did the interim service at 5k, will be doing the 7.5k one myself this weekend, which includes checking the throttle bodies are balanced etc. It's all a piece of **** once you know what to do, which you will pick up very quickly as it's all pretty straightforward.
As said before, just make sure you have the right tools for the job, and don't bodge anything.

[daveb]

Spikenipple, you say you did your 5k and will be doing your 7.5k service, both of which I would happily do on my own SV - but doesn't this mean that you have invalidated your Suzuki two year warranty?

Dave

[Spikenipple]

Not necessarily - I rang up Suzuki GB who said that as long as I follow the service schedule (involves getting a service sheet from your local dealership) and use genuine Suzuki parts (or approved alternatives) then the warranty will be unaffected.
Besides, I think cutting the exhaust off is more likely to invalidate your warranty than home servicing ;)

OT, but what's the colour code of your bike? YHL (Candy Sonoma Red) ?

[Gene genie]

enjoy using haynes and pottering about with the bike. come to think about it someones borrowed it and still haven't returned it!!!

[scooby2102]

My god what a good manual it is!
Bought the new Sv650 manual today and as a person who has no real experience on fixing anything ( and I mean anything ), this book seems to be really useful and comprehensive.
However this is the question...Am I mad, should I just get the bike serviced by a professional or be brave and go for it.
I'll be honest enough and say the idea of me tinkering with the bike makes me nervous.
So what do the mighty Orgers think?


slark, is it much different from the one available on here ?

only reason I ask is that I generally find that the manuals written by the manufacturer are (in my experience) usually a wee bit more comprehensive

[Berlin]

The cylmer manual is a little bit more in depth than the Haynes..plus its got better pictures

+1 :)

[daveb]

Not necessarily - I rang up Suzuki GB who said that as long as I follow the service schedule (involves getting a service sheet from your local dealership) and use genuine Suzuki parts (or approved alternatives) then the warranty will be unaffected.
Besides, I think cutting the exhaust off is more likely to invalidate your warranty than home servicing ;)

Well according to the owners manual the bike must be properly serviced by an authorised dealer - anyway, there would be no way of proving that you had correctly serviced the bike, you could just tick all the boxes on the service schedule sheet...

What does everyone else think?

Dave

[Dangerous Dave]

Well according to the owners manual the bike must be properly serviced by an authorised dealer
Aye, it does and it needs a dealer stamp to keep the warranty.

I used to service the bike myself and get a friendly dealer to stamp the book (it helps that I went to school with the owner of the dealership too), not applicable now as all three bikes are well out of there warranty period.

[slark01]

cheers guys for your thoughts and encouragement :-)