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Bikes into Saltire for the 15,000 service.
Hopefully be sweet as when I get her back this afternoon.
Then fun all the way back to Paisley!!! Woohoo
Got a bandit 650 courtesy bike, it's too quiet. I can't hear it. Got way to used to my Street Extreme haha
Kilted Ginger
08-07-09, 04:14 PM
Cam, let me know how you got on, what they did, how much etc, mine will be due i a couple of weeks and its out of warranty now so trying to decide whether to getit done there or do it myself??? Someone is gonna keep me right with the technical bits.
Cam, let me know how you got on, what they did, how much etc, mine will be due i a couple of weeks and its out of warranty now so trying to decide whether to getit done there or do it myself??? Someone is gonna keep me right with the technical bits.
do it yerself m8.. oil, filter (use genuine suzuki), plugs (if it needs them) air filter (if it needs it) TB balance and a tin of spray grease and a good pull and push of things... i'll come over and guide threw it if your not sure :smt023
Kilted Ginger
08-07-09, 04:45 PM
do it yerself m8.. oil, filter (use genuine suzuki), plugs (if it needs them) air filter (if it needs it) TB balance and a tin of spray grease and a good pull and push of things... i'll come over and guide threw it if your not sure :smt023
WTF?? see:cyclopsani:. Think that may be the thing Indy said he had a doofer thingymibob for???
I could always leave you the bike while i go on honeymoon:rolleyes:
But really wouldn't learn much that way.
Don't you need to check/adjust the valve clearances at 15K too?
Kilted Ginger
08-07-09, 04:53 PM
Don't you need to check/adjust the valve clearances at 15K too?
WTF?? see:cyclopsani:. Think that may be the thing Indy said he had a doofer thingymibob for:elephant:
Wouldn't that be the doofer thingymibob for balancing the throttle bodies (TB) which Lance referred to in his last post?
Kilted Ginger
08-07-09, 05:02 PM
Dont know, it was a doofer thingymob for doing something technical, does a pointy with fuel injection even have throttle boddies???? meee know nothing..
yes the pointy has TB's but you still need to balance them.. and yes i have a thingimybob for doing it...
and no.. yer no levin me wi yer bike while you go off galavantin...
and yes you will learn loads coz you will be doing it, i will be there guiding you, drinking all yer coffee and eatin all yer biccies...
Kilted Ginger
08-07-09, 05:18 PM
You... you.. Iv'e got the bike up on the paddock stand and trolley jack as we speak, thinking about doing the fork straightening thingy you suggested, just thinking about it mind, this is purely a jack balancing test lift...
there is a hole at the bottom of the engine going right threw if you have a 10mm rod you can put it threw the hole and then use axil stands to keep the front up more secure. you can either use a trolley jack or front paddock stand to lift the front of the bike first then put it on axil stands. if you dont have a 10mm rod then put axil stands under the foot peg u frames. DO NOT WORK ON THE FRONT END USING A TROLLEY JACK.
this is what i use when doing front ends.
Kilted Ginger
08-07-09, 06:11 PM
[QUOTE=Bibio;1966625]. DO NOT WORK ON THE FRONT END USING A TROLLEY JACK.
QUOTE]
pfhhh, hse burocratic nonsense. a jobs mre fun if its a little dangerous, I may try tht axel stand thingy though. :geek:
northwind
08-07-09, 06:28 PM
Indy definately has a doofer thingmybob for balancing the TBs... It's mine :D THough you're welcome to borrow it off, er, him. Or me.
Is it valves at 15000? Can't remember. Easy enough if it is though, sounds scary but isn't. Unless you drop a bolt down the cam tunnels into the engine.
yup.. valve check at 15000. but to be honest if it has had regular oil changes with good oil then i doubt they they need done.
northwind
08-07-09, 06:55 PM
Yup... I mean, mine is on 40-odd thousand now and not a single gap out of spec, which isn't too amazing, but then it's not on the original cams either- the tolerancing's close enough that even putting in a fresh cam and moving one of the old ones everything's still bang on. The paint might be rubbish but the engine's quite well put together :love:
Tiger 55
08-07-09, 07:05 PM
if you have a 10mm rod you can put it through the hole and then use axle stands to keep the front up more secure.
Warning - lots of people have doofer thingmybobs, Husky has one and knows how to use it, but only Bibio has the required 10mm rod. It's his USP. :)
Kilted Ginger
08-07-09, 07:07 PM
Cm'on now Captain Tiger 55 Sir, you've seen my garage, I've definately got 10mm rod, just not the know how as to where to stick it...
Answers on a postcard
Sorry Cam, I seem to have completely hijacked your thread, I'm sure some nice mod person will delete all the offending posts if you ask him.
Warning - lots of people have doofer thingmybobs, Husky has one and knows how to use it, but only Bibio has the required 10mm rod. It's his USP. :)
yes Bibio has a doofer thingimybobs, and knows how to use it.. :smt098.
connect hoses to vacuum points. then blank off. warm engine up then stop bike. lift tank, connect gauges, turn screw till volume is same and Bobs your auntie job done. its very very easy on a pointy. curvys are a nightmare to get at the front vacuum point and all that taking bloody air boxes off.
Tiger 55
08-07-09, 07:36 PM
Anyway, I need mine done too, so let me know where and when please. :-)
well if someone is willing to donate a garage/lockup for a day, i'm sure i could oblige... must have t and biccies though...
Kilted Ginger
08-07-09, 09:09 PM
we could have a communal thingymidoofer day at mine after the honeymoon if that suits everyone
your neighbours would love that... it gets a bit loud.
jaromic
08-07-09, 09:51 PM
we could have a communal thingymidoofer day at mine after the honeymoon if that suits everyone
Now that sounds like a plan, I would be very keen to come and lend a hand here guys if that was ok as my thingymydoofer knoledge is zero and mines coming up for a service.
Someone has to make tea after all, lol
Kilted Ginger
09-07-09, 12:01 AM
your neighbours would love that... it gets a bit loud.
Serve them right with their screaming weans and the bloody big trampoline:smt026
Tiger 55
09-07-09, 10:29 AM
screaming weans and the bloody big trampoline:smt026
All of which you've got to look forward to. :)
Communal day at KG's sounds good, the tea is excellent.
Kilted Ginger
09-07-09, 11:48 AM
All of which you've got to look forward to. :)
Communal day at KG's sounds good, the tea is excellent.
If we are blessed by a stork visitation, I'll be asking some big questions, either of Matlida or the Urology Surgeon:smt017
Jeezzzz! Bit of activity on this one!
Anyway, the full 15k involves valve clearance, timing and all that stuff.
As per service book.
Cost £240. Not really bothered if that seems expensive, happy with the service and know it's done properly.
As always bike felt nice after servicing. All I know is, I hate bikes with no screen or fairing..... Anything above legal mph starts to get uncomfortable unless you want to express your love for the fuel tank. Gave me a bandit 650 for the day, man it was quiet with the stock silencer.
northwind
09-07-09, 06:32 PM
Oh, worth mentioning that valve clearances need a totally cold engine, so if you're thinking of a communal thing with other people working on their bikes, it doesn't really work for that part.
Kilted Ginger
09-07-09, 08:11 PM
Oh, worth mentioning that valve clearances need a totally cold engine, so if you're thinking of a communal thing with other people working on their bikes, it doesn't really work for that part.
how long does it take an sv to totally cool? turn up at mine, do other servicy things, do my valve thingymbobs, do others properlly after stuffing up mine:smt062
by the time we have lorne rolls, coffee and biccies, sure the engines will be cold:smt115
northwind
09-07-09, 08:29 PM
Traditionally you leave it overnight... Though to be honest this is one of those things where I don't really have an informed opinion, just repeating what I've heard from other folks ;) It may or may not make a difference with these engines, I dunno.
so how do they do a service in 2 hours of you dropping the bike off?
answers on a postcard...
edit: just ask me bro who used to be a bike mechanic for a well known stealer in edin...
answer: they do the minor service first then let the bike cool down to as much room temp as possible then check clearances... then fire bike up and do top ups...
Kilted Ginger
09-07-09, 10:00 PM
Schedule
Arrive
coffee
minor service thingys
coffee
technical thingymbob on my cold bike
Rolls on sausage, homemade soup and maybe homemade scones for lunch
technical thingymbob on other bike/s
coffee
things we forgot
coffee
leave
job done.
If you can find them, and if you can afford the biccies maybe you can hire the sv team.
http://www.theateamvan.com/images/a_team_van.jpg
Tiger 55
10-07-09, 11:29 AM
homemade scones
I'm there!
I mean, I was there anyway but now I'm totally there. :D
northwind
10-07-09, 04:28 PM
so how do they do a service in 2 hours of you dropping the bike off?
answers on a postcard...
By ignoring the Suzuki recommendations ;) The service manual specifies and stresses that it's to be done COLD several times (their caps), not coldish. One of the seperate manuals- can't recall if it's the Clymer or Haynes- recommends a 12 hour cool down time, and the service bulletin for the cam tensioner swap for the curvies also said overnight.
Like I say, I don't know whether it matters, just passing on the official word. Dealers do lots of things which aren't neccesarily right, but then at the same time Suzuki recommend lots of things that aren't neccesary.
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