Need a little bit of help on buying my new beast!

[qwerf]

Hi guys & girls, im pretty new here!

Ive recently just passed my A2 licence and having a 125 now for about a year or so, the power just dosent do it for me anymore!
So i was looking at all the other bikes available and have come to my decision of buying a SV650 :D

Right, now for my actual question!

So when i finally get the money situation sorted and find the bike i fall in love with, how does one get it home if it's not restricted? Im not sure if its legal to have it booked into a garage near me for a restriction kit to be fitted, and ride it straight there? Or just chance it and ride it home and then go fit the kit or whatever.

Or maybe find a mate with a full un-restricted licence and insure them on it for a day to bring it back to me?

Best bet i guess is to find one i like then trailer it home? or even better if its fitted with a restriction kit!

Im just abit unsure on how to bring the beast home!

Any 33bhp'ers or ex 22bhp's wana shed some light on it for me?


Cheers Qwerf (Alex)


*Edit - Not sure if this is the right section :)

[starks]

none of your mates got a van??

[qwerf]

I'm afraid not :( Saying that i do have a work's van myself! Shame its all kitted out inside with shelves etc tho :(

[starks]

you could rent a van for the day not sure how much it would be down your way but its not that expensive up ere, better than gettin caught riding when your not supposed to be!!

[Luckypants]

If you buy a fuel injected pointy model, then the restriction is via a 33bhp ECU. Buy one and fit it immediately after buying the bike and before you ride it home. It's not that hard, unplug the full power ECU, plug in the 33bhp ECU. If buying from a dealer, get them to fit it before you pick up the bike.

You will find second hand 33bhp ECU's on here quite often.

[madnlooney]

id say a van to hire would be about £40-£50 for the day

[jambo]

Legally, you are not allowed to ride it on a 33BHP licence, even just to a pre-booked apointment to have it restricted.

What this leaves you with depends on circumstances. If it's taxed, MOT'd and insured in your name, a full licence holding friend can ride it (provided their insurance covers them to ride other people's bikes).

This can then be used to get it to a dealership to do the work or home where you do it. How realistic it is for you to restrict it yourself depends on what year, and how it's being restricted, as well as what degree of mechanical ability you feel you have.

If you're buying a 2003+ bike you can buy the restricted ECU in advance, and take it along, fit it at point of sale and ride it home yourself (subject to the above conditions of being taxed, MOT'd & insured).

Jambo

[keith_d]

I live in Ruislip, and could ride it back a reasonable distance assuming it's got the requisite tax & MoT.

My insurance will provide 3rd party only cover when I'm riding other people's bikes.

[thefallenangel]

Watch out as the 33bhp unit changed from K7>>.

[Spanner Man]

Good morning.

I have a pretty useful van, loads of straps, lots of the right insurance which covers bikes in the back of it, & plenty of experience.
If the bike you buy is pretty local to you, I'll do it for a few beer vouchers.


Cheers.

[Alpinestarhero]

Good morning.

I have a pretty useful van, loads of straps, lots of the right insurance which covers bikes in the back of it, & plenty of experience.
If the bike you buy is pretty local to you, I'll do it for a few beer vouchers.


Cheers.

I can vouch for stewarts van; he carted my sick (swine flu!!!) sv off in it last night :D

[Spanner Man]

I can vouch for stewarts van; he carted my sick (swine flu!!!) sv off in it last night :D


SWINE FLU!!! EEEEEK!! I've just dropped it getting it out of said van because you said that!:D

Will have a verdict on the beast for you later old chap.


Cheers.

[Alpinestarhero]

SWINE FLU!!! EEEEEK!! I've just dropped it getting it out of said van because you said that!:D

Will have a verdict on the beast for you later old chap.


Cheers.

did it bend my fairings back into place so they actually fit correctly :lol:

cheers mate, just give us a ring with whatever you've found and your proposed solutions. Feel free to give it a good ride-come-thrash. its about run in now anyway :lol:

back on topic; if you friend with third party insurance on other bikes, in addition to the insurance they have on their own bike, see if they can ride it home. Which SV are you thinking of getting? Fitting a restriction kit to either is quite a simple job really, easily do-able at home with no really complicated tools required. Search here for a restriction kit first, because you dont want to have to pay something silly like £150 for two silly washers for carbs or something like that!

[JediGoat]

I could be a bit out of date on this, but I thought the idea was not just that the bike was restricted, but that you have the stamped paperwork to prove the restricter has been fitted (correctly)?

[Alpinestarhero]

Carol nash never requested any documentation when I brought insurance from them. It is good to have the paperwork, but perhaps a dynograph showing the bike makes 33bhp or less would suffice

[Kuze]

I could be a bit out of date on this, but I thought the idea was not just that the bike was restricted, but that you have the stamped paperwork to prove the restricter has been fitted (correctly)?


Hindle had this discussion before might be worth a seach for his thread.

Please note i'm lazy.....

[boot]

Do what I did when I bought my 2000 Curvy....

Get the washers fabricated by local engineer using measurements provided by nice helpful chap on here - let me know if you want them.

Insure with Carol Nash - good quality insurance and they don't ask for restriction certificate.

Go buy bike and take with you, long flat screw driver to undo jubilee clips that hold the carbs on, socket and ratchet to undo bolts for the tank (can't remember socket size and don't have Haynes book of lies to hand), and needle nose pliers to undo clips on pipes to remove airbox.

Lift tank, remove pipes from airbox, remove airbox, loosen jubliee clips on base of carbs, lift carbs, drop washers into the recesses, refit carbs, tighten jubilee clips, replace airbox, reattach pipes, fasten tank back down.

Simples.

This was the cheapest and most effective way I could find to get my bike home. Dave Preston would have done this job for me at the time, however all seemed to go swimmingly - without taking destructions with me.

If you can build an ikea wardrobe, you can do this job ;)