sv650n k3 things to look for?

[barwel1992]

well im picking my bike up on sat i want to know what thinks i should look for

its a 2003 k3 15000miles owned buy a mechanic's son all the mods look liek they have been done properly and so on, just had a oil change,oil filter and air filter change (all k&n filters) new ish tires and so on he sead we realy wont be dissapointed and sead its in excelent condish

i know to check breaks for seasing but dont think its been out in the rain much becase the headders arnt rusted that badly

so i want to know things to check,problems thek3's have/had any recals and so on

thanks 8)

[ophic]

No recalls that i'm aware of. Fairly bulletproof engine. Some have had electrical gremlins. The front of the engine casing and the front forks suffer badly from corrosion, but this is just cosmetic.

[barwel1992]

ok will have a look and make sure all is sound, im not expecting pefection if the forks are bad then i will get them striped painted and resprung

cheers

[Professor]

There is a major service at 15K (I am doing mine on Monday - also a
K3, also with 15K on the clock). Worth asking whether it has been done.

[Luckypants]

There is a major service at 15K (I am doing mine on Monday - also a
K3, also with 15K on the clock). Worth asking whether it has been done.

Yes worth asking if the valve clearance check was carried out at the 15K service. It is when it is first due.

[barwel1992]

ok well thats the only part of the service that hasent had any thing sead about it

how much will it cost to have just that done ? or can you do it ure self ?

[barwel1992]

ok so checking them look easy but adjusting them dosent ...

[ophic]

just remembered, the tail light can degrade and flickr badly, especially without the engine running and indicators on. Usually the topmost few leds. Not a critical point, but worth mentioning. Also if its still on its original battery, this will probably be past its best by now.

[barwel1992]

ok would the light be flikering because of a bad regulator ? and ok was thinking about smaller battery any way because of the gixer shock mod

[Professor]

ok well thats the only part of the service that hasent had any thing sead about it

how much will it cost to have just that done ? or can you do it ure self ?

I will know next week how much the 15K service costs. Taking the bike
in on Monday morning. Don't know whether they will list separately the
cost of valve adjustment.

[barwel1992]

ahh found out that the valve check is done at 4 years old or 15k miles what ever comes first and the bike was serviced buy dealer up till this year so will have been done already :) found that out buy dowloading the manual

kwl thanks professor

[Professor]

So in the end I paid £313 for the 15K service. Out of this I guess about £30 went
towards replacing the tank protector. So the actual price of service and MOT worked
out at around £280, about £100 above the usual price. Quite a lot, but I have been
told that this valve clearance check takes a lot of time.

[barwel1992]

wow thats cheep i was quated £350 ....... good job the bike has actually had it done :)