It pains me to do it but.....

[liamsimpson]

I think i might have to sell my beloved sv650, but due to a old knee injury it is becoming more and more difficult to ride and move around. so i want to test the waters to see if they would be any interest.

ok its a 2001 y reg curvey
she has no tax or mot currantly as most of you are aware i have spent the last six months stripping and cleaning her.

its got around 17302 milage on it but the clocks read 13435 this is because of the front end conversion.

all that have seen my thread will see what i have done to it.

I have not made a definate decision on selling yet but i think i need to seriously consider it.

I would like around

£1700ovno

http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk309/eileenesimpson/bike.jpg

She needsthe mirrors finishing and the nuberplate fixing back on an mot and some tax and shes away.

any thanks

[Dave20046]

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Lucas]

+1 noooooooooooooooo

[Speedy]

You must be fecking mad!!!!!!

After all that work!!!!!!!

You'll regret it!!!!

[allantheboss]

It's worth not having £1700, to look at it forever until you die

[liamsimpson]

that is true i suppose.

[allantheboss]

Hook the engine up to something, and have it as a really flash generator for a shower or something

Or make it into a table

[Dave20046]

Or make it into a table
I know someone that actually did that. (although it was more of putting a table cloth over it and a vase on top so as to satisfy a landlord's inspection :razz:)

Think long n' hard about it liam, you've put a lot of work in :(
Is the knee not likely to let up in the near future?

[liamsimpson]

unfortunatly its an old mtorcycl crash i had that cause serious damadge to my cartlidge but it come and goes.

[Dave20046]

Goodluck with whatever ends up happening - either way hope the knee feels better soon.

[liamsimpson]

Goodluck with whatever ends up happening - either way hope the knee feels better soon.

Thanks mate, I think i need to ride it again to see how bad it gets.

[Dave20046]

Tried one of those sports/knee wraps?

[liamsimpson]

Tried one of those sports/knee wraps?

no?

[speedplay]

http://www.rfgeneration.com/images/repository/90401ohnootter2.jpg

[Dave20046]

no?
Might be worth a go, not sure what the proper name for them is but I know someone who couldn't jog for pain in her knees - but can know happily do miles with these.

[Dave20046]

something similar to this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mcdavid-McDavid-Knee-Wrap/dp/B000H6UGJC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=sports&qid=1266185864&sr=8-2

[liamsimpson]

something similar to this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mcdavid-McDavid-Knee-Wrap/dp/B000H6UGJC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=sports&qid=1266185864&sr=8-2


Cheers chap i will look in to them. thanks very much:D:D

[rictus01]

unfortunately those braces are more designed for ligament support (trust me I know all about knee pain) what is actually wrong with your knee and what op's have you had ?

I to found I couldn't bend far enough to ride an SV, so made a drop plate for the S4 which helps, but hard work and a fair degree of painful determination have worked through a lot of the scar tissue to now make it possible if still uncomfortable to ride an SV, alot depends on how much you really want to of course and what you'll put up with.

On a practical level is it's just cartilage then perhaps a daliy dose of Glucosamine Sulphate would help, however if it's far more serious than that and you have actual bone damage then transfering load from above to below the joint is the way to go.

I have one of these for that purpose
http://www.donjoybraces.com/productcart/pc/catalog/db_images/donjoyacleveryday2.jpg

Notr cheap, but it will keep you mobile when by all rights you shouldn't be.

Cheers Mark.

[liamsimpson]

unfortunately those braces are more designed for ligament support (trust me I know all about knee pain) what is actually wrong with your knee and what op's have you had ?

I to found I couldn't bend far enough to ride an SV, so made a drop plate for the S4 which helps, but hard work and a fair degree of painful determination have worked through a lot of the scar tissue to now make it possible if still uncomfortable to ride an SV, alot depends on how much you really want to of course and what you'll put up with.

On a practical level is it's just cartilage then perhaps a daliy dose of Glucosamine Sulphate would help, however if it's far more serious than that and you have actual bone damage then transfering load from above to below the joint is the way to go.

I have one of these for that purpose
http://www.donjoybraces.com/productcart/pc/catalog/db_images/donjoyacleveryday2.jpg

Notr cheap, but it will keep you mobile when by all rights you shouldn't be.

Cheers Mark.


About 10 years ago i was hit full on sideways by a car and my knee took full force of the impact, so now unfortunatly i have little to no feeling in my right leg this isn't the problem but after a while and if i get tired my knee locks up on me. I have pain in it all the time but the specialist i saw told me there was nothing wrong and i must deal with it!!! needless to say the specialist was working for the third parties insurance company! My own doctor said that it was cartlidge damadge and that they would not be able to help and recomended that i get a knee brace and use it all the time, but as of yet i have not been able to find one that works.

That one looks the buisness where is it from??

cheers

Liam

[rictus01]

as I said not cheap, but Donjoy are the best around, they are American,just make sure you get the right one as they work for different problems, I imported mine from the factory 3 yrs ago as I had some time to kill following an op, just had a googlr seach and can up with this

http://www.physioroom.com/catalog.php?cid=3333&affid=7&gclid=CPClx7mB9J8CFV1d4wod9m3pYw

Cheers Mark.

[5hort5]

If you don't have to sell it, as in don't need the cash, DON'T. I had to sell my pointy for the cash and it's the biggest mistake I ever made car/bike wise. I regret all the time.

A 10 mile spin every once in a while is better than no bike!

[ixlr8]

Perhaps the peg brackets from the N which are lower and more forward by a little might allow the knee to be a bit straighter and allow a bit more transfer of weight from leg/knee to bum. All that work to watch someone ride it away?? Noo.

[liamsimpson]

Well you are all right i can't do it i took it outside yesterday and moved it about 20 feet i just can't sell it it's awesome! just a point aswell forgot but the foot pegs are of a naked one as me and boot didn't swap them as i thought they were the same.

:winner:

not only that i could not watch someone else ride it.

[starsky72]

oooh, I got attracted by the shiny thing.....

I would keep her mate, I had a Fiat Coupe that I had done lots of work to (not to the degree you did however) and I regret it everyday

[-Ralph-]

If I said I'd give you £1500 for it would that make me really unpopular?

Only kidding :D

[liamsimpson]

If I said I'd give you £1500 for it would that make me really unpopular?

Only kidding :D

ummmmm, no. lol

[maviczap]

Perhaps you can use these as well, to lower the footpegs so that they're just that bit lower to give you a bit more relief in the knees

I've got a pair on my Sv, as my old knees & hips don't like the S riding position.

But you can adjust them to raise them in a jiffy if you need to

http://www.sportouring.com/gallery.php?sectionHeaderActive=1000&rangeChoosen=426

[newborn9]

Where abouts is the bike located?

[5hort5]

lol - you have as much chance as a fly hitting my front fairing living of getting that bike

[liamsimpson]

Where abouts is the bike located?

nufortunately for you the response after yours is right.
I have decided I just can't do it and am going to keep it!
I've put too much work and effort into it to get rid

[Lucas]

it deserves a place here: Barber Museum

http://www.bikeexif.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/barber_motorcycle_museum.jpg

http://www.indexinn.com/countries/usa/alabama/pl_images/092-Alabama_Birmingham_Barber_Vintage_Motorsports_Muse um.jpg

[Electro]

Well you are all right i can't do it i took it outside yesterday and moved it about 20 feet i just can't sell it it's awesome!

Thank God for that. I was worrying you had lost the will to live after doing all the work on the bike. Hope to see you on it soon :)

[liamsimpson]

no just a moment of insanity! i am ok now i think????