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muddi
05-05-10, 11:02 PM
Well I sold my old er5 so I dropped him off to his new owner on Sunday morning then went straight down the A1 to collect my new (to me) bike..

So have gone from this.....My 1999 ER5 with nearly 60,000 miles on the clock
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/MuddiBabe/Image0140.jpg


To this... my lovely 2000 SV650s with just 18000 miles on the clock..

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/MuddiBabe/Image0167.jpg

you can't tell but I am grinning like mad under my lid, had just arrived back home after a 2 1/2 hr ride up the A1 and M62..

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/MuddiBabe/Image0172.jpg

And I am still grinning! :cool:
Kuze
06-05-10, 08:15 AM
Nice but pointy ftw!

You thinking about getting some lower fairings?
maviczap
06-05-10, 08:16 AM
Nice to see you saw the light and got a curvy :smt060
dizzyblonde
06-05-10, 08:18 AM
yay, you got a yellow one:-).....phew suzy SV can come out from behind the sofa and stop hiding ;-)
kellyjo
06-05-10, 09:39 AM
A curvy, good for you!! Enjoy and ride safe x
Geodude
06-05-10, 09:46 AM
Good choice muddi i'll be sure to look out for you grinning on t'moors ;)
GeneticBubble
06-05-10, 10:31 AM
Now you've got the bike let the modding begin! :D
muddi
06-05-10, 12:51 PM
Noooo no more fairings! Thats enough for me, prefer naked really but I quite like the bikini style - just not full on fairings.

Yeah Dizzy, she is safe now haha ;)

ooohh she is luverly :smt007 ooh and I have already spotted a dark double bubble screen I think might look quite nice on her lol.. Im thinking of getting a scot oiler on her too, have been told its a good idea to get one.


This is me -----> :smt060 :love: I have got a photo of her as my wallpaper now, so I can see her even when im on the pooter!! hehe Yeah I know I am a sad git lol :rolleyes:
dizzyblonde
06-05-10, 01:03 PM
Could be worse Muddi, when you find you are saying hello to her when you finish work in a morning, pat its bum, talk to it when cleaning the downpipe, hugging it, sitting on it and making brum brum noises cause you can't play out on her

......then you are a sad git ;-)
muddi
06-05-10, 01:10 PM
PMSL , well I did kinda talk to her when I was cleaning and drying her off after a ride out in the rain on Monday lol..

oohh talking of downpipes - how did you get yours all cleaned up -they look fab.. I thought of you when I was wiping hers off the other day lol.
dizzyblonde
06-05-10, 01:31 PM
elbow grease, elbow grease!
Go to Asda and get a bottle of Barkeepers friend.
http://www.granite-care.co.uk/articles/wp-content/uploads/bar-keepers-friend.jpg
Mix a load up into a sloppy paste, and wack it all over the downpipe, and beggar orf for a cuppa. Next get a wet green scourer, and scrub it, warning this does get messy...and very brown and sludgy. This stuff brings the initial mankycrap off. Smells nice though. Rinse it off well.
Depending how good it brings it up, you then need to get some wet and dry with grades from 240 -1200. Work down the grades,240 first, by 1200 starts to make it shine. Then with some fine wire wool and Autosol polish it up.
Every now and again I get a duster and wrap it round a sponge with the scourer on top, covered in autosol, wrap it round the pipe and seesaw it round the pipe, when it starts to get spots on it. Then wire wool and autosol too.

mmmmm shiny!
muddi
06-05-10, 02:25 PM
cheers me dears - I see a shoppin trip coming on lol
Jayneflakes
06-05-10, 03:14 PM
Could be worse Muddi, when you find you are saying hello to her when you finish work in a morning, pat its bum, talk to it when cleaning the downpipe, hugging it, sitting on it and making brum brum noises cause you can't play out on her

......then you are a sad git ;-)


Ohh noes. :smt103

Raises a guilty hand. :smt039

:smt060


Muddi, good choice, although a pointy is FTW :love:
ian505050
06-05-10, 09:25 PM
Very nice, bet the power feels good compared to the er5
muddi
06-05-10, 10:09 PM
ever so slighty Ian ;)..

ooh I have now got a nice black double bubble screen so that will be going on once it arrives. Looking at maybe changing the clutch and brake handles to maybe black or carbon look, but the jury is still out on that one.

But I deffo want a nice yellow seat cowl for when I am not taking a pillion out.

I think I have got the bug - never bothered to modify the er5 apart from screen and luggage rack and that was purely from a practical point of view!

oooh yeah and I will need a rack in the near future too! :D hehe.. But thats it - thats all I am doing to her!!

ooh apart from maybe fitting a scottoiler and maybe heated grips too. Just need some more money now!!