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Yup, i bought Doris th Sv brand new on December 2nd 2000. She covered a tad under 70000 miles and in that time shes had I bought it for the princley sum of £4256, including a Laserline alarm/imob.
16 rear tyres
6 front tyres
16 oil filters
5 sets of spark plugs
4 Air filters (Exc the renegade kit)
4 chain and sprocket kits
5 crashes
1 re-spray
3 ehxaust systems
A renegade air kit
1 set of carbs
4 reg recs
4 batteries
1 valve clearnce check
1 generator
4 screens
2 changes of fork oil
3 rear shocks
1 clutch
7 MOT's
1 set Head bearings
26 dyno runs!
and most importantly lots of fun
Well thats all i can find reciepts for
To this day its still a bike that makes me smile and even laugh sometimes. Yes there are better bikes out there that look better, go faster etc, but for a commuting machine inot london, i still think that the Mk1 SV is the best bike at it. Ok shes a little tatty round the edges, and shes burning a little oil but shes great.
Add up that cost please :D
Add up that cost please :DEnough
Owenski
03-12-10, 12:58 PM
Happy birthday Dorris indeed,
Almost brings a tear to ya eye reading that it reads a bit like an obituary but its a happy tear in teh end so :D
You going soft in your old age Viney?
davepreston
03-12-10, 01:39 PM
my suzi paid for herself 6 times over thanks to muppets who cant drive and shes still going strong with devil1
Yup, i bought Doris th Sv brand new on December 2nd 2000. She covered a tad under 70000 miles and in that time shes had I bought it for the princley sum of £4256, including a Laserline alarm/imob.
16 rear tyres
6 front tyres
16 oil filters
5 sets of spark plugs
4 Air filters (Exc the renegade kit)
4 chain and sprocket kits
5 crashes
1 re-spray
3 ehxaust systems
A renegade air kit
1 set of carbs
4 reg recs
4 batteries
1 valve clearnce check
1 generator
4 screens
2 changes of fork oil
3 rear shocks
1 clutch
7 MOT's
26 dyno runs!
and most importantly lots of fun
Well thats all i can find reciepts for
To this day its still a bike that makes me smile and even laugh sometimes. Yes there are better bikes out there that look better, go faster etc, but for a commuting machine inot london, i still think that the Mk1 SV is the best bike at it. Ok shes a little tatty round the edges, and shes burning a little oil but shes great.
and a partridge in a pear tree.
happy birthday Doris.
Dicky Ticker
03-12-10, 02:30 PM
Hello Trigger's broom;)
Sid Squid
03-12-10, 03:33 PM
Happy Birthday Doris!
Stuff
*Cough* steering bearings *cough*.
:D
Milky Bar Kid
03-12-10, 05:11 PM
Happy Birthday Doris!!
Treacle
03-12-10, 06:38 PM
Happy birthday Doris.
caz650s
03-12-10, 08:13 PM
Hi Viney .... I also posted this evening about selling my sv tomorrow that I also bought new in 2000 ... feel even worse about it now ;)
andrewsmith
03-12-10, 08:18 PM
Shows how bombproof the motors are! but not most of the other parts :p
That makes my bike seem spritely.
Registered Oct 2000
Mot Nov 2009: 3001
Mot Nov 2010: 10,000
philbut
03-12-10, 09:28 PM
Happy birthday bikey. It's funny how you get attached to the. My ZZR is by all accounts worse than my blade or ZX7R but I'd still keep it over all of them.
I'm impressed you have managed to get through 3 shocks!
Happy Birthday Doris!
*Cough* steering bearings *cough*.
:DIndeed
Shows how bombproof the motors are! but not most of the other parts :p
That makes my bike seem spritely.
Registered Oct 2000
Mot Nov 2009: 3001
Mot Nov 2010: 10,000How so. Most of those bits are normal wear n tear.
I'm impressed you have managed to get through 3 shocks!Its on its 3rd and that probably needs replacing. I also aint a light chap, never have been.
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