This time next week I'll have a brace....

[mister c]

Of SV's
Not only will I have Custard, my trusty 1999 650 lovely yellow curvy, but we have another joining the family. I haven't thought of a name yet but will :)

Welcome to my SV1000s, slightly the worst for wear, but roadworthy, T&T till September. I pick her up next Saturday. Happy Days :cool:

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[maviczap]

Won't take much to do her up

Was it a good price?

Envious not!

[Stig]

That looks like it has a very soft lowside. What cans are you going to put on it?

[mister c]

I still cant believe the price...........£750
Watching cans on Ebay, but will have to wait a little while

[andrewsmith]

you jammy xyz £750 for a thou.

If your needing bodywork theres a breakers thats got full sets in good nick for about £300 on the bay

[mister c]

Thinking of turning it into a naked, or maybe Streetfighter it & sell the good panels off. I will wait & see what its like in the flesh 1st

[maviczap]

Wow £750, even I could have got away with that!

Private or Ebay?

[dizzyblonde]

Careful mister..you'll be like me soon, wondering which one to ride...which one to polish, which one to SORN, which one? which one? eeeni meeni minie mo......!!!!!

[maviczap]

If it gets too much to decide, I know someone who'll take it off Mister C's hands




Me :p

[mister c]

Lol. Bought it privately. I was only looking to see what sort of money they were going for & found this on the SV Portal. The guy is still using it as his daily transport so have had to wait 3 weeks before I could pick it up. He has bought a car now, so doesnt need the bike. Seeing as the Triumph has given me so much grief over the past 6 months I am thinking of putting it up for sale (now I've got all of the problems sorted). & it is going through my head to put Custard on track seeing as I've sold my FZR.
My son told me not to as I would sit & cry the 1st time I came off.... He has got a point :)

[andrewsmith]

Your son right you'd cry if you binned custard. Buy a cheap as chips one to track and build off that.

How much you get for you FZR then?

[dizzyblonde]

As captain of the shinydownpipeclub, and indeed chairmen of the sub comittee of the yellow SV shiny downpipe, I shall have to make recommendations to eject you from the board, if you even contemplate putting Custard on the track.....

[tom-k6]

i cannot beleive you got the thou for £750! flabbergasted comes to mind but i suppose that is a big dent in the tank and rather rusty......still tho, SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY BLOODY QUID!

[maviczap]

i cannot beleive you got the thou for £750! flabbergasted comes to mind but i suppose that is a big dent in the tank and rather rusty......still tho, SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY BLOODY QUID!

Precisely my thoughts :rolleyes:

[mister c]

Your son right you'd cry if you binned custard. Buy a cheap as chips one to track and build off that.

How much you get for you FZR then?
Sold the Fizzer for £500. It was as sound as a pound, ran like a sewing machine & never let me down. The bodywork wasn't up to much, but the rest of the bike was goodo :)

As captain of the shinydownpipeclub, and indeed chairmen of the sub comittee of the yellow SV shiny downpipe, I shall have to make recommendations to eject you from the board, if you even contemplate putting Custard on the track.....
I will consider myseld told. I am just looking at options at the mo Lou so i can get the most out of them :)

[dizzyblonde]

I wouldn't give my black SV away for that...maybe about a grand!
I knows its only cosmetic, and a bit of handy work will make it right again, but even the repair costs wouldn't depreciate it to such a rock bottom price.

I think Mister C is a master dandy highwayman, perhaps he needs to borrow my **** Turpin cloak and pistol! I thought I got a bargain when I got my Leo Vince pipes...but a whole 750 quid fer a SV1000.....!!!

[andrewsmith]

u must have been **** turpin that day that is a bargin

[mister c]

Right place, right time :)
I'll probably turn up at his house on Saturday & he'll say "No, sorry mate, I said seventeen hundred" lol

[maviczap]

Right place, right time :)

Yep, does happen sometimes, just not where I'm concerned with buying bikes.

Mate got a VFR800 or 750 for £800, which I would also have been happy with too :cool:

[Geodude]

What a bargain you jammy person ;)

[BanannaMan]

You done good there mister c!
A few cosmetics and you'll be good to go!

[mister c]

Only 4 sleeps to go, I'm getting quite excited now :)

[Brettus]

Wow thats awesome! gizza go mista!
really need to get my curvy sorted out and sold this summer, along with the CBR125, might be able to afford that BMW flip front I've been ogling then ;)

Can't wait to see it on your morning ride! keep us posted :D

[mister c]

The bloke rang me yesterday & said that everything is ok for Saturday, so I'm leaving bright & early (about 6am) for the 3 hour journey into the back of beyond.
He didn't instil me with much confidence when he said "When you get to Masham? give me a call & I'll come & find you".
Goodo :)

[Luckypants]

T "When you get to Masham? give me a call & I'll come & find you".
Goodo :)

Yep, wait for him at the Black Sheep brewery, they have a cafe / bar and shop! :cheers:

[Owenski]

I do belive I saw that very bike last Friday, its a tenuos link but the mark on the tank is identical to the one on a thou which destroyed my hopes and dreams on the M62. If its the same one then I can indeed confirm - it shifts! :)

[mister c]

Yep, wait for him at the Black Sheep brewery, they have a cafe / bar and shop! :cheers:
Good call Mike. I do like an odd pint of Black Sheep & it is only about 8 miles form his house. Happy Days :)

I do belive I saw that very bike last Friday, its a tenuos link but the mark on the tank is identical to the one on a thou which destroyed my hopes and dreams on the M62. If its the same one then I can indeed confirm - it shifts! :)
WHHHAAAAATTTT? He's been thrashing my bike?..........MY BIKE? I'm deeply upset :( At least I know that, if it is the same bike, it's all hunky dorey :D

[Luckypants]

Good call Mike. I do like an odd pint of Black Sheep & it is only about 8 miles form his house. Happy Days :)

Beat you too it though (took me ages to find this photo)

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[Skip]

Total bargain - but then SV1000s are cheap now - I only want £1500 for mine and it has 22k on it, twin Leo Vince cans and a K&N, PCIII all mapped properly, braided lines, R6 throttle and is the nicer blue colour - cheap performance :)

[mister c]

Well, I have won a pair of Viper race cans for her, so will soon be time to wake the neighbours :)

[Brettus]

Cmon then Col, what's it like? Its Saturday night already and we are all wondering :-) hope it's a good un!

[MR UKI (1)]

Cmon then Col, what's it like? Its Saturday night already and we are all wondering :-) hope it's a good un!

He's put some pics of it up on his Facebook. Maybe now he has it home he is just completely overcome with emotion and joy :D

[Brettus]

Maybe now he has it home he is just completely overcome with emotion and joy :D

Ah now there's s point, he's not had a pointy before! Poor man ;-)
Bet he was listening to hawkwind all the way back hehe

[mister c]

He's put some pics of it up on his Facebook. Maybe now he has it home he is just completely overcome with emotion and joy :D

Ah now there's s point, he's not had a pointy before! Poor man ;-)
Bet he was listening to hawkwind all the way back hehe
Hawkwind? Nah, I was more of a Stranglers & Clash man meself lol.
Havent ridden it yet, but, it looks like I've bought a bargain. Needs a front tyre & some cosmetics, but I dont think that the bloke had washed it since he bought it in 2007. I have used 4 buckets of wash & wax. a toothbrush & a full can of wd40 & she has cleaned up fairly well. We have a steam cleaner at work, so will give her some serious cleaning this week
All that is left now is to give her a go :)

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[Specialone]

Nice :)

[Geodude]

Tidy :) Was the dirt hiding much then?

[markryker]

Bargain for sure there Mister C :)

[mister c]

Tidy :) Was the dirt hiding much then?

No, nothing at all. No oil leaks, nothing out of place :) The bloke hadn't checked the oil for a while, it's taken about half a litre, got no smoke or any rattles when the engine is running. Keeping my fingers well & truly crossed

Bargain for sure there Mister C :)

I hope so, just need to start putting some miles on & see if anything rears its ugly head

[Electro]

Looks like a steal Col, very nice for the price :)

[andrewsmith]

Nice!

You running it as a Bikini from now on?

[mister c]

Nice!

You running it as a Bikini from now on?
Oh yes :) I dont like it with the lowers on, it must be my age :D:cool:

[toxic]

Jammy you is mate.

[andrewsmith]

Oh yes :) I dont like it with the lowers on, it must be my age :D:cool:

Haha
U mean liqour in the front. Poker in the rear :lol:

Or is that just me?

[mister c]

Well, just taken it for a quick run. The front tyre is well shot at, so the handling is, should we say, decidedly iffy :)
It also has a bit of a misfire at low revs, which I'm thinking could be due to the rear downpipe woofing a bit. I will have a look at why it's blowing tomorrow night. I dont think that the previous owner did anything with it other than ride it, so I'm hoping it just needs a bit of love.

[dizzyblonde]

It also has a bit of a misfire at low revs, which I'm thinking could be due to the rear downpipe woofing a bit. I will have a look at why it's blowing tomorrow night. I dont think that the previous owner did anything with it other than ride it, so I'm hoping it just needs a bit of love.

wouldn't be around 3k that misfire would it?

[SV400Rob]

Hi Col. Looks like a damn good bargain to me! Any chance you'd be selling the lowers if you've made you mind up if your keeping as a bikini??

Thanks
Rob

[mister c]

wouldn't be around 3k that misfire would it?
It is Dizzy, yes

[Quiff Wichard]

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Beat you too it though (took me ages to find this photo)

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2 old ones there Mike..



and the bikes !:D:D

[Quiff Wichard]

dizz bet u got col worried now.. why is 3k misfire significant..

looks good col.

[Quiff Wichard]

been lookin this up col.. and found some old info from this site.. in different format.. makes good reading... ha..

so does your tacho move or rev counter play up? or it maybe could be air leak huh?

http://forums.sv650.org/archive/index.php/t-118958.html

[dizzyblonde]

dizz bet u got col worried now.. why is 3k misfire significant..

looks good col.


nah, they just do at 3k, more so around town. My VRap does it, well known little quirk. Paul6th had it on his 1000, I've yet to recall why they do it, not had chance to waddle off to recollect....its summat and nowt, and easily explained and cured, something not set up correctly or in need of adjustment. TPS rings a bell

[yorkie_chris]

Usual crap, balance the TBs and set the TPS properly first and see if it cures it.

[kwak zzr]

yea the lag/misfire is common at low revs, you may also hear the crank knock at low revs as this was a problem on k3 thous (but not really a problem if you know what i mean) just a noise, i swear i could hear it sometimes on my thou or was i imagining it?? looks like you got a good bike there col, just abit of a clean up and she'll look grand :) oooh i do prefere the half faired look with the thou belly pan too :) those viper pipes will sound ace! mine with CCC can's sounded like a lancaster bomber lol.





oooh sort ya downpipe out son ;)

[cbay]

Bargain!!

[mister c]

nah, they just do at 3k, more so around town. My VRap does it, well known little quirk. Paul6th had it on his 1000, I've yet to recall why they do it, not had chance to waddle off to recollect....its summat and nowt, and easily explained and cured, something not set up correctly or in need of adjustment. TPS rings a bell

Usual crap, balance the TBs and set the TPS properly first and see if it cures it.

yea the lag/misfire is common at low revs, you may also hear the crank knock at low revs as this was a problem on k3 thous (but not really a problem if you know what i mean) just a noise, i swear i could hear it sometimes on my thou or was i imagining it?? looks like you got a good bike there col, just abit of a clean up and she'll look grand :) oooh i do prefere the half faired look with the thou belly pan too :) those viper pipes will sound ace! mine with CCC can's sounded like a lancaster bomber lol.





oooh sort ya downpipe out son ;)

Thank you people, thats put my mind at ease. The bloke said that he kept it regularly serviced, I think he lie :)
I will spend some time on it over the weekend, I really want to have a proper ride on it.

That is spot on Kwak. I also have the crank knock, thought it sounded awful when I first rode it. It was as though the timing was just slightly out. Just wouldnt think that these things would happen on newer machines.
I will sort the downpipe out one day :)

[kwak zzr]

on the sv portal site theirs a large amount of reading to do with "the knock" but you'll be glad to know no faliures have ever happened because of it :) enjoy the big thou :)

[Skip]

Mine is a K3 and I sure I have heard "the knock" but not all the time - its one of those things that you read about and then are not sure if you are hearing it or not! As Kwak says - there are no known failures of it.

[mister c]

Goodo. Fingers crossed will get my front tyre fitted today after work (Now that I've made my special tool to get the spindle out) & I will be trying her out tomorrow :)

[Quiff Wichard]

aww new tyre Col? I was gonna offer you my full set I have spare for my vfr .. Avon storm ultras same size I believe..

part worn but not much .. since I have the new set of 2ct's on that cost me £300 in France !!!

ahh well will save me monies when I need to change them over I guess.

[mattSV]

Usual crap, balance the TBs and set the TPS properly first and see if it cures it.

Mine use to feel as though it was surging at around 3300rpm when held on a constant throttle - throttle body balance and TPS adjustment sorted it for me.

Looks like you got a lot of bike for £750 there Col - nice one

[Quiff Wichard]

Mine use to feel as though it was surging at around 3300rpm when held on a constant throttle - throttle body balance and TPS adjustment sorted it for me.

Looks like you got a lot of bike for £750 there Col - nice one



OI old man yerself... .. You are sleeping in my bed this weekend . do you need that electric nlanket putting on again and your horlicks saturday night ?

[Ratty]

Well, just taken it for a quick run. The front tyre is well shot at, so the handling is, should we say, decidedly iffy :)
It also has a bit of a misfire at low revs, which I'm thinking could be due to the rear downpipe woofing a bit. I will have a look at why it's blowing tomorrow night. I dont think that the previous owner did anything with it other than ride it, so I'm hoping it just needs a bit of love.

Rear collector box gasket is a common failure on the thou. Read about it on portal. Changed mine last year and it does make it run rough. Get one here (http://www.bitzforbikes.co.uk/Rear_Collector_Box_Seals_%28each%29-ref-15819-8715-1313-36.html) or for a few quid more from Suzuki.

Ratty

[mister c]

Rear collector box gasket is a common failure on the thou. Read about it on portal. Changed mine last year and it does make it run rough. Get one here (http://www.bitzforbikes.co.uk/Rear_Collector_Box_Seals_%28each%29-ref-15819-8715-1313-36.html) or for a few quid more from Suzuki.

Ratty
Cheers Ratty. I will get one ordered.
The more I ride it the more problems arise, which I had a feeling it might have done.
Now have an oil leak on the Alternator cover, when I looked the bolts were all loose & they had been for a while looking at the crud around them I have now tightened them but it is still weeping, so think it could be that he's had the cover off, broken the gasket & not bothered replacing it.
Winding the throttle open makes the bike sound really rough & vibrates all over the show, release the throttle & it runs smoothly. I'm wondering if he has had the rear wheel out & not adjusted the chain correctly, or it's drive/sprocket related. I will check it this weekend.
Other than that, it has new cans on & sounds feckin awesome :)

[dizzyblonde]

sounds like it needs taking apart and rebuilding so its all hunky dorey again!

[mister c]

Well, 2 weeks & just over 300 miles in & I thought I would write an update.
I sold the fairing lowers to SV400rob, so the bike has now cost under £700.
Ratty, you were spot on, collector gasket made the bike feel a lot better. My mate owned a motorbike shop & fixed me up with a good front tyre for nothing (cheers Karl:)). I've spent 6 hours today having a mess. Found out that the clutch pushrod has worn slightly & I think that the oil seal is goosed as well, hence the oil leak from the left hand side.
I've also set the TPS, but havent been out to try it yet, that will have to wait until tomorrow.
The previous owner hasn't bothered servicing it for a while, the air filter is a nice grey colour with bits of grass in it. I've given it a clean with an airline for the time being.
Also changed the front brake pads, so will see how she is now. Bit of TLC should do her the world of good.

In conclusion I have to say that it looks like I bought a bargain & after I've spent a bit of money on her should have a nice bike.

[Quiff Wichard]

you deserve it col.. a slice of goodness

after the run of bad luck you had for a while.

[mister c]

Cheers mate. Triumph will be going up for sale now that I know the Thou is a good one. I wont put it on here as i want it to go to someone I dont know just in case more problems arise. I think that it should be ok now, but you never know.