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sputnik
12-07-11, 10:51 PM
Evening all

Seeing as Argyll has just gone to get tonight's Newbie round in, I'll seize the moment. Been lurking for a while but figure it's now time to, er, show my face?

A few months into SV ownership and thoroughly enjoying it. If you see a black fully faired '10 pointy with a scorpion stubby ear-bleeder on it somewhere between Falkirk (home) and Edinburgh (work) it just might be me.

I'll start with a blast of outrage... 1 Year service done yesterday (at a dealer as a I foolishly wanted the warranty stamp, yeah I know, buy Suzuki parts and do it yourself etc) only £3.5k miles on the clock. Nothing other than the standard service needed doing. Anyone care to guess the damage...?

TamSV
12-07-11, 11:19 PM
Hello. Some crisps would be nice. :D

I'd want a dealer stamp on a 2010 bike TBH so I suppose you've just got to take it. It was obviously something silly, so I'm gonna say £350. What do I win?

Artful
12-07-11, 11:30 PM
Welcome to the forums and I'll go for £290 :o

sputnik
12-07-11, 11:44 PM
Lordy, I'm now starting to think I got a bargain! it was 'only' £190 but I thought that seemed pretty steep for an oil change and minor adjustments etc. Perhaps labour is pricier than I realised these days or maybe workshops used to take pity on my old cb500 and did some work out of charity!

On the plus side, just got a pair of tcx competition s goretex boots for £150 new on eBay so it's all swings and roundabouts.

sputnik
12-07-11, 11:46 PM
Oh, crisps (and Benylin chasers) coming right up. Any particular flavour?

on yer bike
12-07-11, 11:54 PM
My 1 year service was £150 at a Suzuki dealer, but that was 4 years ago, so I guess with inflation... a million pounds!

TamSV
12-07-11, 11:57 PM
£190 sounds about right to me.

Good shout on the boots, mine are ace *cough* mine were cheaper *cough*.

They're a tight fit though and take a bit of breaking in. I had to take the shin armour out my leathers and they were so stiff that changing gear was a bit of a conscious effort.

They free up after a couple of weeks and get really comfy...and then they start to squeak. :smt042

sputnik
13-07-11, 12:19 AM
Cheaper? Argh, I hate to be beaten on a bargain. Can I raise you a pair of leather breeks for £20 from Oxfam online? Or maybe I'll just accept defeat graciously.

Never mind, I just moved house and the old owner left the garage empty apart from, inexplicably... a jumbo can of silicon spray. I realise that with the new (soon to be squeaky) boots it must have been destiny!\\:D/

Looks like I can get off my high horse on the service costs too - deffo a DIY job next time though.

Bibio
13-07-11, 12:41 AM
welcome......

only time service stamps come into it is insurance claims. rest of the time they mean shizz. £60 an hour to change some consumables and if your lucky have it plugged up to the SDS tool then if you are even luckier the service record goes on the main service database. so that makes £30 worth of parts and £120 in labour. now you have to take into account that the place you get your bikes serviced have good mechanics who do a proper job, or is it just a bunch of muppets who are actually fitters. there are good and bad mechanics. personally i would rather be £120 better off and know the job has been done right with no short cuts as i'm not on 'job times'.

a 1 year 3.5k service would entail an oil and filter change check fasteners and if your lucky they might grease the pivot parts top up your brake fluid tighten your chain then look it over. all of half an hours work and £30 worth of parts.

now you know why they have nice shiny show rooms.

oooohhhh disclaimer... if you don't know one end of a spanner from another then its better off taking it to a stealer.

:-)

peterco
13-07-11, 09:26 AM
Hello and welcome

appollo1
13-07-11, 04:54 PM
Hello


Good Evening



and Welcome





... if you don't know one end of a spanner from another then its better off taking it to a stealer.


that'll be me then

TheRamJam
13-07-11, 07:49 PM
Good Evening :salut:

fenjer
13-07-11, 09:18 PM
Hello! I'm from grangemouth and work in Livingston so I'm pretty sure I've seen you about on the M9...

Welcome!

(oh I was gonna say on the service thing - cuppa and bikkies plus parts if your friends with the Bibster! :) *mwah* )

Quedos
14-07-11, 01:10 PM
(oh I was gonna say on the service thing - cuppa and bikkies plus parts if your friends with the Bibster! :) *mwah* )

Ah see I go without the bikkies and you have a built in baby sitter -think I better up the anti!!

Welcome deario!!

suicidesam
14-07-11, 07:56 PM
Ow do from up on top of the hill :cool:

sputnik
14-07-11, 09:41 PM
Thanks for the cheery welcome. What a lovely bunch, one and all!:smt038

Without knowing who or what anyone is, at this stage I can only hazard a guess as to whether I have the necessary attributes for 'the Bibster' to, er... service me for the price of a biscuit. :cry: or :D as appropriate.

Hob Nob anyone?

Bibio
15-07-11, 02:41 AM
as long as they are not ''soggy biscuits'' (ask a fifer) you'll be fine.

i'm pretty limited as to when i can help people, but it might be a good idea if when the season ends and with a participating member with a nice warm garage agrees we could hold bike maintenance classes for those who would benefit. or even once a month on a sunday.

if the above does happen then i wont be there to 'fix' peoples bikes. it will be a how to 'maintain' your bike.

muzikill
15-07-11, 07:01 AM
My Garage is wee (but has a few mod cons) so the class would be small, but when i get time around family and work im with bibio.

Quedos
15-07-11, 07:35 AM
I know of classes that will be run in September Hopefully - but that Glasgow

sputnik
15-07-11, 08:12 AM
Without wanting to jump the queue I'd certainly be well up for attending informal maintenance classes in whatever form they might take. SV specific guidance would be a godsend to an incompetent have a go hero like myself who will happily give the basic stuff a go, Haynes in hand, but is limited by lack of technical knowledge. As Bibio suggests, I don't (necessarily) want someone else to fix my bike - just a bit more know-how to tackle things confidently myself.

I've tried looking for general maintenance classes around the Edinburgh/West Lothian/Falkirk belt a few times over the last few years and have been amazed that virtually nothing seems to exist.

One more thing while I am deviating from my own original 'hello' posting - has anyone done the IAM (I am particularly considering the Falkirk branch), and if so, would they recommend it? Feedback on the main forum seems generally favourable but I couldn't find much that was specific to Scotland.

Artful
15-07-11, 12:44 PM
I would be really up for this having seen the Bibster in action and already benefited from his teachings :riding:

Quedos
15-07-11, 01:52 PM
One more thing while I am deviating from my own original 'hello' posting - has anyone done the IAM (I am particularly considering the Falkirk branch), and if so, would they recommend it? Feedback on the main forum seems generally favourable but I couldn't find much that was specific to Scotland.

Talk to Kilted - he's the man for Falkirk. He's a very good competent rider with excellent teaching skills ( but I'm biased he was taught at my group Glasgow North)

suicidesam
16-07-11, 09:36 PM
Hob Nob anyone?

No sure about the Bibster, Jaffa's are the prefered payment for my spanner/fabrication time :cool:

Defo no soggy biscuits allowed!! :puker:

sputnik
16-07-11, 10:20 PM
Okay, I think I've got it - My nobs not welcome and sogginess in the biscuit department is a definite no no (think we had a school like that near where I grew up, definitely not just a Fife thing).

I promise my bickies will be as crispy as can be... Unless they are Jaffas in which case crispiness suggests a poorly maintained biscuit, or is it a cake (you can't just go by the name you know)?... so how about moist (yet not soggy), but only for Jaffa type biscuit/cake hybrids otherwise crunchy is the order of the day; specific biscuit to be agreed in due course . Are we agreed?

Jeez, this is like the Benny Hill & Mr Kipling Motorcycle Club! Oh, and where do we stand on Jammy Dodgers...:smt102

peterco
17-07-11, 03:56 PM
Jeez, this is like the Benny Hill & Mr Kipling Motorcycle Club! Oh, and where do we stand on Jammy Dodgers...:smt102

I'am sure darrensv650s is a jammy dodger fan

dawn07
17-07-11, 06:43 PM
Hi and welcome, oh and I'm a custard cream thanks!:smt006:thumright::riding:

sputnik
18-07-11, 10:39 PM
Talk to Kilted - he's the man for Falkirk. He's a very good competent rider with excellent teaching skills ( but I'm biased he was taught at my group Glasgow North)

Thanks for that - that'll probably do me. Handy to know there's a SV-type there and doubly so if its a recommendation. Don't necessarily know what to expect from IAM but after riding various machines for over 10 years I thought it was probably about time to actually get to know what I am doing a bit more and perhaps rid myself of some bad habits.

Quedos
19-07-11, 11:40 AM
Thanks for that.

Nae prob's and for that I'll have a cadbury's animal. (or bourbon):thumright:

suicidesam
22-07-11, 09:27 PM
Okay, so how about moist?

:mrgreen:;)

Oh, and where do we stand on Jammy Dodgers...:smt102

Just dont open a packet when my lad's about.. you'll loose some fingers! :D

carelesschucca
23-07-11, 12:35 AM
where do we stand on Jammy Dodgers...:smt102


We don't stand on Jammy Dodgers, we eat them!!!

I did my IAM in Glasgow (with the north group) its the best thing I ever did... Not that many people on here would say I ride like I'm IAM!!! Oh but I do love a lumi jacket :)