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Misleading title:rolleyes: but if i FINALLY pass my mod2 this wednesday i could be out on my SV with you lot... Its been a while since my welcome post so i thought i'd update .
Big ups oversleeping your mod1 and Examiners being ill for mod2!
Fallout
22-06-12, 06:47 PM
Will you be buying fuel, or like Dan, will you be spending all your money on parts and then looking at it in the garage?
Well done and congrats btw! :D
Thunderace
22-06-12, 07:44 PM
Misleading title:rolleyes: but if i FINALLY pass my mod2 this wednesday i could be out on my SV with you lot... Its been a while since my welcome post so i thought i'd update .
Big ups oversleeping your mod1 and Examiners being ill for mod2!
Congrats mate1:smt038 Get your bike sorted and we'll meet up and put some miles on that odometer!:D
Galviniser
22-06-12, 08:08 PM
Will you be buying fuel, or like Dan, will you be spending all your money on parts and then looking at it in the garage?
Well done and congrats btw! :D
Hahaha! I like
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Please spend a bit more on fuel than Dan, no need for the chinese levers, just need miles and experience under your belt!!
Good luck for your test, probs seen this before but.......RELAX!! just ride sensibly and you will fly through!
Bordtea
22-06-12, 09:36 PM
Hahaha he doesn't have any money left for fuel after all these tests... he'll be worse than me!
He hasn't explained the full story, so I will ;)
- Failed first Mod1 though examiner was harsh imo
- Rebooked for the week after with mod2 the second day, OVERSLEPT and missed Mod1 which means he couldn't do Mod2 either
- Finally passed mod1 and turned up for mod2 to be told the examiner was ill
Top marks for effort!
Oh and my little visit to see you two the other night has broken the bank!!
'Big ups oversleeping your mod1 and Examiners being ill for mod2!' cant you read dan :P
Boy oh boy im gonna miss 110 mpg on the ybr :'[
Bordtea
22-06-12, 11:40 PM
'Big ups oversleeping your mod1 and Examiners being ill for mod2!' cant you read dan :P
Boy oh boy im gonna miss 110 mpg on the ybr :'[
I thought that understated how much of a retard you are :smt109
you can't have MPG & fun together, on the SV you should still average about 50 which is plenty
Spank86
23-06-12, 08:47 AM
Unless you take up hangliding.
I car-share with my mum with a Ford KA and its 42 mpg.. thats meant to be one of the most economical little cars around. So 50 sounds good. I've heard they can do better than 50 though?
Galviniser
23-06-12, 09:38 AM
I created a topic a while ago about fuel and SV's it's here
http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=172910
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I car-share with my mum with a Ford KA and its 42 mpg.. thats meant to be one of the most economical little cars around. So 50 sounds good. I've heard they can do better than 50 though?
yeah, it all depends how you ride, on the 2 hour motorway blat from essex to home, i was sitting at about 80ish (with my large top box on the back) and averaged 54mpg.
TBH even if you are riding hard the whole day long, i doubt you'd get much less than 40mpg.
On my K3, i averagely see the fuel light appear about 130. I generally ride to 150/160 prior to filling up and still only get 13/14 litres in
Fallout
23-06-12, 08:02 PM
After we did that ride out on Wednesday, my fuel light was flashing for the last 10-15 miles, so nigh on empty. I got 140 miles out of that tank, and all of that was hard riding. The time we did our brighton run with more sedate bits, I got home with 160 on the clock and still no fuel light. So yeah, good consumption and only maybe 10%-15% more used when thrashing it.
Hey-ho. Passed with 4 minors!
you'll be seeing a silver sv with a big dented exhaust soon!
That sounds like a youthanism somehow
Fallout
27-06-12, 08:55 PM
Well done matey! :)
Bordtea
28-06-12, 12:58 AM
Thats if you can put it back together...
Spank86
28-06-12, 08:13 AM
4 minors?
Slacking, do it again.
Fallout
28-06-12, 07:38 PM
Don't worry mate. Ad had 6 miners, and they all loved every minute of it.
Don't worry mate. Ad had 6 miners, and they all loved every minute of it.
By any chance were they Dwarves and went by the names of Tighty, Limpy, Happy, Givey, Takey and lubey? :lol:
Fallout
29-06-12, 09:52 AM
Sounds about right. The 7th being Spank.
May aswell point out before Bordtea does. Put the SV back together... went out on my road up and down to give it a little run. Turned at walking pace on a slope and dropped it.... snapped brake lever and a bit of coolant overflow. JOYS. This was 15 minutes ago haha
Anyone got some sweet brake levers to match a Silver curvy? or know of where to get some?
keith_d
29-06-12, 04:05 PM
Ah, there's that seventh minor - Clumsie.
But seriously, brake levers are a consumable part. :) Quickest and easiest answer it to find your local Suzuki dealer, they'll probably have a spare on the shelf that looks just like the one you broke.
Once you've fixed the new lever you've got plenty of time to look for something a bit more stylish.
Fallout
29-06-12, 04:34 PM
Unlucky mate! Hope the damage wasn't too bad. Don't do a Dan and buy new levers then never ride the thing. There's nothing worse than a bling bike ridden by someone with no clue (though Dan can at least ride ..... I think .... never seen him for more than 5 minutes).
Btw, there's no shame in feet down and paddling it round a slow corner and finding a big open space to turn it round, or pushing it back and forwards about 20 times while other people wait. Don't feel pressured into doing a manoeuvre you don't find easy just cos you think you should be able to, or will look silly if you don't.
Yeee. The brakes seem same as usual int erms of response. The brake lever itself is really loose and weird feeling probably due to the fact its cracked at the hinge. I assume its a simple brake lever replacement. As for the coolant... google tells me it was just overflow from the bike being horizontal.. as my coolant level is still very high and the leak stopped when the bike was vertical. (hoses radiator etc all seems fine)
I like dan's ali G levers. :D
Spank86
29-06-12, 10:19 PM
Sounds about right. The 7th being Spank.
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Bordtea
30-06-12, 01:24 AM
Get the chinese prazzos boyo! Rode the bike today shock/gasp, loomies and back with a pillion, thats me out for another month!
Dropped the sv whilst cleaning just now. Broke gear shift peg and screen. Should i give up? i think the answer is YES
Bordtea
04-07-12, 10:02 PM
Unbelievable
i think you need stabilisers still :lol:
a hint for you, when moving the bike have the side stand out, and be on the side of the bike the stand is.
Fallout
05-07-12, 06:54 AM
Dude, that's pretty embarrassing. Well done for admitting to it.
You somehow made that into a compliment.
<3
Spank86
05-07-12, 01:45 PM
I definitely think you should give up.... cleaning it.
Bordtea
05-07-12, 03:20 PM
slow boy
Afraid you lot will never see me on an SV again :P
granty92
10-07-12, 01:17 PM
not a true sv'er if a broken gear shifter breaks you, i fell off mine and pushed it 3 miles back to me house :p took the next day off to get it fixed
Spank86
10-07-12, 03:47 PM
Afraid you lot will never see me on an SV again :P
Because you dropped it so many times it's unrecognisable under the layers of mud, gravel, and broken plastics?
Bordtea
10-07-12, 03:56 PM
No cos he crashed it yesterday ;)
not a true sv'er if a broken gear shifter breaks you, i fell off mine and pushed it 3 miles back to me house :p took the next day off to get it fixed
I broke my gear shifter while working in Reigate. Got it in first and rode along changing up into third with my hand then rode back to Woking. Had to drop to second and crawl towards red lights a few times but apart from that was all good.
Just read this again and looks like you have dropped it and then also crashed it?
How bad is the damage? If you need a hand I have stripped and rebuilt my old curvy a few times, I'm no mechanic but I know the front of a bike from the back.
Fallout
10-07-12, 08:06 PM
Dude, you crashed it?!? You've only had it 5 minutes! Hope you're ok bud. What's the story? Giving up bikes now?
Meh, came round a bend in the wet (started ****ing down halfway through my trip, wouldnt of ridden otherwise) lady coming from the oposite direction turning right infront of me. Panicked and broke hard...next thing i knew i was sliding down the road. She stopped and got out and other people stopped ... was nice to see people give a crap. After deliberation and a chance to calm down i rode it home... must of looked a sorry state with half my indicators and mirrors missing (only live 5 mins away)
Going to sell the sv and downsize (its clearly not working for me)
Damage to bike is all cosmetic... except the exhaust and rear brake lever needs replacing. I might replace exhaust myself and the indicators (i have new mini ones sitting ready) or might just sell it as a fixer-upper with the spare parts along with it. Going to take pictures and put it up on the org tomorrow.
Damage to me is stretched ligament in my hand and whiplash....good job i was wearing my gear.
Kinda good it happened because it made up my mind for me...the SV is just too big and heavy for me right now...not going to take to it like Mr Daniel. 2 Serious drops and 1 crash in 2 weeks has got to be an omen (ALL THE GEAR, NO IDEA)
it takes getting used to. by the sounds of it some extra training/tuition maybe the best step for you to go on to
Spank86
10-07-12, 08:32 PM
You've obviously not been paying close attention to HOW bordtea manages not to crash, not many cars pull out in front of you before you've even got out of bed.
Yeah I'm planning to do Bikesafe and anything else that takes my fancy. Will definitely consider getting a pointy when my 2 years are up though... always gona love the VEE purrrrr
I do worry about Dan. I really do
i've jsut done bike safe, worth doing. however i'd say getting some tuition on riding a larger bike would be an advantage 1st. The power, weight, handling, brakes etc all need to be got used to
What exactly did they cover and how was the day(s) structured?
presentation for a couple of hours in the morning covering different aspects. Then a ride out, town riding slow speed. then in the afternoon a longer ride out round country roads, twistys etc. 2 people to a copper on a ride out, 1 in front 1 behind. then another presentation when you get back on a few other bits.
look on the website and it gives you a bit mroe info, i'll dig out some info they sent me prior to going on it.
i did mine with the MET
Fallout
10-07-12, 09:22 PM
Dude, don't be disheartened. You'll sort it out. If you gotta sell it, do it, and get some experience on something smaller. When you next get on an SV, the whole road hazard stuff will be sorted, and you can just worry about handling the bike.
Im downsizing, sorry should made it more clear... going to go down the 250 route...toss up between the honda and Kawak option. I know it aint got the balls of an SV but i need to build my confidence back up.
Big ups to my Hein gericke textile jacket for keeping my thorax injury free :D
WHIPLASH HURTS :@
Bordtea
11-07-12, 12:44 AM
Only riding in the dry and after 3pm is the way to avoid crashes, also riding about twice a month helps aswell ;)
Fallout
11-07-12, 06:38 AM
Riding with a steely gaze helps too. I look at drivers at junctions and they generally reverse away, sometimes even getting out of their cars and running for their lives.
I got a curvy as my first bike. 3rd day of ownership dropped it in the back garden, no one there to see so I tried to pick it up quickly and ****ed my back.
Within the first month I had ran wide about 5 times because I turned in too early,
on a tight right hander I got into a good position over to the left then target fixated on the left kerb and ended up in a ditch,
downshifted without giving it a blip of the throttle and got a snakey back end which resulted in nearly ending up in the backseat of a convertible mini,
taught myself how to get my knee down around roundabouts cause I thought that was cool and the first time I tried it on proper bend the back slid and like a gimp I shut the throttle and high sided it.
**** happens mate, stick with it.
Fallout
11-07-12, 07:03 PM
Yeah. Winder is definitely a good role model for you. :-P :D
You don't need to be an amazing rider to have fun, I'm proof of that. But binning it happens, just don't make the same mistake twice. The little ninja 250's look nice but think they're a bit expensive
Elliott
11-07-12, 07:58 PM
I find it easier to ride larger bikes :S
Each to their own elliot, Guess your too far away for my sv?
Have you considered sticking a restrictor on the SV? That way you keep a bike that you've already significantly reduced in value but can turn down the power. Then if/when ready you take the restrictor back out. A repeatedly dropped SV will not bring in good money.
The incident with the car is something that is just as likely on a 250 as a 650 maybe even more so on the smaller bike as it will have narrower tyres so more likely to wash out the front with an inappropriate handful of brake lever.
Dropping the bike when cleaning/moving it is just a lack of concentration. A 250 will hit the ground just as often if you are thinking about something else instead. Once it's gone over a bit, you'll still drop it. Any bike gets very heavy very quickly when it goes off vertical!
Why not see if a riding school will give you a "refresher" on their bikes then you can see how you feel.
As mentioned elsewhere advanced training will help loads but sounds like you need a bit more confidence boosting basic instruction and a healthy boost in concentration when pushing it around more than a couple of hours of Bike safe or IAM coaching.
On the other-hand going back to a 125/250 may help get your head in the right place and they are considerably easier to pick up when dropped on the driveway.
Check out the Honda Varadero for big bike feel on a 125. Good foundation in bike handling.
It is restricted mate, i'm 18
It is restricted mate, i'm 18
Restrict it a bit more then!
Easy enough to restrict throttle range
Elliott
11-07-12, 08:29 PM
Each to their own elliot, Guess your too far away for my sv?
****e sorry completely forgot, yes unfortunately it's waaaay to far. I'm from Cheshire!
Shame. I dont know if i'll be able to shift the sv in its current state... could fix the easy stuff myself? not sure
Elliott
11-07-12, 09:13 PM
Mate I'd be fixing it all up and selling for £1,400 go for it!!!
Its tempting. Theres just a lot to be replaced, fixed etc. tog et it up to good selling standard.
Screen, indicators, fairing replaced, new exhaust, new brake peg, new mirrors
Elliott
11-07-12, 09:50 PM
You'll still be in the money. It's all just bolt on parts nothing too hard.
Fallout
12-07-12, 07:27 AM
Basically Jammy mate, you've taken a right old confidence knock, and you're going through that "I can't handle it, I am not experienced enough" stage, perhaps with a bit of "my ******** is twitching with fear whenever I go near it" and also a dose of "the bike is fecked now and I'm ****ed off and I've had enough."
Only you know if you are capable of riding it. I'm gonna say something really harsh, but true, so forgive me: I know girls who have never ridden a bike in their life, done their DAS and been whizzing about on an SV a few days later. Now I reckon if they'd had a **** time by themselves, dropping it, and having a few accidents, their confidence would've been knocked too and would be having the same thoughts as you. Being girlies, they probably would have run away and tried to get someone else to sort it (sorry for any girlies reading. Sexism is now finished). So you've just had a run of bad luck and haven't seen the benefits yet.
You know you're capable. You're not worse than a girl are you? :-P You've just had to deal with a load of ****ty mistakes in a row, and you're currently looking at a broken bike and seeing the effort that'll be required to get it road worthy again. All the while, that little cnut in the back of your head is telling you you're just gonna drop it again as soon as you've fixed it. So what's the point?! WHAT IS THE MOTHER FERKING POINT?! I might as well sell the bike, become a nun and live the rest of my life riding from town to town on a horse in a frock. I know that's what you're thinking, WORD FOR WORD! Don't deny it!
You've got three choices right now mate:
(1) Flog the bike and never buy another one. Concede defeat. Live the rest of your days as a loser, hanging your head in shame whenever a bike rides past. Have school girls point and laugh at you and call you names wherever you go.
(2) Flog the broken SV and buy a slower bike. Have all the same issues, but half the fun. Since your crash was caused by bad weather, a foolish woman on the road, and rider error, not speed, and your drops were just accidents that could happen with any bike, switching bikes won't achieve anything except distancing yourself from bad memories. Have the memories of that SV haunt you forever, like an aborted baby, tearing at your soul, reminding you of what you gave up for no reason.
(3) Keep the SV, fix it up, get back on it, and try again. Learn from all your mistakes. Take extra care moving it around (I sit on the bike 9 times out of 10 when moving it), don't ride in ****ty weather until you have more experience, keep your eyes open and expect everyone to pull out and kill you etc. Take on the challenge, conquer all your inner fears and demons which have surfaced because of your mistakes, get the SV running again and master it. **** in the faces of laughing school girls.
(1) is the loser path, (2) makes no sense, (3) is what it's all about. I can't imagine how ****ing annoying and frustrating it is to have accidents and drop the bike so close to the start of your riding career. It must suck like a particularly promiscuous dyson vacuum cleaner, but you've got to overcome it mate, otherwise you have failed.
Winder is actually a good example btw. Smashed his bike, broke his bones, poos his pants when he rides, but he's back in the saddle.
I hope I take my own advise if I ever get in a smash. If I don't, feel free to quote this entire post, unless I'm in a wheelchair. Then that'd be really harsh.
I agree. Its not just that though. I was definitely falling out of love with the SV anyway. I personally found it hard work to ride, didn't like the position, sick and tired of constant problems with it. This is probably more to do with my example of an sv, not SV's in general. Im thinking of keeping the sv now and fixing it up to either
A: sell it for more than i bought it
B: actually ride it again sometime
Thanks for all the advice and opinions guys.
Ive got 2 test rides today with the sporty 250's (ninja 250 and honda cbr250r) so i'll see how i feel on them (how much fun i have)
Elliott
12-07-12, 09:59 AM
Rode both and to be they feel as small as 125's.
Fix the sv, sell it and then buy a 400cc "best of both worlds"
Thunderace
12-07-12, 05:09 PM
Shame. I dont know if i'll be able to shift the sv in its current state... could fix the easy stuff myself? not sure
Keep the bike! Mark is right you'll never get good money for a bike that's been dropped more than once! Keep with it accidents happen! once confidence is built up even a serious accident won't put you off! I've totally destroyed a couple of bikes and been in hospital numerous times, had broken bones, gravel rash (which really sucks buy the way coz it takes forever to heal!), and a bruised ego but you would have to kill me to stop me riding. Don't go smaller coz they are even easier to crash, nothing wrong with riding a tatty bike, you won't be as gutted next time you bin it! :riding:
Thunderace
13-07-12, 04:54 PM
HAHA Jammy mate you'll like this! I always park my car nose first in the driveway, but last night I reversed in to unload some shopping. This morning I hopped in the car to go to work and out of routine put it in reverse and bumped straight into the bike:smt043 luckily no damage I can see lets hope it dont fall apart on the next ride!:smt022
Fallout
13-07-12, 06:12 PM
I think we should start a new thread called "Pleb's corner" where we can post about all our moments of retardation. Thunderace and Jammy can be moderators.
Elliott
13-07-12, 06:25 PM
Yes, I'm there.
Spank86
13-07-12, 06:32 PM
I think we should start a new thread called "Pleb's corner" where we can post about all our moments of retardation. Thunderace and Jammy can be moderators.
Just biking ones though or we'd never get you to stop posting long enough for us to have a go.
Fallout
13-07-12, 06:52 PM
I ain't no pleb!!
Thunderace
13-07-12, 06:57 PM
I ain't no pleb!!
Well thats one to debate about!:-k And whats this about plebs corner? Surely i'm entitled to the odd cockup due to the meds i'm on for my back, I can barely see straight first thing in the morning!:smt022
Fallout
13-07-12, 07:07 PM
Would you like one of my world famous back massages Nathan? Clothes optional!
Pleb's Corner would just be funny though. A place where we can shamelessly post about all our bike related failings, in the company of everyone elses' stuff ups.
well the second time i dropped the SV (the side-stand fail) it landed on my MUMs ford KA .... is it bad that i didn't even check the KA for damage when it happened...
^ 1st post in Plebs corner
and LOL thunderace almost as bad as when i reversed my car into my girlfriend's stepdad's car...with him watching...
Fallout
14-07-12, 01:07 PM
I reversed my import Japanese R33 GTR Skyline pride and joy into a steel post in a petrol station, and subsequently wrote it off. We all have pleb moments! I didn't put this in pleb corner because it's car related. That's my most plebbish thing ever.
you bent the frame by reversing into a post? or was this after that most plebbish event
oh and big news guys Boredtea FAILED his M.O.T
Bordtea
14-07-12, 01:35 PM
-___- Rear tyre is the tiniest tiniest bit under legal tread depth right in the centre... so ****ed off haha. Bye bye £125 :(
Elliott
14-07-12, 01:56 PM
Doesn't it have to be below 2mm over 80%
Bordtea
14-07-12, 04:55 PM
Think it's 1mm over 75% of the area of the tyre. Imo it should have just passed but not up to me at the end of the day, was planning on replacing the pair in a couple of months anyway but I'd have money then, having to sponge another 125 off the rents now, theyre not happy haha!
Fallout
14-07-12, 05:30 PM
They probably took one look at you and thought "This is the kind of guy who doesn't even spend money on petrol. He's not going to replace this tyre until the canvas is entwined in the chain. Best to fail it."
Bordtea
14-07-12, 05:34 PM
They probably took one look at you and thought "This is the kind of guy who doesn't even spend money on petrol. He's not going to replace this tyre until the canvas is entwined in the chain. Best to fail it."
Hahahaha well thats now me out of petrol funds for the next 3 months
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