tank slapper and more bad luck

[caines]

Right the SV is going away for the winter! Firstly I scared the **** out of me and my friend. It was a nice dry day yesterday here, plenty of grip on the road. Anyway Im sitting behind a car at about 45 on a wide, fast road and Im thinking of overtaking but there were hatched white lines all down the middle of this part of the road. Knowing it was dry I thought ah why not its unlikely to lose traction.

Unfortunately the lines in the middle section of the hatching were'nt flat they were raised almost like the rumble strips approaching roundabouts, Id commited to the overtake and suddenly the handlebars took on a life of there own and within 2 seconds they were VIOLENTLY moving left and right and yes Ive seen the crash videos, so I was expecting to come off at any second. Held it together but without question scared the **** out of me.

And today I hit a patch of ice, backwheel spun then gripped threw me off the seat so I was hanging off one side of the bike I slowed it right down but dropped it going about 10mph. Now my Fuel injection warning light is constantly on.

So Im ****ed off. Merry f'in christmas lol.

[Dimitris]

gee sorry m8, are you hurt though? Just peeed I guess.

[Flamin_Squirrel]

D'oh :(

If you've not sorted the FI light problem, follow these steps.

1) In Tims (coombest) how to do the TPS mod (http://forums.sv650.org/viewtopic.php?t=10245), it will tell you how to but the bike into dealer mode.
2) Once in dealer mode, check the clocks. There will be an error code where the temperature is normaly shown, it starts 'c', followed by two digits. This code is c00 with no error.
3) Download this (http://www.sv650.org/SV_service_manuals/SVK3_manuals/4_FI_System_Diagnosis.zip) manual on FI diagnosis.
4) Turn to page 4-16, and using the error code it'll tell you whats wrong and hopefully you'll be able to fix it from there.

If you you're still struggling, let us know whats wrong and hopefully we'll be able to help.

[BillyC]

Sorry to hear about this mate, however, we are in the depths of December here, and in the middle of Winter, so you know that you can't give it the summer-welly that you'd like to - this is what happens.

Also, dry or wet... the hatched markings in the road denote areas that wheels generally don't go in - this means that they accumulate all sorts of crap and debris, whether or not the lines are flat - don't go in them unless you can see it's clear, or you're doing slow speed stuff.

Sit back, relax, enjoy the rest of Christmas!

[Professor]

Right the SV is going away for the winter! Firstly I scared the sh*t out of me and my friend. It was a nice dry day yesterday here, plenty of grip on the road. Anyway Im sitting behind a car at about 45 on a wide, fast road and Im thinking of overtaking but there were hatched white lines all down the middle of this part of the road. Knowing it was dry I thought ah why not its unlikely to lose traction.

Unfortunately the lines in the middle section of the hatching were'nt flat they were raised almost like the rumble strips approaching roundabouts, Id commited to the overtake and suddenly the handlebars took on a life of there own and within 2 seconds they were VIOLENTLY moving left and right and yes Ive seen the crash videos, so I was expecting to come off at any second. Held it together but without question scared the sh*t out of me.

And today I hit a patch of ice, backwheel spun then gripped threw me off the seat so I was hanging off one side of the bike I slowed it right down but dropped it going about 10mph. Now my Fuel injection warning light is constantly on.

So Im p*ssed off. Merry f'in christmas lol.

Sorry to hear of your off, caines! Glad to hear that, as far as I understand,
damage is minimal.

Does your engine start? Could it be that the "Fuel injection warning light"
is simply your bike being in gear? Or could the sensor in the sidestand
have moved a bit? I don't know much about fixing bikes but I would suggest
as a first step to exercise the sidestand a bit and exercise gears changes
as well to make sure all the sensors are working properly. I had a minor
drop when parking my bike last year and the simple things I mentioned
did the trick.

I went out for a brief ride today and the temperature was just above
freezing. I don't think we had ice here in the Wiltshire during the daytime.
But it all depends where you are, a degree or two make all the difference.

[Professor]

PS. When the sidestand is down and bike is in gear (or the sensors think
that the sidestand is down and bike in gear) the display gives an error
message and the bike doesn't start.