Owdoo

[mister c]

Just bought myself an SV650 today, pick her up next saturday. T Reg Naked Model 12000miles FSH with a few trick bits on it.
The names Col and I am a plant hire manager & CBT Instructor at the weekend. I ride about 300 miles a week, whatever the weather (except snow).
What is the finish on these SV's like? will it be ok in the good old English winter.

[mattSV]

Welcome to the madhouse Col (ha - got in first)

Finish on the SV is up/down to the usual suzuki standard.

Curvy forks have a habit of pitting, however keep the salt of in the winter and it should be ok

[Quiff Wichard]

welcome Col..
take heed off Matt- he looks after his bike well.. it is Mint.!! (must be a gay thing !):cheers:

[kwak zzr]

welcome Col..
take heed off Matt- he looks after his bike well.. it is Mint.!! (must be a gay thing !):cheers:

[-X now now theres nothing wrong with a clean thou.

[kwak zzr]

how do col, welcome to sv650.org.

[ArtyLady]

Hiya, good choice - T Reg, no dodgy plastic bits or contortionist clip ons ;) :D

Ive only rode through one winter so cant comment really on how the finish bears up, mine's still excellent though. :cool:

[Stingo]

Avast There Mr C!! Haul 'er up and we'll catch the sou sou westerly!! Har har!! :smt006

[BILLY]

How do ignore the others less polishing and more riding:cool: Oh and don't let kwak see your down pipes or he will want to polish them:mrgreen:

[mattSV]

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Originally Posted by Quiff Wichard http://forums.sv650.org/images/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?p=1124739#post1124739)
welcome Col..
take heed off Matt- he looks after his bike well.. it is Mint.!! (must be a gay thing !):cheers:


[-X now now theres nothing wrong with being gay.;)

[kwak zzr]

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[Steve W]

Welcome and hose down the bike after every ride. I didn't and regretted it.

Have fun.

[Biker Biggles]

Gayday.;)

[Spiderman]

Buenos dias hombre :smt028

[K]

Owdo back atcha.

Where abouts are you from?

[Richie]

I am a plant hire manager .


Hi there and welcome.

hopefully you might be a contact that I'll be PM'ing soon on how to quick fix plant [-o<

[mister c]

Big thanks for the welcome. I live in Crewe, cheshire and work in Whitchurch Shropshire.
Sounds like I am going to have to buy myself a lot of cleaning products ;).
Been riding for 20 odd years now & when the SV came out it was a bike I'd always wanted. At long last, with the kids grown up I am starting to enjoy my life on my own, had a little money (for the first time in years) I thought I would give one a try.

[Fizzy Fish]

ah, there are some nice biking roads round Shropshire way! :D welcome to the site anyway

oh and if you're concerned about corrosion try using something like WD40 or ACF50 to coat down pipes, etc

[Alpinestarhero]

Keep the bike clean (rinse of all the road salt and other crap with lots of water etc etc) and spray on WD40 on some exposed moving parts (shock, stanchions etc) and it'll keep tip-top. Once a year just give it a good seeing to; then your SV will last a life time!

Kwakzzr has the cleanest bikes I've ever seen :cool:

Welcome to the .org btw!

Matt

[Tim in Belgium]

Hello there from up on t'edge of moors.

[El Saxo]

Welcome to the site mate :riding:

[Ed]

ah, there are some nice biking roads round Shropshire way! :D welcome to the site anyway

You can say that again. Col will know that the A49 north from Whitchurch is fabulous:D

Welcome to the site:cool:

[Beenz]

Welcome Col.

If possible wash the bike down if you'e been riding on salty roads. This helps no end. Use cold water as well as it will not steam and settle on other colder parts of the bike. (salt dissolves in about the same amount and time in hot or cold water)

Other bits like the chain adjusters, footrest hanger mountings and other cycle parts would benefit from a fime smear of grease (not on the brakes obviousely). For winter get a can of ACF 50 and that will keep most of the nasties at bay, a bit late to do that for this winter I guess but if you are doing that milage through March which can be very cold it might be an option.

[Captain Nemo]

gleetings earthling.

dont get the sv wet the bolts turn to fun fir in about 3 hours.........

[Rog]

Owdoo ahh Kid !!


Anyway if you are new to the SV I would recommend a fender extender if it hasnt already got one. If you do a quick search on this forum you will find that the only real fault (out the box) on the SV is that in heavy rain water can get down the front plug causing a misfire. This can be quite scary mid corner:shaking: and the fender extender solves it and all for only £18 ish.

[anna]

hello and welcome

[Law]

Hello!

[Kinvig]

Guten Tag!

[mister c]

Cheers for all of the info. Can't wait till Saturday after work, shoot down to Newcastle & pick my new baby up.
The XJR has seen it's Ar*e, she broke down on me on Sunday, must know something :)

[hovis]

:smt031 PEEK-A-BOO :smt006