The difference a few miles make
 

This week i am riding my girlfiends SV to work, as it sits there all week, and can sometime, a couple of weeks without being used. So to keep the battery topped up and to stop things from siezing/corroding/rusting/falling off, i am going to ride it every now and again on my commute. However, this has highlighted a few things with my own SV. Now, my bike has done 44000 miles, spends 80% of its life commuting on a 10mile central london coummute, hers a country life, covering just over the 18000 miles. Age wise, they are both K1's, mine on an X, hers a 51.

Anyhoo, things that are just not the same. The gearbox is just so much lighter on her bike, the clutch is nice and springy, the brakes are nice and working and not siezed and sort of working, oh, and it doesnt clunk over the bumps like mine does. So this leads to a few conclusions. My rear caliper needs sorting out, not sure about the gearbox, but the 6th gear bearing is very whiney. The clutch grabs and needs sorting (Changed clutch and cable) and i think i may need to sort the front forkss, and rear shock :( Hmmm. Or i can just knick her bike permently!!

Just swap the wheels over - she'll never notice :wink:

This is why you should never ride any other bikes but your own ;)

.and also maybe one reason why people prefer low milage bikes :wink:

Cheers
Ben

I take it you have lubricated her throttle cables, last time I saw her bike she was moaning about how stiff the throttle was.

Re: The difference a few miles make
 

Did you put your cans on her bike? I see a blue SV with twin cans on last week, thought it might be you but no stripe and it was the wrong blue? :shock: :?

you can only clean and lube so much, eventually parts wear out

I have replaced my entire shift linkage twice, all cables once, clutch perch, brake calipers, etc. just from wearing out

Replaced the cable, lubed the entire throttle linkage on the carbs much much better now :D

True, but im sure that a bike thats been sitting there doing nothing, is going to throw up a whole heap of issues!

This kind of reaffirms what my friend always said about old or cheap Suzuki bikes...............after about 30'000 miles they've had it.