Will riding the bike on 1 cylinder damage it?
 

as it says above, the usall problem water in the front plug, bin trying all day to get the horn bolt off but with no joy, guna have to take it in and get it fixed and a fender extender attached, but will prob have to wait a while, its a 02 curvy and i have to do about 3 miles a day to get to work im just wondering if this will cause any harm to the bike or am i gunna have to take time off work,
cheers

The biggest danger with this is if the front cylinder suddenly kicks back in when you are not expecting it - e.g. mid corner.

I wouldnt, like Matt says, its orrible when it goes from one plug to two. I'm not sure about the actual technicalities of it, but riding it like that is an utter b*stard and not a good idea at this time of year with the slippery roads et all.

You dont strictly need a fender extenda, some non conductive silicone grease smeared over your fron spark plug will keep the water out. You can get it from maplins.

Why are you trying to undo the horn bolt. I've got a curvey SV and I've taken the front plug out loads of time without dismantling the rad / horn assembly.

i bin out on it today and the front is tottaly dead, i agree its horrilble on the one cyliner but i could really do with the money from work, today i was slipping the cluth a little bit round the corners just incase it decided for fire so it wouldent give me to much of a kick.

i undone the bolt holding the radiator but the rad dident seem to want to move down, i was just folling the hand book instructions and it said the horn bolt had to be removed aswell, so you can get the spark plug remover thingy in there if the rad is only moved an inch or so? if so i guess il be up early tring again before work

You just need to undo the two bottom rad bolts then you can swing the rad forward enough to get your hand in there to take the plug lead off and with a bit of fiddling you can get the suzuki plug too in there to get the plug out.

Also on the RHS of the fron cylinder is a small hole, shove a pipe cleaner or the straw from a can of WD40 up there and make sure its clear. That hole is for any water that does collect around the front plug ot drain away.

On the curvey SVS it helps if you undo the fairing bolts so that you can pop the fairing off the radiator as it attaches to that.

What sort of SV is it you have ?

In case you're thinking "Ah, not too much of a risk", this is what broke Blue Flame's spine :shock: If it were me, I'd just amputate the horn, and fit better ones somewhere else, but that's maybe not for you. Could you not just bend the horn bracket till it's out of the way, then bend it back? Hoping it doesn't break :lol:

You will have accelerated wear of the cylinder/piston/rings due to the unburnt petrol washing the oil off the cylinder wall.
As already mentioned though the dangerous thing would be the front cylinder kicking in at an inopertune moment.

cheers

Stewart

ahh all sorted, £20 and he fixed it sealed it up and also replaced the spark plug, yeah i was told today about the cylinder wash off by the petrol, hopefully hasent done to much damage as i dident do many miles like it, one annoying thing tho is i get back tonight and my horns stoped working!, guess he knocked it think i can managed to sort it out myself tho.

feels sooo good to have the power back!!!

Also stretches the camchain on the front cylinder as its being turned by the rear, suggest you check the camchain adjuster is working.

H

if you must, and I don't advise this at all, but if you must as an emergency measure, clamp off the fuel pipe to the front carb (mini molegrips, then tape them up or a cable tie), and if possible remove the spark plug (clears the braking effect of the compression) although you'll still have the mechanical drag of the front piston.

Not a good idea, but it'll be better than running unburnt fuel through the cylinder.

Cheers Mark.