Heel Plates
 

Hello to all.

Newbie here.

Got a quick question.

I bought a new K6 sport in june this year and i have noticed that the heel plates have worn through the paint/lacquer and are now down to the base metal.:(

Has anybody else come across this , and do you know if Suzuki will replace them under warranty? Cos they now look damn ugly.

Re: Heel Plates
 

Dont know about replacing them under warrenty, but my SV (K3) heel plates were the same - I just polished them up. Used 800 grade wet/dry paper, moving to 1500 grade, then a final polish with Autosol. The have a mirror finish now - but you have to keep on top of it!

Re: Heel Plates
 

What boots do you wear. My other halfs K5 has the same problem they lacquer was worn away by the ankle protection on her Sidi Black rains...

Re: Heel Plates
 

Hi

I wear sidi vertebre boots.

This is the first time i've come across this problem my old R6 had done 30K+ miles with standard heel plates and they were still like new.

It appears the probablem is possibly down to suzuki poor finishing?:rolleyes:

I'll ask my dealer if he can do anything if he can't then i'll repaint and laquer them myself.

Re: Heel Plates
 

get kwak round

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i have sidi evo rains (i think that's them) and mine look like carp after <1500miles

might have to look into polishing them:cool:

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The heel plates on mine went the same so i customed mine, alot of elbow grease but worth it i say.

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=92695

Re: Heel Plates
 

Black rains here too and yup, took about 1500 miles for them to wear down to the metal.

If it really bothers you, there are a few sellers of stainless ones on ebay

Re: Heel Plates
 

mine did exactly the same when i used to wear sidi... and still do it just as bad with my oxtars!:p