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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
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![]() "It sounds like you're trying to shift when the bike isn't rolling, which won't work on a motorcycle" WTF do they mean by that? How do they ever manage to get their bike moving the first time they... |
Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
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Replies: 15
Views: 5,061
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![]() If you need spacers let me know, I have plenty spare from when I did my springs and was trying different lengths. Or buy yourself some PVC pipe and make your own (but then like me you'll still have... |
Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
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![]() Not necessarily mixed up in translation, gaskets can be made of copper too. :) |
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
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![]() Absolutely. I'd hard it SORN'd since January to move the tax/MOT costs away from the new year/xmas period. It was great to be back on two wheels this week! |
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
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Replies: 42
Views: 10,303
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![]() If it's only small, it would probably end up as an advisory. My SV had an advisory down as swinging arm play on the last MOT it had before I bought it. As it turned out, the swinging arm was... |
Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,250
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,250
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![]() They are also available on M&P (that's where I ended up getting them from). |
Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,250
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![]() Excellent, thanks for the feedback Gary. That's what I was hoping for regarding smoothing things out, give the chain a little less stress from the power pulses. |
Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,250
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![]() Has anyone tried these rubber cushioned front sprockets that now* seem to be available? https://chainsandsprockets.co.uk/collections/jt-front-rubber-cushioned-sprockets Wondering whether... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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Replies: 11,297
Views: 22,821,282
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![]() I thought you programmed in your budget in to the little box yourself? Have no clue really since I told em to naff off, perfectly happy with my existing meter. Just that every time I see my Dad's one... |
Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
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Replies: 42
Views: 10,303
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,004
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![]() Another one here who thinks it (and it's brethren from other manu's) looks pig ugly. WTF is this trend for giving half a pillion seat at a ridiculous height? Looks like the forgot to finish drawing... |
Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
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Replies: 41
Views: 3,743
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![]() What plates did you put in there? Suzuki or aftermarket? I've had issues in the past on other bikes with certain brands of clutch plates. |
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,200
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![]() Many many years back he was set a challenge to build a 6 cylinder engine across the weekend of the Stafford Classic Bike show. Loads of people scoffed as he set about sawing up cases with a hacksaw... |
Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,156
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![]() Same here. Have got used to it a bit more now, but was a real pain at first. I think I've also managed to accidentally hit the full beam too. |
Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,001
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![]() I can give you a what's not good, IMO - Michelin Pilot Road 4's. My bike came shod with a very unworn set of these. I took it up to a bike Rally in Derbyshire in July but I found the tyres lacking.... |
Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,907
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![]() If the cable has stretched, it won't cause it to slip, you'll have the opposite, it won't release the clutch properly and will drag when you have the lever pulled to the bar. Is the outer basket... |
Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,927
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![]() I have the M-Shock and am very happy with it. It was the final part of the transformation in handling after doing the forks. |
Forum: Idle Banter
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Replies: 375
Views: 293,993
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![]() I got very into growing chillis a few years back. Superhots really need sowing in January (in fact all types benefit from this). I germinated them in a propagator and then had them under a 125W CFL... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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Replies: 11,297
Views: 22,821,282
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![]() My Sony Z5 phone was claimed to be IP68, the marketing for it showed people swimming with one and taking pics under water. I took it on the Lazy River at Typhoon Lagoon, forgetting there was a... |
Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,165
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![]() Definitely do the TPS adjustment as per Seeker's link. Mine (2015 SL2) was a complete pig on slow corners and small roundabouts until I did this. Now I can roll the throttle off to a neutral position... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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Replies: 6,446
Views: 3,670,471
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![]() One of the guys in my local bike club turned 80 last month. He is still riding an MT07, though he had to sell his Harley due to arthritis playing up when using the clutch. He still has his RD350 too. |
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
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Replies: 2,795
Views: 588,245
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![]() It's 7 years old now so I'm sure the warranty is long gone. As I've got a new shock arriving next week anyhow, I'm not too bothered but it is a bit ****. |
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
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Replies: 2,795
Views: 588,245
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![]() Not sure what the previous two owners have been doing with the bike. The first one was a new rider as he had a restricter kit fitted from new (lots of paperwork came with it). The last MOT (200 miles... |
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