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Forum: Idle Banter 06-03-24, 02:30 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?

Got my bike insurance quote today from Broker ( they are normally pretty good and offer a couple of different companies ) and it seems that Zenith have decided not to offer me cover this year ( dunno...
Forum: Idle Banter 06-03-24, 02:19 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?

I always start high on mower to trim the tops off, and then work down to about 40mm, never cut grass down lower than that anyway with the kind of rye grass mix we have, you can go lower if you have...
Forum: Idle Banter 26-02-24, 01:56 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?

Bloke next door got a battery cordless mower a few years ago, I asked him how he was getting on with it, he said 'it's OK unless two blades of grass gang up on me at once'.....
Forum: Idle Banter 26-02-24, 11:02 AM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?

Gripe and smile in one post. Been noticing that the lawns have been growing pretty long, ( lawns are the original solar powered thing, and just like solar in UK disappears from October to March, so...
Forum: Idle Banter 22-02-24, 08:30 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

I checked the battery at Tayna as well, their price almost £60 but by the time you add on delivery costs it it is almost the Halfords price, but Tayna do not have stock either. I know Halfrauds...
Forum: Idle Banter 22-02-24, 05:18 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

Got in touch with MDS and their flippant reply was 'well they obviously don't make them like they used to' - and offered me a tenner off a replacement - but when I checked their price is the same as...
Forum: Idle Banter 22-02-24, 03:16 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

Many things are not designed to be 'fixable' any more, just disposable...
Forum: Idle Banter 22-02-24, 02:37 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

Seeker, this country ( and many other western countries ) have lost at least a generation of people who know how to fix things. This country will not be able to expand its manufacturing sector even...
Forum: Idle Banter 20-02-24, 10:46 AM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

My gripe is that I normally buy my batteries from Tayna, but a few years ago when i needed a new Yuasa YT12A-BS AGM battery for my AL7. Tayna were out of stock and could not give me a date when new...
Forum: Idle Banter 16-02-24, 08:06 AM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

'buying an Ebac 2250e (with a 4 yr warranty if you buy it direct @ £250). The Ebac is made in Durham, the Meaco (a UK company) DD8L (Zambezi) is made in China'.


I had a few Ebac in the past (...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 13-02-24, 08:49 AM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

The 'water absorbing ethanol contaminated fuel' we get these days had been in SV since October, and although I use petrol stability preservative ( StaBil ) I thought a good idea to get my Sealey...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 11-02-24, 02:10 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

@glang A couple of years after I got my SV650 AL7 in 2016 I fitted an electrex world RR851 'series' regulator ( I had fitted LED headlight bulb and obviously they take a lot less power than the...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 21-10-23, 10:07 AM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

That would be Bushbury Crem ? Yeah, quite secure and far out of town.
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 21-10-23, 08:47 AM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Sorry about your mate Gary, good mates are hard to come by, but if you are going to Wolverhampton take your biggest lock and chain.
Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking 10-10-23, 02:27 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: SV650S Headlight Upgrade Opinions

https://www.classiccarleds.co.uk/pro...ion-5-15-volts (https://www.classiccarleds.co.uk/products/compact-direct-fit-h4-472-476-led-hi-lo-beam-conversion-5-15-volts)


classiccarleds are now doing...
Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking 09-10-23, 05:06 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 10,289
Posted By SV650rules
Re: Osram Night Breaker Laser H4

classicarleds are now doing the 'direct replacement LED H4' means no separate power supply or fan to worry about. They are a couple of mm longer than a standard H4 filament bulb. I have no...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 08-10-23, 09:42 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,107
Posted By SV650rules
Re: Low beam not working.

Corrosion is the enemy on motorbike connectors, it pays to strip and clean any connectors and dose with ACF-50 which is magic stuff..... as it does not damage plastic and actually seems to clean up...
Forum: Idle Banter 05-10-23, 09:49 AM
Replies: 6,385
Views: 1,455,611
Posted By SV650rules
Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?

Might be relevant if we had a viable alternative, which we do not....
Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking 25-04-23, 03:43 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 683
Posted By SV650rules
Re: Spark plus

Yeah only need to count the ones on front cylinder and X2, I assume they put an equal number in each head :)

You need to be wary of fake Chinese NGK plugs with mild steel electrodes, Denso also...
Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking 25-04-23, 03:38 PM
Replies: 6
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Screen add-on for SV650S for touring

Yeah I fitted an MRA screen to my AL7 soon after I got it, problem was all my helmets suddenly became very noisy ( as you pointed out, wind moved from chest to head ), so I took it off and has been...
Forum: Idle Banter 25-04-23, 03:28 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

Global warming, innit.....


I reckon we now have LACK of CO2, we can do our bit to top it up if we ride more.
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 12-07-22, 08:11 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 7,569
Posted By SV650rules
Re: SV650 Curvy - Voltage Regulator / Rectifier supplier?

Have had the RR851 series R/R from Electrex World on the bike for about 2 years now - I have a permanent digital voltmeter ( like this -...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 12-04-22, 04:35 PM
Replies: 2,785
Views: 499,269
Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Well the pin and side plate still take the force even on a riveted chain, all the split link clip is there for is to stop the pins working their way sideways out of the chain... When you get a DID...
Forum: Idle Banter 12-04-22, 01:51 PM
Replies: 441
Views: 59,733
Posted By SV650rules
Re: Electric Vehicles

2030, but the average ICE car lasts at least 20 years so fuel will be available long after last ICE vehicle sold - and have you seen the vast amount of stuff we need every day that is made from...
Forum: Idle Banter 12-04-22, 01:46 PM
Replies: 441
Views: 59,733
Posted By SV650rules
Re: Electric Vehicles

Depends what the synthetic fuels are made from, if they are like ethanol which causes far more emissions and environmental damage than oil does, then they can keep them. There are a lot of smoke an...
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