alan pasfield

this happened to my sv a few weeks back i had the same problem with cutting out but with no warning lights i ran really low on fuel as i was nowhere near a fuel station so i called the breakdown company and the time it took for the guy to get there the engine was really cold tryed to start it and it started no problem the breakdown guy followed me home but was thinking it was something serious but to this day i still havent been able to find out what the problem was had it in bits cleaned the carbs changed the plugs and leads must of been a wee bit of water in the tank or something but luck has it it hasnt happened again but the sv s are famous for getting the front plug damp so its been sprayed with plenty of wd40 also when i took the air filter out i noticed that there was some oil there and thinking is this normal so i washed that out with petrol and now the bike is running better than ever next thing to do is get a fender extender and a wee bit of acf for the winter hope to get a nice big shed built in the next couple of weeks just to keep it nice and dry but allways checking this site for any problems with the sv thanks AL