Ben Whitcher

Hi guys,

I thought i would ask some questions here instead of local Suzuki Dealer hoping you know more than them. Anyway i picked up my sv on Saturday after passing my test on Friday. Took it to Thruxton on Sunday and was all well. Really settled in to the bike. The questions i have is what is the optimum temperature of these bikes? Mine is fully fared light metallic blue color and today it reach 103*c after coming back from a ride. Is this normal? As normally i haven noticed it sit at under 90 when out on the road and never has risen above 90 as of now.
Is this natural any views? Had service done 600 miles ago before i got it so it should be fine for oil etc.

Another question i have is my bike clunks into first or second when shifting down or up if it hits neutral from 1st to 2nd. (never happened on my 125) now its common on my SV. Natural or need to be checked out? FYI the bike has only 8700 miles and is fully serviced. Has been dropped by previous owners to the sides as it has scratches. But this doesn't effect the problems i have does it?

Please some answers would be great as the haynes manual is good but doesn't give me real peoples opinion.

Regards Ben