The "infamous" drowning plug

Hello lads and lassies,

I'm reasonably new to the site and have found it a great help with a 325cc SV650 K4! I know there are 2 million threads on this however I hope somebody with more knowledge than me can put me right, i recently replaced the front coil which I thought would be the problem with my single cylinder SV, to no avail I then read here about the drowning plug and blocked tiny hole etc. I vaselined the living shoite out of the plug cap (ordered a new one from Robinsons) cleared the small hole and gave it a good lash of WD 40, problem is I have the dreaded test later in the month and I'm just wondering is there anything else I can do to make 100% sure it will be ok.

Any advice and help appreciated.

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I would just get out on your bike loads and you will forget about it, so as it will be one less thing to worry about on your test. Good luck by the way.

Fenda Extenda? On my last SV was a TL1000 setup on the front (TL Mudguard) Didnt have a fenda Extenda and never had the problem Fenda Extenda would be my recommendation though!

Fenda Extenda and sum Gt85 should sort the problem....

Cheers for the help lads, hopefully this will sort the ****er out.

Originally Posted by northwind

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?...=RE90X&DOY=6m2

The pic in the link's an aerosol can, but it's actually a tube of grease. You just pull out the plug lead, and smear a little around the rubber seal (you'll see what part I mean if you do it ) Takes a little time to do it the first time, but once it's done you only need to do it again when you change plugs so it adds no time to the servicing. Once it's done, you can ride through rivers without missing a beat (well, I've only done that once...) or through a hundred feet of floods deep enough to get your feet wet. I don't recommend that you do, but you can

What Northy said. Fenda extendas? Keep 'em...

Originally Posted by Tiger 55

What Northy said. Fenda extendas? Keep 'em...

(I just act like i dont remember, Mary acts like she dont care)

Cheers for the help and link etc.

Originally Posted by Niallers

Hello lads and lassies,

I'm reasonably new to the site and have found it a great help with a 325cc SV650 K4! I know there are 2 million threads on this however I hope somebody with more knowledge than me can put me right, i recently replaced the front coil which I thought would be the problem with my single cylinder SV, to no avail I then read here about the drowning plug and blocked tiny hole etc. I vaselined the living shoite out of the plug cap (ordered a new one from Robinsons) cleared the small hole and gave it a good lash of WD 40, problem is I have the dreaded test later in the month and I'm just wondering is there anything else I can do to make 100% sure it will be ok.

Any advice and help appreciated.

Is it actually 325cc? Lol confused

Originally Posted by sv_rider1990

Is it actually 325cc? Lol confused

To be completely a**l it's 322.5cc, the SV's have a 645cc engine standard.

Northy's advice is good (Posted by Tiger 55)

i didnt even think they made a 325cc SV i knew they made a 400cc curvy. Is it imported or something