Bikes a write off - SV650.org

TheRamJam · 22-09-12, 11:35 AM

Well folks I guess there's a first time for everything. Last Saturday I came off my bike

Not a scratch on me as I was in full gear but the bike is a complete wreck. Here is a few pictures. Looking at where the bike snapped in two. It was right on the weld, should a frame snap like that in a relatively slow speed low side??

andrewsmith · 22-09-12, 11:40 AM

Jesus Christ!!

You walked?
What you hit to snap the frame in half

22-09-12, 11:45 AM

Flipping flip!!!

Glad you're okay. I hope the insurance company don't think you hit a plasma cutter!

TheRamJam · 22-09-12, 11:45 AM

I hit nothing. The front lost grip in a left hand bend. I went down and the bike slid about 30 metres down the road and hit the kerb.

andrewsmith · 22-09-12, 11:47 AM

Anyways a frame should only fail at extreme levels of stress on the material Inc welds.
Normally a failure like that would be if the bike hit a tree or similar at speed and you in bad mess or worse.

Good thing is your in 1 piece mate

squirrel_hunter · 22-09-12, 12:14 PM

I think Suzuki might what to see that. I remember a few years back there was a issue on GSXR1000's that required a recall to have a brace glued to the frame. Not sure what year that was but just something to think about...

andrewsmith · 22-09-12, 12:32 PM

Might have been k5, it's what the lads said in the dealers down here when a said gixxer thou

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peterco · 22-09-12, 01:09 PM

Very nasty that,especially on the weld.

glad yor ok.

Geodude · 22-09-12, 01:18 PM

Glad your okay bud, what you getting next

Bibio · 22-09-12, 01:24 PM

ooopppssss. glad your ok.

no a frame should not snap there if it has been welded properly. looks like it has ripped the cartridges apart as well, did the front get trapped in one of the legs of the barrier?

+1 to get in contact with Suzuki.

bike now looks like a drag bike

oohh and don't touch a sodding thing till the assessor has had a look.

22-09-12, 11:35 AM	#1
TheRamJam Member Mega Poster Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: North East Glasgow, UK Posts: 1,138	Bikes a write off Well folks I guess there's a first time for everything. Last Saturday I came off my bike Not a scratch on me as I was in full gear but the bike is a complete wreck. Here is a few pictures. Looking at where the bike snapped in two. It was right on the weld, should a frame snap like that in a relatively slow speed low side?? __________________ Previous: Suzuki SV650S K9 - Sold Suzuki GSXR1000 K8 - Wrote Aff Honda Fireblade RR-9 - Sold Yamaha MT 10 - Sold Current Bike: Aprilia Tuono V4 Factory

22-09-12, 11:40 AM	#2
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Jesus Christ!! You walked? What you hit to snap the frame in half __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

22-09-12, 11:45 AM	#4
TheRamJam Member Mega Poster Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: North East Glasgow, UK Posts: 1,138	Re: Bikes a write off I hit nothing. The front lost grip in a left hand bend. I went down and the bike slid about 30 metres down the road and hit the kerb. __________________ Previous: Suzuki SV650S K9 - Sold Suzuki GSXR1000 K8 - Wrote Aff Honda Fireblade RR-9 - Sold Yamaha MT 10 - Sold Current Bike: Aprilia Tuono V4 Factory Last edited by Richie; 22-09-12 at 06:26 PM.

22-09-12, 11:47 AM	#5
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Anyways a frame should only fail at extreme levels of stress on the material Inc welds. Normally a failure like that would be if the bike hit a tree or similar at speed and you in bad mess or worse. Good thing is your in 1 piece mate __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

22-09-12, 12:14 PM	#6
squirrel_hunter Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sunny Swindon Posts: 3,579	Re: Bikes a write off I think Suzuki might what to see that. I remember a few years back there was a issue on GSXR1000's that required a recall to have a brace glued to the frame. Not sure what year that was but just something to think about... __________________ "A little enthusiastic?" May I add here, GG is awesome and I think I am in love with Stretchie...he rocks my world! SH2 \| 2MA \| GROM \| YSR

22-09-12, 11:45 AM	#3
Fruity-ya-ya Guest Posts: n/a	Flipping flip!!! Glad you're okay. I hope the insurance company don't think you hit a plasma cutter!

22-09-12, 12:32 PM	#7
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Might have been k5, it's what the lads said in the dealers down here when a said gixxer thou Sent from my ST25i using Tapatalk 2 __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

22-09-12, 01:09 PM	#8
peterco Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Alloa,Clackmannanshire,The Wee County Posts: 656	Re: Bikes a write off Very nasty that,especially on the weld. glad yor ok. __________________ SV650 Sport in Black MZ saxon tour 301 Previous bikes SV650 Naked BMW 650cs Scarfer MZ RT 125 4 stroke

22-09-12, 01:18 PM	#9
Geodude Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Durham Posts: 2,676	Re: Bikes a write off Glad your okay bud, what you getting next __________________ Black naked 1999 sv650 which im trying to keep happy Custom paintwork *Saragon Customs* Spray painting *Electrical fault finding guide* and *Regulator rectifier test* Only a biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car window.

22-09-12, 01:24 PM	#10
Bibio Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: here as devil's advocate Posts: 11,569	Re: Bikes a write off ooopppssss. glad your ok. no a frame should not snap there if it has been welded properly. looks like it has ripped the cartridges apart as well, did the front get trapped in one of the legs of the barrier? +1 to get in contact with Suzuki. bike now looks like a drag bike oohh and don't touch a sodding thing till the assessor has had a look.

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