A Good Excuse for a Respray

Thought I show of the progression of my SV since it got into my hands. First I think I'll start off with a bit of history, I originally learnt to ride on an MZ ETZ 125. Bought for the whole amount of £128 off eBay, so you can imagine the state it was in (excuse the shoddy photo):



So after a complete rebuild and too much money spent on powdercoat it looked like this:



Was a great little bike and it got my through my motorbike test but now I was onto the SV.

It was originally my fathers main runaround bike for a few years after he bought it at an auction. After he switched jobs (and bought a BMW K75) it wasn't really used anymore so it just sat in the garage for a year. After I passed my test trhough, I gladly took it off my father's hands and installed a restrictor kit. And this is what it looked like:



It was pretty much bone stock so I started installing some of the goodies my father had accumulated for it but never had time to actually put on. So a few months later, it looked like this (excuse the dog's backside):



Unfortunately I had a lowside on a roundabout not long after; a lesson to not buy a front tyre just because it was cheap. A load of plastics got scraped half to hell or were cracked. The left footrest was also completely snapped off, the left clip on was bent, bent brake lever (both of them), forks bent, and the left mirror was smashed. The joys, but a good excuse to change the SV's colour . So after some money was thrown at some second hand plastics and other bits and a complete respray, the bike is pretty much where it's at today (bar a couple of small things like powdercoated wheels).






Some better quality pictures of where the bike actually is today will follow once it's clean enough to warrant said pictures. In the mean time, here's a picture of an ickle Suzuki, GN125 that my little sister recently passed her test on.





It has had a full rebuild, bar the engine that didn't need it.


Well I gave the SV a good clean this weekend so thought some pictures were on order. The EBC discs are staying off until the council stop molesting the roads with salt.








Things like the exhaust, swing arm and forks will be polished along side valve clearance adjustments and a shock linkage rebuild once the SV is taken off the road. It's got 60,000 on the clock now some it needs some love. For that to happen though, it's sister needs to be put on the road.



The plan for this bike is a complete rebuild once the other is back on the road. Think it'll be going naked with the clipons for a more cafe look though.

[Sid Squid]

SV looks sharp - nice work.

I love MZs. It's a problem I've had for a long time, but I don't care - they're brilliant.

Thanks. If I had the space I would have kept it. So simple the MZ's. If anything did go wrong, it could be fixed with a flat blade and a hammer haha.

[Fallout]

The only problem with that SV is the mahoosive can. So quiet they are too! My SV also had the standard can on it and I would often have to climb off and press my ear to the exhaust to check the bike was still running. But in all seriousness, looks great. Very distinctive colour. We won't have any problems spotting your bike.

The can is the next on the to do list, alas money is tight at the minute. Strangely, the paint is meant to be a gunmetal silver with a purple flip. The paint shop must have mixed it wrong though. Looks great in person though, a nice silver/ green flip when the sunlight hits it. Hard to photograph it with a phone camera though.

Thank god for the respray, thought there was gonna be a second person with a yellow curvy in the GM

Decent looking bike!

[squirrel_hunter]

Looking good. Out of interest what mirrors are you using and what shock have you got on it?

[dizzyblonde]

I got a centre stand for the SV once. I was told it would be great for maintenance etc. It sat in my loft for a year or three, as it looked fugly. I sold it to another orger, gladly!

Your bike looks grand......but that centre stand spoils the lines sumwhat. Hence why I got rid of mine and never fitted it.

It's a ZX6 rear shock I do believe and I think the mirrors are ZX6 too. I'll have a quick check. The centre stand was good for maintenance and even better for filling up, it's no longer fitted though. It snapped through one of the pivot points. Glad I noticed before it fully gave way.

Edit: Yep, definitely zx6r mirrors. 03-04 apparently.

Ohh I too have an MZ.. A 1975 ts150! Army green... Great work.