almost time to say goodbye.

[rictus01]

As some may know, I bought a brand new SV back at the beginning of 2002, use it to death through a couple of engines, 9 trackdays and some 153,000miles, 3 paint jobs and numerous mods; all within 2 years 3 months, I had great fun with it, and just parked it up in the garage, switching back to my beloved speed triple.

from a very basic



onto



and then



and finally



Anyway that way way back in March 2004, I got a low mileage engine, but never fitted it, it sat there until summer 2008, and as my niece was about to do a bike mechanical engineering degree, I gave her the bike on the provision she had two years to rebuild it, Tax, MOT & insure it, basically legal for her to use, should she fail the bike remains mine.

she's worked hard to change all the bushes/bearings, rebuilt the forks, new loom, and got all the oily bit running well, she'll be doing the bodywork over the next week or so.

It's booked in for the MOT tomorrow(it's never had one!), and insurance & tax once that's done (Her Dad is taking it down), so it'll soon be time to say goodbye from an ownership perspective, but be good to see the bike being used once more.

Cheers Mark.

[Nicky S]

very nice to see the changes have you got anymore pics of when it was yellow and red ??

Always nice to see a vehicle go to a family member and see it live on and another one of your family get the use of it. I am tempted to do the same with my wife's Seat Ibiza, which is an 03 plate and has never missed a beat since new, so I'm a bit reluctant to just get shot of it. I'd like to give it to my wee cousin, who is doing her driving lessons now, but the trouble is I could never have been in a position to do that when her older sister was learning to drive, and wouldn't be in a position to do it again for my other younger cousins who are 14 and 16, so it wouldn't really be fair to the others to give her 2 grands worth of car.

What I might to is lend it to her on long term loan, with the agreement that it stays my car and when she is finished with it she gives it back to me to sell.

So will we see your bike and your niece as on .org member any time soon? (or is she on here already?)

[rictus01]

yeah sure, it was actually a very interesting spray job, stencils, back spraying all used, even did the screen from a clear stock one.

[rictus01]

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

So will we see your bike and your niece as on .org member any time soon? (or is she on here already?)

Oh she's here already and has been for the last couple of years, not very active, but lets face it she hardly needs tech advice with me as an uncle

she's been down Soho a couple of times and I'm sure she'll be down on the SV, but being at Swansea uni, she's away most of the term, although nothing to stop her going to some meets over there ?

Cheers Mark.

[DarrenSV650S]

Originally Posted by rictus01

lets face it she hardly needs tech advice with me as an uncle

Don't suppose she has another uncle who is a designer or something does she?

[rictus01]

one mans taste is fortunately not another's , see I'd want to finish painting a bike and not leave it in primer........

Originally Posted by rictus01

see I'd want to finish painting a bike and not leave it in primer........

says the man thats got a white duke lol (ok so you have black panels as well)

nice SV lots of time went in to tha by the looks of it

the second paint job was the best in my opinion( one that says rictus on the bottom)

[rictus01]

graratuitous excuse to post a pic, yeah white panels



........

actually none of the paint jobs took more than a weekend each, but then been spraying for years.

your almost as bad as me for posting pics of our bikes