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14-05-18, 11:22 AM | #11 |
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Re: What to do?
New bikes on finance don't have to be dealer serviced. So long as the maintenance is done by a VAT registered garage it will suffice.
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14-05-18, 11:47 AM | #12 |
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Re: What to do?
Keep the curvy and learn how to fix it. They're seriously robust bikes. I have one of the same age which is in daily use with 85,000 miles on the clock. It is dead reliable.
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14-05-18, 02:51 PM | #13 |
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Re: What to do?
Thanks for all the comments - I just took it for a decent length ride to the garage for them to take a look at - no more has visibly leaked, so I don't think it's as bad as it first appeared. I'll leave it for now and consider getting it fixed when the MOT is due.
For what it's worth, they said it was a 1-2 hour job for them. As much as I'd like to do all the maintenance, I'm going to leave this one to the experts. |
14-05-18, 02:53 PM | #14 |
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Re: What to do?
It's no uncommon for Water pump seals to leak a little when not used for a while and then seal again when they have got hot and had the coolant around them.It's happened many times on my Old CX500 forum/s.
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14-05-18, 05:11 PM | #15 |
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Re: What to do?
Nothing wrong with Gladius really if you can live with quirky styling, they handle well and are pretty much same engine as AL7 and I believe ABS was available as option.
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14-05-18, 06:29 PM | #16 |
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Re: What to do?
Got another vote here for fixing it, agreed new shiny bikes are pretty but the curvy SV takes a lot of beating Imo. Thanks for some of the amazing links on the pump, I learnt a lot.
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