Never forget your oil

just wonderin how many miles has the bike done ?

[Red Herring]

Originally Posted by christopher

Quite often got told 'power' by my instructor, or 'powder' if you want to include Damage in it.

Petrol
Oil
Water
Electrics (Lights)
Rubber (Tyres)

Just about the only time that word is applicable to an SV...

Originally Posted by jacksuzukisv650

just wonderin how many miles has the bike done ?

9k! thats all sucks to be me.
i have a friend who got a friend that is going to take the engine part and have a look. Have been told taking the sump off you can get to the main bearing shells.

Originally Posted by bigjonnysv650s

9k! thats all sucks to be me.
i have a friend who got a friend that is going to take the engine part and have a look. Have been told taking the sump off you can get to the main bearing shells.

But how then are you going to check theres no damage to the top ends? you still need gaskets and bearings and there could be damage to top end so it could still be as expensive as a new engine?

[squirrel_hunter]

Originally Posted by sunshine

welcome to club of knackered engines your not the only one on here, someone is on number 4 or 5 i think and its most like going to need a complete rebuild or a simple replace. either way im glad its not me doing it.

Its either 4 or 5 I honestly can't remember, but thats over 2 SV's and some 100,000 miles. Not that it makes any difference, it was all avoidable. Except the last one, I do have a valid excuse for that one. But anyway we don't want to get side tracked here...

Sounds like you need a new engine. If you can show me a second hand engine for £250 I'll buy it. Expect to pay £350-400. If you then get a shop to fit it, the bill will come to around £700+. Alternatively, strip it down get the crank reground and then stick it all back together. Expect to pay about £140 for the crank and then £100 on gaskets if you want to rebuild what you've got.

To decide on what your going to do I think it comes down to three things, time, money, and skills with the spanners. Quick and expensive will be dump it at a garage. Slow and cheap will be the rebuild, but you will need to be comfortable with the spanners.

If you're interested, some mumblings from me about this including the current 'will I ever be bothered to get back in the garage and finish it' can be found here and here.

http://www.gumtree.com/london/16/52328016.html does that count?

Tell me how you knackered so many sv engines lol, im worried now.

no oil at least 3 times

How often on average do these need topping up then? my little honda never needed a drop and i used to give it some stick.

[squirrel_hunter]

Originally Posted by sunshine

http://www.gumtree.com/london/16/52328016.html does that count?

Nice find, if someone is after an engine then that looks interesting. In fairness I'm rebuilding mine so won't be traveling to London...