Suzuki feel my wrath

My T-Reg SV650 rides like a dream and has a great finish.

*doesn't dare buy a new one now*

Out of curiosity, do you like...wash it and apply wd40/fs365 to keep the finish good?

I just leave a protective layer of grime over the bike

K4 SVS used through 2 winters and although it's not spotless (we'll ignore the crash damage) it's still in pretty good condition. I dont know why some seem to rot that much more than others.

The only thing I can think of is the roads I use dont tend to be too heavily salted in winter.

fella's,

This thing get cleaned almost every weekend, with the amount of sh*t* on the roads. she gets a good soaking with dirt off, then the polish and wd40 on all the bits.

She's not that bad to be truthfully honest, I'm more p*ss*d about the general can't be arsed attitude of anyone remotely to do with Suzuki.
Surface rust yeah, I can deal with, but paint coming off..WTF!!
and bits falling off...come on, give me some cred, this sh*t aint natrual wastage for a bike 2 years old.

And yet funny that. I'm still waiting for one of their uk directors to call me back....



This sounds familiar....

how much general maintenance do you do yourself?
i know plenty of people to do their own, past the normal oil change and run reletivly problem free. im one of them. i have a 4yo naked sv and done all the work on it myself (exept the output driveshaft(long story)).

how ever i know people that just ride! and ride! and do very little work themselves. and then they break down!

not saying this is what you do...just wondering how much maintenance you do yourself...bar the cleaning.

Since having the 1st engine go bang, the oil gets checked every day.
Topped up etc etc.

As for the major stuff, on order are new sprockets, chain, pads...

But since I was forking out for a service nearly every month. They would be doing this sort of stuff anyway.

Funny that I'm starting to lose the enthusiasm I first had when I bought the SV.

get yourself a CBR

40k im on now, used in all weathers every day of the year, stored outside. (since 2001)

replaced chain and sprockets once, CCT once (under warranty 3yrs after the warranty expired) pads and spark plugs and filters, and just had the fork seals replaced.

serviced by myself
never needed oil topping up.

thrown down the road twice, never needed new levers or pedals.

still handles like a dream, still goes like a missle, still never let me down.



sorry, dont mean to rub salt in the wound.

i had loads of probs with mine my sv done 6800 and i have just had to have a new coild and at 5k my valve and throttle bodies had to be sorted

[steveg]

I can vouch for cr#p suzuki dealer service , my brand new SV broke down with in first week of onership & the service I got was c##p until I complained to Suzuki GB & bike was picked up & fixed within 24 hours.
Since then have had no problems touch wood , mileage is now 4200 getting 2nd service next week , I check oil level everweek & it has not used a drop .
My Yamaha fazer was serviced every 6k & never used a drop of oil .
A kwak I owned used loads of oil & even though I kept it topped up the engine went pop , but it had done 50k miles.
I use the bike fairly hard , however it was ran in correctly which can make a big difference to oil usage .
Cheers Steve

ill say it again dont use suzuki dealers to get it serviced

[northwind]

Why tar hundreds of independant companies nationally with the same brush? I'm sure you can find examples of bad dealesrhips all over. I had literally criminal service from a Yamaha dealership, should we avoid every Yamaha dealership? These are totally seperate, unconnected companies who just happen to carry the same product. I had terrible service from PC World once, should I refuse to shop at any Sony dealer?