Gripe of the day - What is yours? - Page 338 - SV650.org

Luckypants · 15-05-16, 03:29 PM

After my bike started first try after eight months, I thought I'd go for a ride. Then I picked up my stored helmet....

Sent from my HTC One M9 using Tapatalk

Heorot · 15-05-16, 05:29 PM

Went to pop down the shop today and found that the bike wouldn't steer. It was OK yesterday. Checked the tyre pressure and it didn't register on the gauge so I used a compressor to re-inflate. When I switched it off, I could hear a hiss which led me to a quarter inch cut in the tyre. Bummer!

DarrenSV650S · 16-05-16, 08:51 PM

Cheap, crappy, cheesy bolts! I thought suzuki were bad but omg the pish that comes from Aprilia is pathetic. One pinch bolt just snapped clean off, then when I went to undo the other one, so I can take off the wheel to re-tap the thread, the mature chedder hex head turns to mush!

So I dremel'd a slot in to it, got my biggest flat bit, but the metal just melts under any kind of pressure

This isn't me just being ham fisted, it's like they're made of metal coloured wax. I'm gonna need a new fork at this rate

Bibio · 16-05-16, 10:24 PM

i would be talking to the dealer.. its a new bike.

DarrenSV650S · 17-05-16, 06:16 AM

Would they really have much to say about a snapped bolt?

andrewsmith · 17-05-16, 06:27 AM

I would be taking it to the dealer

Sent from my E2303 using Tapatalk

17-05-16, 06:27 AM

Probably not...

Littlepeahead · 17-05-16, 05:03 PM

Being so knackered after work today that I just turned down a last minute guest list place to see The Manic Street Preachers at the Royal Albert Hall tonight.

ophic · 18-05-16, 11:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Littlepeahead

Being so knackered after work today that I just turned down a last minute guest list place to see The Manic Street Preachers at the Royal Albert Hall tonight.

I always wondered - does the name mean:

preachers from Manic Street

street preachers who are manic

preachers from a street that is manic

Littlepeahead · 18-05-16, 12:15 PM

I have no idea! But I was asleep on the sofa by 8.45 last night so I think I made the right decision.

15-05-16, 03:29 PM	#3371
Luckypants Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Nr Ruthin Posts: 7,058	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? After my bike started first try after eight months, I thought I'd go for a ride. Then I picked up my stored helmet.... Sent from my HTC One M9 using Tapatalk __________________ "Your Viffer sounds like it is raising hell! Spot on." - Witchery 17/4/08 Snow Plough Appreciation Society - Member #3

15-05-16, 05:29 PM	#3372
Heorot Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: South Norfolk Posts: 341	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? Went to pop down the shop today and found that the bike wouldn't steer. It was OK yesterday. Checked the tyre pressure and it didn't register on the gauge so I used a compressor to re-inflate. When I switched it off, I could hear a hiss which led me to a quarter inch cut in the tyre. Bummer! __________________ Some say the cup is half empty, while others say it is half full. However, both are wrong; the real problem is the cup is too big. Honda 125 CG blown engine Gone to the great mechanic in the sky Naked SV650 K3 in Silver

16-05-16, 08:51 PM	#3373
DarrenSV650S Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dundee Posts: 4,405	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? Cheap, crappy, cheesy bolts! I thought suzuki were bad but omg the pish that comes from Aprilia is pathetic. One pinch bolt just snapped clean off, then when I went to undo the other one, so I can take off the wheel to re-tap the thread, the mature chedder hex head turns to mush! So I dremel'd a slot in to it, got my biggest flat bit, but the metal just melts under any kind of pressure This isn't me just being ham fisted, it's like they're made of metal coloured wax. I'm gonna need a new fork at this rate

16-05-16, 10:24 PM	#3374
Bibio Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: here as devil's advocate Posts: 11,541	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? i would be talking to the dealer.. its a new bike.

17-05-16, 06:16 AM	#3375
DarrenSV650S Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dundee Posts: 4,405	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? Would they really have much to say about a snapped bolt?

17-05-16, 06:27 AM	#3376
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? I would be taking it to the dealer Sent from my E2303 using Tapatalk __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

17-05-16, 06:27 AM	#3377
MattCollins Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? Probably not...

17-05-16, 05:03 PM	#3378
Littlepeahead Member Mega Poster Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The Saaarrrfff Posts: 2,908	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? Being so knackered after work today that I just turned down a last minute guest list place to see The Manic Street Preachers at the Royal Albert Hall tonight. __________________ Tender is the day, The demons go away, Lord I need to find, Someone who can heal my mind...

18-05-16, 12:15 PM	#3380
Littlepeahead Member Mega Poster Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The Saaarrrfff Posts: 2,908	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? I have no idea! But I was asleep on the sofa by 8.45 last night so I think I made the right decision. __________________ Tender is the day, The demons go away, Lord I need to find, Someone who can heal my mind...

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
whats ur biggest gripe about the uk?	kwak zzr	Idle Banter	101	15-11-16 06:33 PM
heated grips gripe	adw	Bikes - Talk & Issues	8	12-05-10 02:48 PM