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02-07-19, 06:10 PM | #1 |
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Riding an SV
Ok take the Michael is appropriate, I can cope. I’ve had many bikes, but not had one for A decade and bought an SV650s as I’d never had a v twin before.
Seems like I’m always in the wrong gear? I’m constantly searching for the imaginary sixth, and I struggle at lower speed with gear selection, feels “wrong” when the bike is below 3k so I changing down accordingly. Have I become inept, not used to a v twin yet, possibly need to go up on the rear sprocket? I’ll almost never ride above 70mph. Jibes, and sensible advice welcome. Thanks |
02-07-19, 06:40 PM | #2 |
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Hi and welcome. No mick-taking here, every SV rider has at some point (and usually several times per ride) tried to change from 6th to 7th, it's because the mid-range torque is strong so you always think the bike must be pulling a lower gear than it actually is.
And generally SVs don't like being below 3,000rpm unless in 1st or 2nd gear at very light throttle because the V-twin power pulses get a bit lumpy. It's smoother when the throttle bodies (or carbs if it's a curvy) are balanced but an SV will always feel lumpy if you ask it to pull hard much below 3K rpm. |
02-07-19, 07:32 PM | #3 | |
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02-07-19, 07:43 PM | #4 |
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Re: Riding an SV
all models definitely have 1 down and 5 up on the gear lever. Yours should be a carb model as the injected came out 2003...
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02-07-19, 08:19 PM | #5 |
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The naked SV is better with larger rear sprocket IIRC standard naked gearing is 15 / 47 and IMHO makes for a better ride as you are not interested in top speed on a naked and makes acceleration better. The lower gearing makes it happier around 3000 revs. I think final gearing on faired models is 15 / 44 ?
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02-07-19, 08:19 PM | #6 |
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Re: Riding an SV
They ride much better if you keep the revs up a bit. Use the middle of the rev range. You can easily ride them from 30mph to 60mph in 3rd gear.
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03-07-19, 04:46 AM | #7 | |
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All SV models have 6 gears - check next time you are out Alan Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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03-07-19, 06:45 AM | #8 |
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Thanks for the advice and the help with basic counting skills, maybe I have a sixth gear problem ? I’ll keep you posted. Definitely think I’ll go up two teeth on the rear, I live in the Isle of Man which is great, but actually there aren’t that many places you can hit high speeds safely, unless the circuit is closed and you’re a racer, but usually there are too Many your hazards so I think a bit of extra acceleration will be good.
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03-07-19, 07:03 AM | #9 | |
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SV gearboxes seem to be very reliable, just count carefully next time you are out and you should find the missing one. Yours should be like this: My K6 has an extra tooth on the front sprocket, I quite like it being having higher gearing and think it suits a high compression 4 stroke motor. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Last edited by Othen; 03-07-19 at 10:38 AM. |
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03-07-19, 09:50 AM | #10 |
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Mine had an extra tooth on the rear sprocket (making it the same as the naked version) and I was happy with it's ability to pull in the wrong gear when I fudged it.
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