Maintenance?

when i bought my 01 sv650s it had about 30xx miles on it. after i bought it, i had a friend (who works at a mechanic) do a whole look over to make sure everything was in working order.

long story short, i was wondering when (or at what miles) should i take the bike into a garage for it to be maintained?

i searched up and down and coudn't find any maintenance schedules.

Buy a Haynes manual, it tells you what needs doing when (and how to do it), you can then decide what you are prepared to do yourself and what you want to farm out.

Hi there welcome aboard. Where are you located just out of curiosity?

I found a link you can use.

http://svrider.com/tips/images/mntncPDF/SUZUKI.PDF

Oh yeah like Tim in Belgium said the Haynes manual is very handy and gives you an idea of how qualified you need to be for a given job.

california, USA

Me too, Laguna Beach before that Huntington Beach and now the northeast of England with all the sunshine....... Oh sorry I meant rain it;s ok though really

no kidding.

from LA but now living in san diego

not that much rain here...

Cool, yeah been here for 10 years now my wife is from here so we (she) decided it was time to move here.

Got my SV in April, had an old YPVS but sold on the bay before that in Ca had a '93 gixer 750 so just had to get back on 2 wheels. SV's nice and nimble but I think I want a TL1000 mint

[Biker Biggles]

The valve clearances need checking every 15000 miles.If they turn out to need adjusting that is quite tricky,but all the other routine servicing is easy given a few basic tools.Learn to do it yourself and save loads of money,and know it was done properly.Oil and filter changes every 4000 ish miles are vital,as is knowing how to check your oil level every week or so.

Originally Posted by Biker Biggles

The valve clearances need checking every 15000 miles.If they turn out to need adjusting that is quite tricky,but all the other routine servicing is easy given a few basic tools.Learn to do it yourself and save loads of money,and know it was done properly.Oil and filter changes every 4000 ish miles are vital,as is knowing how to check your oil level every week or so.

Just to add, maintinance of the chain should be quite often - I often clean my chain once a week when I'm using it day in, day out

Matt

Originally Posted by alpinestarhero

Just to add, maintinance of the chain should be quite often - I often clean my chain once a week when I'm using it day in, day out

Matt

how do you check your chain and how do you clean it?