Re: How does your restricted 33bhp pointy SV650 feel?
 

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I wasn't specifically talking about you uber, you seem to get easily wound up and then talk alot of mumbo jumbo when you feel things are aimed at you. I was only stating why do people or "kids" :lol: feel the need to break the law by unrestricting a bike when it's plenty enough power. Anyway i think everyones getting abit pi55ed now with this so i'd call upon a mod to lock this thread!!! :smt014 too much of this!!!!

Re: How does your restricted 33bhp pointy SV650 feel?
 

if you do say so yourself...:thumright:

Re: How does your restricted 33bhp pointy SV650 feel?
 

Mine quite happily pulls well up to about 85 but then it's just a slow creep (Not that I'd exceed 70mph of course!) - So far I'm doing well, I've not changed the ecu for the standard one!

Re: How does your restricted 33bhp pointy SV650 feel?
 

Got my 05' sv restricted in feb of this year from local bike shop!didnt no much about how they did it until came across this site!apparently they restricted it on the fuel inlet and the throttle!aas these are fuel injected thought it would have been far easier to restrict it by changing the ecu... which would make the bike run far smoother!!!I think! F I INTERNATIONAL is the company the restrictor kit is from........bogs down if u try and give it to her to hard up threw the gears, but yes gets to around 85 no probs then climbs SLOWLY and SLOWLY!yes u get the pic...

Re: How does your restricted 33bhp pointy SV650 feel?
 

I love my restricted SV :D :D

I just wanted to add something about saftey, and why the restriction is good...

When I first rode the SV, i realised that I lacked upper body strength to handle the bike properly. If i had full power, I know i wouldnt have stayed on the road for too long before getting lost in the nearest hedge. I've ridden about 1500 miles now on the SV, and I've built up alot of body strength. Its still not enough to really haul the bike about, but at least I dont feel like the bike is riding me anymore!

I'm sure now that I could ride a full power SV, although with just 1500 miles riding I'd still be a liability. This time next year, I should be good enough to ride even a GSXR competently!

Matt

Re: How does your restricted 33bhp pointy SV650 feel?
 

i got the same restriction, gay really cos u can t get it off as easy when u want to change back to full power, my sv flys tho, gets up to 85-90 ( with only me on it ) really well and ive got it to 104 ( on private road of course ;) )

Re: How does your restricted 33bhp pointy SV650 feel?
 

FI international kit is the fuel inlet only; says so ont he certificate, which is silly. It's supposed to be unfathomable surely!:rolleyes:

Re: How does your restricted 33bhp pointy SV650 feel?
 

I didn't - I mean - don't.

if you're man-handling the machine and talking about lack of body strength then you obviously are barking up the wrong tree. I've seen kids of under 5 ft with no muscle adequately whack a golf ball 500yds at our local course and 250lb strong men struggle to get it over 300. Skill, control and subtle input are key. im not saying it isnt more healthy than riding car, but i doubt your bench press max will be significantly higher lol!

Secondly, (or perhaps more relevantly), why does full power mean youll get lost in a hedge? that tells me you know you wouldnt be responsible enough not to abuse it. so rightly, you are still riding a restricted bike.

I'm sure now that I could ride a full power SV, although with just 1500 miles riding I'd still be a liability. This time next year, I should be good enough to ride even a GSXR competently!


since how long have you been riding? at max id say a month or so with only 1500 miles on in order to actually be regularly honing your riding skills. i'm averaging 22k a year.

i have yet to meet someone who rides a gsxr comepetently at all, let alone after a year of riding. if a law is needed, its one to make riding a gsxr illegal until youve passed certain advanced tests. i saw an advanced instructor on one who id been talking to at a bike show who nearly fell off exiting the event junction as he failed to spot the gravel. hmm...

how reassuring - actually he was on a 'busa!

the ratio of people with bikes of such ilk out on the roads, to people actually skillful enough to utilise them is far from balanced.

yet its the same with cars - the marginal utility of a product is usually not down to its performance, but its image...

Re: How does your restricted 33bhp pointy SV650 feel?
 

Yep, I've got no upper body strength at all, muscling an SV around isn't IMO the way to go.

Re: How does your restricted 33bhp pointy SV650 feel?
 

I hate to drag up old posts, but for the sake of completeness, i gotta add this! I just bought a 2nd hand 06 Pointy, it had exactly the same restricter on as catflavours, because I have a full licence and am old enuff I can legally take it off. It is the same model number and code as catflavours.
I`m pretty sensitive as to what the engine is doing as I`m riding and this particular restricting method just felt wrong. It would bog down slightly on open throttle and just didnt feel right. As mentioned in a previous post on this thread the throttle restricter is there just to stop the engine completely flooding and bogging down if you were to open the throttle fully. It seems a pretty agricultural way of restricting.
Anyway removal is fairly straightforward, but you need a bit of mechanical knowledge, take the airbox cover off and remove the air filter, you will then see two metal washers, thats your airbox restricters, take them out. Next is the throttle stop, you have to undo one screw that holds the throttle restricter in place, its by the throttle linkage under the airbox, you can get to it from the left hand side of the bike, i had to loosen the whole of the inlet (manifold/pleneum?) and lift it up about 3cm to be able to get a screwdriver in from the side of the bike and correctly alligned with the screw head, once you done that, unscrew the one screw the little metal restricter comes off.
I have read the thread and am not encouraging people to illegally derestrict their bike, but if you are like me, new to a bike model and want information on how to derestrict this particular form of restriction then there were no other threads on here that deal with it, so i hope i help someone!