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Hello All,

I just got my 2003 sv650. It rocks. A few questions:

What tools do I need for basic maintenance?

Whats the point of the Under Belly Pan?

Does anyone know of other gauges/a way to move the gauge so that it doesnt sit right on top of the light and stick out so much? (my bike has clip ons)

Thanks

Ian

hi ian, didnt you get a tool kit with you bike? post a pic of your trusty steed.

What do you mean with basic maintenance? Changing oil, checking valve creances... ?

generally you need a tool kit for maintenance, and lots of WD40, brake cleaner, chain lube ect ect.

If I'm not mistaken, the bellypan is mostly for looks, but aids also in directing air towards the radiator. This assists cooling of the engine - theoretically. Buy it is probably mostly for looks.

belly pan is foor the look only (and mine made a bigger noise because the belly pan works like a boost to the engine noise 8) for the rider only )

Hi, welcome to the site and well done on a great choice of bike :thumleft:

The tools you need for 'basic' maintenance are socket set, torque wrench, screwdrivers and allen keys - standard stuff really - but most of it is in the bike's own tool kit.

On SVs the belly pans are purely for looks, but if you decide you are going to race bikes then belly pans are for catching any leaking oil.

Guages check out these beauties -
http://www.electrosport.com/electros...eedo_3900.html

Andlike Kwak says, post a pic.

:)

The only bit you need from Suzuki is an original plug spanner. No one else makes anything suitable :P Not at a reasonable price anyway.

Throw everything else away from the toolkit and invest in some proper tools

Be tempted to second that, chances are you'll have a problem, pull out the Suzuki-supplied tool kit and get to work rounding off bolt-heads, scraping paintwork and snapping the monkey-metal spanners. Save yourself the trauma and at least chuck a proper screwdriver in there, and replace the larger spanners with proper ones, made of steel not plasticine.

Amen to that on the toolkit. I got a little bag and put a mini-wrachet and some 8, 10, and 12mm sockets in there, the supplied wrenches, a real wrachet, a real screwdriver, a real spanner, and also a hex axle tool. The allen wrenches the supplied are cool but I got some extras from wal-mart (.89 cents). Sucks to break one on the road and have nothing.

Take it from me, being stuck on the highway and having to use the suzuki tools is not fun. I got stranded once when my shifter fell off and the little tools they gave were torture putting it back on.

Tools are probably the wisest thing you can invest in (next to frame sliders - a $60 purchase that would have save me upwards of $700 when my radiator, shifter, bar ends, fairing, and footpegs got crushed in a very low speed lowside. Not to mention a tank dent.) When you skimp on a necessary with a bike, you always regret it later. Always.