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Afronamasaki

11-09-07 05:26 PM

durability on the sv 650 motor

Planning on getting an sv650 was wondering how long the motors usually last before total teardown

Dan	11-09-07 05:37 PM

Re: durability on the sv 650 motor

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Originally Posted by Afronamasaki (Post 1284508)

Planning on getting an sv650 was wondering how long the motors usually last before total teardown

Depends. Were you planning on riding it? They'll last much longer if you don't. ;)

toonyank

11-09-07 05:43 PM

Re: durability on the sv 650 motor

My '02 has over 23,500 miles and so far so good. Besides they're cheap, sorry "inexpensive" bikes in the first place so if mine goes before I move on to a grown up bike I'll just send it out to pasture or just break it.

Lissa

11-09-07 05:54 PM

Re: durability on the sv 650 motor

We sold our first curvy with over 47,000 miles on the clock and it was still going like a train. It hadn't had an easy life either:D

ThEGr33k

11-09-07 05:55 PM

Re: durability on the sv 650 motor

Ive heard of 150,000 miles on them with some tlc.

My k5 is on just over 21,000 at the moment and it hasnt gone wrong at all.

squirrel_hunter

11-09-07 06:22 PM

Re: durability on the sv 650 motor

They go well. Provided you put oil in them...

Pedro68

11-09-07 07:32 PM

Re: durability on the sv 650 motor

oooh ouch ... that hurt :(
mine is currently "off road" due to me forgetting to put any oil in :oops:
V. EXPENSIVE LESSON ... oil < £20 (and takes oooh wot? 2 minutes!) ... engine rebuild = £750 (approximately) and they'll have had the bike 2 MONTHS come Thursday :(

Otherwise, nothing else wrong with my SV (except for a few replaced parts due to offs :oops:)

squirrel_hunter

11-09-07 07:47 PM

Re: durability on the sv 650 motor

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Originally Posted by Pedro68 (Post 1284615)

It hurt more than once :oops:

Though I find its cheaper to replace the engine rather than rebuild it. But I do have to say 2 months is some time to take.

Alpinestarhero

11-09-07 07:50 PM

Re: durability on the sv 650 motor

Oh, about 20 miles if you rag it to the redline from new

Otherwise, forever. Its a suzuki, their engines are bullet proof!

Matt

Dan	11-09-07 08:17 PM

Re: durability on the sv 650 motor

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Originally Posted by alpinestarhero (Post 1284631)

Oh, about 20 miles if you rag it to the redline from new

Don't buy that at all. Plenty of engines get run like that and have a decent life. Most hire bikes, hire cars, company cars, for instance.

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