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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
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![]() Good to know all is OK gadget, mine is all back together & charging as should be. Maybe Elextrex sent me the wrong one or after they had a few returned made the unit smaller to fit. Luckily found a... |
Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,590
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![]() Thanks for the responses guys. The stock R/R is W 8cm H 65cm D 3cm when I removed the tailpiece today. Elextrex World one is W 8cm H 8cm D 3cm so is that extra few mm on the corners that causes... |
Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,590
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![]() How did you fit the Elextrex World one daktulos? I tried fitting one on my '99 SV650S, it's bigger than the OE and the R/H tailpiece doesn't fit back over it so I fitted a stock one & returned it for... |
Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,425
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![]() If you do fit an Electrex World one you will need to move it to under the pillion seat or wherever you can fit it as bigger than the Suzuki item & tail piece won't fit back on, plus altering the... |
Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,193
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![]() Cracking post Gary, still have my curvy after just over 19 years. Has taken me to several places in the UK plus the TT in 2000 & 03 and the Classic/Manx in 2015 & this year. Rode up from Kent to the... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,525
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![]() Had Now 4, 6 & 9 on double cassette! 6 had some terrific tracks on it, think it came out not long after Live Aid and lot of acts that either did/didn't appear upped their game. |
Forum: Idle Banter
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Views: 56,352
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![]() Early Man - another instant classic from Aardman & Nick Park, have loved their work since primary school days watching Morph on TV with the late Tony Hart. Top-notch cast of voices. Not a lot of... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,378
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![]() 1993 Rover Metro 1.1 I made the mistake of buying new. The rear wheel arches rusted out within three years (fixed under warranty initially) and it began to show in other places. Used to blow the main... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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![]() Hopefully a national holiday will be announced and on the day we can all go out and play on two wheels on quiet roads . . . |
Forum: Idle Banter
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Replies: 11,527
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![]() Highways Department covering their backsides, if someone skids off the road by driving like a **** at this time of year it's never their fault, always 'the council hadn't gritted the road'. My SV is... |
Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,745
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![]() When I put my curvy away for winter I use a Draper fuel syphon to easily draw all the fuel left out to put in the car/other bike for commuting. I give the tank a light spray round with WD40 then mix... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,751
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![]() Congratulations Bibio, I moved into a 2-bed mid terrace in '96 initially in 50/50 shared ownership, managed to take the whole lot on three years later thanks to a bond my grandparents had paid into... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,792
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![]() I got a recall letter within a few months of buying my SY model curvy new in Sept '99, it was to do with the oil pump having had a modification, one engine had blown up so Suzuki were presumably not... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,254
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![]() A few years ago they showed a 'Wogan's best of Blankety Blank' one afternoon with him commenting at the end 'another fine piece of vintage kitsch only marred by the bloke wandering round with the car... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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Replies: 51
Views: 7,617
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![]() Yes, Vulcan XL319 is at North East Aircraft Museum, Sunderland . The last one to die was XL391 at Blackpool which with very little looking after rotted away in the seaside salt atmosphere, even the... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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Replies: 51
Views: 7,617
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![]() For all of us 'down sarf' there is also Vulcan XL426 preserved in running/taxying condition by a dedicated group of enthusiasts in their spare time at Southend Airport. She was the original Vulcan... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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Views: 4,692
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![]() My cousin's ZX81 was the first. Vaguely remember the school computers in the mid '80s Slight thread drift but still have the little brown fold open 'Donkey Kong' game and the bigger 'Donkey Kong... |
Forum: SELKENT
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Views: 1,665
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![]() SEVENOAKS MOTORCYCLE SHOW 16TH AUGUST 12PM TIL 6PM AT THE SNAIL RESTURANT AND BAR STONE STREET ROAD, SEAL, SEVENOAKS,... |
Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,187
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![]() I tried one of elextrex world's reg/recs on my curvy, it's bigger item than OE so the r/h tailpiece plastic was touching against it before screwholes were lined up so no chance of fitting the bolts... |
Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
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Views: 1,508
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![]() Viking repaired a split in my C90 seat, still looks good 4 years later. |
Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
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Views: 3,418
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![]() Also ethanol is great at attracting water out the atmosphere to rust your tank and cause carb/injector problems if you leave your bike standing for long enough. Doubly stupid idea . . . |
Forum: Idle Banter
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,525
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![]() I tend to look at the teletext, pick and choose the relevant stories to know whats happened and ignore the filler. Hate the dumbing down of reporting, especially when the winter weather comes and a... |
Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,001
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![]() Drain the fuel out definately, if it still smells of fuel it can go in a car to mix with the fresh stuff, if it smells like wood varnish drain into an old oilcan and lose it in the waste oil tank... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,207
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![]() The Manx/Classic will be mostly taken in seacat bookings at least by now was bike space only on the plum crossings when I booked back in February. Looking forward to seeing some different machinery... |
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