Soon to be SV owner

Hello Everyone

As of saturday, all being well, I will be getting my grubby paws on a 54 plate SV650s in blue complete with lower fairing - I can't wait!

In the meantime I have a couple of questions -

1) The tail has been tidied and I fancy changing the standard front indicators for some smaller ones. Anybody got any reccomendations/pics of their bikes with aftermaket indicators?

2) Anyone fitted any of these - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CRASH-FAIRING-...QQcmdZViewItem
Are they any good?

3) Do these - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TRE-for-SV650-...QQcmdZViewItem
Actually work and are they worth the money?

4) I fancy fitting a tinted screen - any reccomendations, preferably a double bubble.

Cheers

Dave

hi, the crash bungs are a must, but at £12 they sound a bit cheap, cant help with the rest as im a curvy fan

ps.........welcome to the MADHOUSE

[rictus01]

Hello and welcome, modifications are a personal thing so what you do is up to you, but if it was me I'd make sure the Forks are sorted (at least oil and springs) before anything. nex woul be crash bungs, the pretty stuff can wait.

I notice you don't have your location in your profile? perhaps update that and get along to meet some of the locals and look at what they have fitted.

Cheers Mark.

Originally Posted by davidimurray

Hello Everyone

As of saturday, all being well, I will be getting my grubby paws on a 54 plate SV650s in blue complete with lower fairing - I can't wait!

In the meantime I have a couple of questions -

1) The tail has been tidied and I fancy changing the standard front indicators for some smaller ones. Anybody got any reccomendations/pics of their bikes with aftermaket indicators?

I have some of the Motrax Allycators on mine, they look pretty good.

2) Anyone fitted any of these - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CRASH-FAIRING-...QQcmdZViewItem
Are they any good?

I'm not sure i'd trust unbranded ones like that from ebay - no way of knowing what they're made of & how well they'll stand up to a drop. Personally I'd go for peace of mind & get some R&G's or Motosliders.

3) Do these - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TRE-for-SV650-...QQcmdZViewItem
Actually work and are they worth the money?

Do a search on the TRE mod, it's been covered loads of times on this site - IIRC the general consensus is it doesn't make much difference.

4) I fancy fitting a tinted screen - any reccomendations, preferably a double bubble.

I'll be fitting one of these soon, have seen one fitted to DoubleD's SV and they look great.

Cheers

Dave

HTH

Andy

Hello

Thanks for the warm welcome - will update my profile - I'm in Cardiff.

I wasn't sure about the £12 carsh bungs either - seems too cheap.

Another quick question, I'm picking the bike up from the south coast - how many miles can I expect to get from a tank of fuel?

Originally Posted by davidimurray

Hello

Thanks for the warm welcome - will update my profile - I'm in Cardiff.

I wasn't sure about the £12 carsh bungs either - seems too cheap.

Another quick question, I'm picking the bike up from the south coast - how many miles can I expect to get from a tank of fuel?

120-150 ish

cardiff eh? theres quite a few of us in the cardiff area

http://forums.sv650.org/forumdisplay.php?f=121

I usually get to about 130 (normal riding, commuting etc) before the fuel light starts flashing, probably less if you're wringing it's neck I usually fill up at that point so not sure how much further it'll go before the light goes solid.

K4 only has single stage fuel warning light, which comes on solid when there is (iirc) a little over 4 litres left. I usually tell myself I've got 20 miles to find fuel once the light is on. (Better safe than sorry).

Get some decent crash bungs. If you need them, they'll probably do the job properly, and if not, it's something which is a nice addition to a description when you come to sell it.

Originally Posted by sinbad

K4 only has single stage fuel warning light, which comes on solid when there is (iirc) a little over 4 litres left. I usually tell myself I've got 20 miles to find fuel once the light is on. (Better safe than sorry)

I have a K4 and I get solid light with 4 litres left then 3 litres later I get flashing light.

hein gerick do aftermarket indicators for suzuki that supposedly fit in the faring recess look good imho. Ive got diamond ones on mine front and back had to space the fronts out abit though to clear the fairing recess.