Hep my sad and lonely SV - SV650.org

Littlepeahead · 04-07-13, 08:54 AM

My K8 SV has been sat in the garage for a year since I got my GS. Untaxed, unloved, started up occasionally but not ridden. It's only done 8,000 miles since I got it new, and I've done over 5,000 on the GS since I got that a year ago today.

So now the time has come to get it back on the road.

Stage 1 is getting the MOT done this weekend, but what else should I be doing to get it road worthy again after a long stint in the back of the garage?

I need it to feel better, at the moment a bumpy bit of road and it feels like I am trying to wrestle with an angry toddler. At under 9 stone I know this may partly be to do with not having it set up for my weight and also the forks probably need some pimping.

So OMO, what do you suggest?

yorkie_chris · 04-07-13, 08:56 AM

That wrestling feeling is due to the forks having shi'ite rebound damping and I don't mean a type of arab. What it will need is some proper oil in there to control it a bit.

Back end might also be topping out due to you weighing as much as a decent crap.

Littlepeahead · 04-07-13, 09:00 AM

Ah YC you have such a poetic turn of phrase.

I also have a tail tidy and hugger sitting the garage waiting to be fitted. As you can probably tell, I am far better at baking than motorcycle maintenance.

NTECUK · 04-07-13, 09:35 AM

Do the fork oil .Ive some kicking about if you want it.Better than the OE water,
Stick a ZX shock on it.Make sure the links free greased up
Tyres,check and pump up .
The fluids(probly all can do with a change).

Bibio · 04-07-13, 12:10 PM

wind all the adjusters down. e.g. less pre load. your to used to the plushness of the beemer.

get is sparkly and sell it.

LewSpeight · 04-07-13, 12:58 PM

Sell me your hugger...

That'll make you feel better about your Sv and will most certainly make your bike pass your mot

Sent from that magical device in my pocket.

Mark_h · 04-07-13, 01:41 PM

Just sell it. If you've not needed it for so long you'll not really need it so let someone else use it rather than it slowly composting away in the garage.

Littlepeahead · 04-07-13, 02:28 PM

I don't want to sell it. The only reason I bought the BMW is because after having my achilles operation I needed a bike that was more upright as the SV wasn't comfortable. Now my heal is much better I want to ride the SV again.

NTECUK · 04-07-13, 02:52 PM

No No be honest . it suites the pipe and slippers look .
Bet you got one of them lids you can hinge the front up so you can smoke it easyer lol

LewSpeight · 04-07-13, 04:54 PM

That a no to my hugger idea then?

04-07-13, 08:54 AM	#1
Littlepeahead Member Mega Poster Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The Saaarrrfff Posts: 2,908	Hep my sad and lonely SV My K8 SV has been sat in the garage for a year since I got my GS. Untaxed, unloved, started up occasionally but not ridden. It's only done 8,000 miles since I got it new, and I've done over 5,000 on the GS since I got that a year ago today. So now the time has come to get it back on the road. Stage 1 is getting the MOT done this weekend, but what else should I be doing to get it road worthy again after a long stint in the back of the garage? I need it to feel better, at the moment a bumpy bit of road and it feels like I am trying to wrestle with an angry toddler. At under 9 stone I know this may partly be to do with not having it set up for my weight and also the forks probably need some pimping. So OMO, what do you suggest? __________________ Tender is the day, The demons go away, Lord I need to find, Someone who can heal my mind...

04-07-13, 08:56 AM	#2
yorkie_chris Noisy Git Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Halifax/Leeds Posts: 26,645	Re: Hep my sad and lonely SV That wrestling feeling is due to the forks having shi'ite rebound damping and I don't mean a type of arab. What it will need is some proper oil in there to control it a bit. Back end might also be topping out due to you weighing as much as a decent crap. __________________ Currently Ex Biker Now rebuilding a 63' fishing trawler as a dive boat

04-07-13, 09:00 AM	#3
Littlepeahead Member Mega Poster Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The Saaarrrfff Posts: 2,908	Re: Hep my sad and lonely SV Ah YC you have such a poetic turn of phrase. I also have a tail tidy and hugger sitting the garage waiting to be fitted. As you can probably tell, I am far better at baking than motorcycle maintenance. __________________ Tender is the day, The demons go away, Lord I need to find, Someone who can heal my mind...

04-07-13, 09:35 AM	#4
NTECUK Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: essex Posts: 5,314	Re: Hep my sad and lonely SV Do the fork oil .Ive some kicking about if you want it.Better than the OE water, Stick a ZX shock on it.Make sure the links free greased up Tyres,check and pump up . The fluids(probly all can do with a change). __________________ Raisin cookies that look like chocolate chip cookies are the reason I have trust issues.

04-07-13, 12:10 PM	#5
Bibio Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: here as devil's advocate Posts: 11,568	Re: Hep my sad and lonely SV wind all the adjusters down. e.g. less pre load. your to used to the plushness of the beemer. get is sparkly and sell it.

04-07-13, 12:58 PM	#6
LewSpeight Member Mega Poster Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Halifax, UK Posts: 1,167	Re: Hep my sad and lonely SV Sell me your hugger... That'll make you feel better about your Sv and will most certainly make your bike pass your mot Sent from that magical device in my pocket. __________________ BREAKING MY SV - CLICKY CLICKY You laugh at me because i am different.. ....................................I laugh harder because you are all the same.

04-07-13, 01:41 PM	#7
Mark_h Member Mega Poster Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Fleet, Hampshire Posts: 2,448	Re: Hep my sad and lonely SV Just sell it. If you've not needed it for so long you'll not really need it so let someone else use it rather than it slowly composting away in the garage. __________________ Don't want to be the quickest; don't want to be the best; just want to be the one having the most fun. XL125Varadero -> Curvy SV650N-Y -> SV1000N-K3 -> Multistrada 1200s Twin-tastic stuff. Minister for Sustainability *Aliquid prudentissimus delectabiles et intelligentes in adamasset lingua.*

04-07-13, 02:28 PM	#8
Littlepeahead Member Mega Poster Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The Saaarrrfff Posts: 2,908	Re: Hep my sad and lonely SV I don't want to sell it. The only reason I bought the BMW is because after having my achilles operation I needed a bike that was more upright as the SV wasn't comfortable. Now my heal is much better I want to ride the SV again. __________________ Tender is the day, The demons go away, Lord I need to find, Someone who can heal my mind...

04-07-13, 02:52 PM	#9
NTECUK Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: essex Posts: 5,314	Re: Hep my sad and lonely SV No No be honest . it suites the pipe and slippers look . Bet you got one of them lids you can hinge the front up so you can smoke it easyer lol __________________ Raisin cookies that look like chocolate chip cookies are the reason I have trust issues.

04-07-13, 04:54 PM	#10
LewSpeight Member Mega Poster Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Halifax, UK Posts: 1,167	Re: Hep my sad and lonely SV That a no to my hugger idea then? __________________ BREAKING MY SV - CLICKY CLICKY You laugh at me because i am different.. ....................................I laugh harder because you are all the same.

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