POSTINGS  FOR SEPTEMBER 2002 


Sep 27th Catalog 23 added

Sep 27th 'Stuffing a TL motor into an SV' from Andy BBOGBREATH@aol.com 

Could you or anyone (just joined the site) tell me whether it's possible to put one of the TL motors into an SV650. I need a cheaper bike just bought a house and got to sell my blade love the SV but I need more power and the TL I had was just to scary to push too hard whereas it feels like you could push the SV forever. Ta Andy (feel free to pass your comments onto Andy. I've already mentioned that the weight and size of the engine would probably have a serious effect on the 'push' or handling of the SV. Answers on a postcard to Andy.John)


Sep 27th 'articles about new SV650 & SV1000 on Australian Motorcycle News' from Neil Bowden neilbowden@froggy.com.au 

Hi John here are some articles about the new sv650 & sv1000 you could share with the sv devotees ;-) has a lot of good photos and descriptions.  Cheers and all the best (I've added some of the images to this item. Thanks Neil, it was nice to see the close-up of the dash.John)

http://www.mcnews.com.au/NewBikeCatalogue/2003/Suzuki/SV650S/FirstDetails.htm  

http://www.mcnews.com.au/NewBikeCatalogue/2003/Suzuki/SV1000S/Suzuki_SV_1000_Page1.htm  


Sep 24th 'More disruption to service possible' from John

Apologies for the recent disruption to service. It seems as the the server has contracted a virus. Plans are in place to bring a newer machine into service along with newer versions of Linux and Apache. This means that this site will have to be transferred onto the new machine at sometime. Hopefully this will bring greater stabilty and will allow other long term plans such as a better forum engine to come to fruition. John


Sep 24th 'Some truths about tyre pressures' from Gareth Forge broddyfi@powys.gov.uk 

John.   Please find attached a email I received from a work colleague regarding tyre pressure.  I find what they say interesting to say the least.  It may also answer some questions that keep cropping up in the forum.   regards   Gareth Forge I've added this info to the FAQ section with the same heading click here John


Sep 20th '2003 Full Bodywork...' from Rob at svrider@svrider.com 

Well, I have been at it again folks ;-) The new 2003 models have a nice upper fairing that looks to have a straight bottom line unlike the current rounded SVS upper. This will make it much easier to create a lower that simply bolts up and looks proper without creating a new upper mold. Essentially it would consist of a left and right side and a 1pc belly pan that would be race legal. The 1pc belly pan I could also produce in a carbon fiber option. Here is your first look at what I think the 2003 SVR could look like... http://www.svrider.com/2003  Once I get one of the new bikes in my hands we'll see how do-able this all is. Cheers, Rob


Sep 20th 'Supersonic SV mod' from Jim Lynch jim.lynch@omniticket.com 

A buddy of mine put this together in Photoshop, thought some people might get a kick out of it.


Sep 20th 'Front fork' from Stephen Spiteri sspiteri@mps.com.mt 

Hi there John, I made this flash diagram in an attempt to fully understand the workings of the front fork taking reference from the SV manual. Feel free to upload it on your site if you'd like as it may help others understand the dark secrets of the 'plonker'. To be fair the plonk sv riders hear is not from the forks at all, but from the steering stern nut being too loosely tightened. Be careful to leave some play if are irritated enough to attempt amending this. Use the attached instructions to help you out. Hope I've been of some help. zunkus (click on the i for a shockwavve animation.John)

 


Sep 18th ' ' from Robert Leroux robert.leroux@fmc-law.com

Hey John, These are taken downtown Toronto, Canada. I've only been riding for about 5 months, and can already pull the sv up. Its so light and torquey. Great first bike.( I asked Robert about police interest in his exploits in such a built up area, here is his reply.John) Lots of cops, they don't make to big a deal about the sports bikes. They are more concerned with Harley Davison riding Heals Angels and the like. These were taken around the dock's which is all industrial.


Sep 18th ' recent additions' from Clive Gigney clivegigney@mezzanine.co.uk 

John, Finally, I managed to get some stickers. They are in chrome, although the photo doesn't really do them justice!! Got a pair from Morgan designs for about £5.00 delivered, although standard or metallic colours are cheaper. Also, I've included a photo of my new Dunlop D207's installed on the bike. I feel they are a vast improvement already, even though they're not scrubbed in yet, and look better too!! (I'm flattered. I've been thinking of getting some website stickers made up too. Not as fancy as these, just something that can be stuck on the bottom edge of a number plate.  John)


Sep 16th from Darren Kitman Kitman900@aol.com 

I seen this pic on the US sv site and thought you would like to see it in a different color than boring silver (looks like someone took one of the pics below and tinted it)


Sep 16th New movie added to the Media section 'How not to start a race'

Sep 16th 'Sv is now completed... ;-)' from Simon Holden simonholden@blueyonder.co.uk 

Hi John,   Here's a few pics of my Sv (2000 Model) I brought this bike just under a year ago mainly on recommendations from your website. Unfortunately only 4 weeks after my purchase i had a serious crash leaving the bike in a bit of a shambles! The front end was completely gone, the engine had a nasty hole in the casing and as for the petrol tank well to be honest there wasn't one... Too cut a very long story short (insurance  payouts, other bits wrong with bike blah blah blah!)i decided to fix the bike my self and nearly one year on i have it finished with a few mods i have to say :-)

The bike has undergone a complete engine rebuild (Nightmare! and not recommended unless you know what you doing) 2nd hand carbs and front wheel from www.cheshiremotorcyclesalvage.com  @ only £60 for the carbs and £70 for the wheel which isn't bad as they were in near new condition!. Most other parts were new and from www.redcarmotorcycles.co.uk  (Great place for all your sv parts, good service and they knew what they were talking about. Thanks to Nigel for all his help there) Parts: Forks, Callipers, Chain n Sprocket, clocks and fairing plus lots more the bill just under £1300 ;-/ additional extras are bolts replaced using gold hyperbolts, fairing lowers, rear hugger, double bubble screen, Suzuki stickers (i wont list everything as i will be here all night... Total cost to get this bike back on the road £2100.00 I know i could have got a working bike for that but hey wouldn't have been half as much fun!

However it is now a sad day as the bike has been sold today to a mate who intends to give it a good home. I have introduced him to Sv Org and he intends to follow the site as i have over the last year with all the help and advice your site has given me the Sv is now completed!

Thank you and keep up the good work!.   Simon Holden (Was SV Nutter but now sorry to say ZX9R Nutter just a little more power) (Sorry to lose you Simon, but have fun on the ZX9R. I have to ask why did you graft a bird table to the petrol filler cap?..John)

note the bird table mod on the tank


Sep 14th 'Colour Scheme on a SV400s' from Carl England carlengland21@hotmail.com 

John, I was trying to find some info on the 2003 models, on the Japanese Suzuki homepage, when I came across this colour scheme on a SV400. Makes you wonder why it's not offered on the 650!! Here's the link ( if you want anymore - not that I can understand Japanese!!) - http://www1.suzuki.co.jp/motor/sv400s/  Cheers, (does look nice)


Sep 14th 'New SV650s' from Darren Kitman Kitman900@aol.com 

HIya john I stumbled across these class pictures of the new svs on a French site called MOTO STATION at least i think that is what you call it. But anyhow as much as I love my blue bomber she will have to be replaced with the new kid on the block. I love the sharper styling on the new version but I am not so keen on the front fairing being a bit shorter than the svs is at the moment it looks too much like the FAZER!!!!!!! sorry for the bad language LOL . I do like the rear though and the twin exhausts (on the 1000). the frame even looks good :o) So live long and prosper Darren (I had already seen the thread in the forum and updated this page before I got to Darren's email. Darren had enclosed the pics that I had already posted including this one, except that this is the 1024x768 version, so be warned, it's big but worth the download to see the detail. Thanks to Darren for picking up what I had missed)

looks good from this angle, no belly pan on the 650, shame


Sep 14th 'New SV650 and SV1000 photos' from John

To compliment the thread in the forum. I've been off and snatched the photos from the link below. Good Article. Personally I like the angular looks and it looks like Suzuki has spent a bit more on bits like the clocks. Time will tell. Enjoy these for now.

Thanks to Darren for the 

Go here for more info 

SV650N/S

Minor mods to the rear end, no torque arm to rot! revised mudguard, still too short more power. good! same looking engine aport from the black tubes on the top of the cam covers?

Aprillia?  

looks like less room to me Better clocks? more functions such as the time of day maybe This is a dogs breakfast. ugh! Naked, new frame

side on, fairing looks shorter, revealing more rad. even less comfort for a pillion  

SV1000N/S

Frame detailing clocks look odd and open to damage in a spill fat boy? looks heavy

Same as the 650 except the extra pipe Belly pan looks nice I hope the lights work bettter than the current version

The evil twin brother 


Sep 13th 'Pictures' Andy richard2424@ic24.net 

This is my first which I love very much. I saved about £500 with it used towards my many extras I find the bike easy to ride and it very light to corner since I took advice off your site about putting Bridgestone B010 tyres on I also find the petrol  consumption is excellent as I get about 50 to the gallon  My many extras are double bubble with a silver rim around screen which I think finishes it off A blue flame can which I brought from blue flame themself, which when you phone them they are very helpful A hugger + bottom half fairing which are Suzuki parts and colour coded Please advise people if they wait until winter I seem to get parts cheaper I also have fender extender which advisable as it stops water and muck going on the engine and parts. Yours Andy   

 


Sep 13th 'Another shot of the Sv in GSX14 Colours' from Roger R4ROJ@aol.com 

Hello John, Here is the Cupar special. Belly pan, seat cowl, top faring, high level by scorpion, paint by bike Paints, design by roger. I have only done 126 miles so far but isn't it lovely? Cupar is on 01334 655707 ask for Roger (I like it)


Sep 13th 'Touring on a SV' from Lee Peacock leepeacock@mac.com 

John, hope you can find room for a few words on touring:- Get out there! Donıt let anyone tell you you canıt go touring on the SV, Iıve just completed a 2000 mile round trip to the south of France with the wife on the back and it was a hoot. This is my recipe for successful touring; take one SV and add tank bag, throw over panniers, sports rack and touring Scottoiler. The only real modification Iıve made is the 'bit of bent plate' knocked up to move the indicators back, to clear the panniers. The wires for the indicators are simply unplugged (instead of hacked about) and threaded under the rear light and then reconnected. The beauty of this is that when youıve finished touring, you simply remove the brackets (and the sports rack) and turn it back to normal. Any idiot can knock up the bracket (I managed it!) using a hacksaw, a hammer, a file and a drill. The only thing you have to be careful of is to ensure that the wires for the indicators are long enough to reach the bracket. See the pictures, for details. Oh, one more thing; take some waterproofs! Happy touring Jumpy (I bought some throw over pannier recently and I cant see how a pillion can use the footpegs without moving the indicators and panniers back. Good idea).


Sep 13th 'the road scalpel' from Nick wpbr05852@blueyonder.co.uk 

Just a picky of my bike note - no belly pan or hugger, as these items are full on soft Allen and as such have no place on a road scalpel. Only items that make it go faster stop quicker or handle better are allowed. Braced swinging arm , 90 m damper , progressive springs, high lift cams ,M4  pipe, carb kit and filter, tank spacers, svs gearing, svs footrest hangers, azaro tyres, drag bars, fairing made from 2 mountain bike bar ends and a cut down svs screen, crankshaft advancing mods, electronic ignition advancer ,  and an f-e-g of me when i was 23 (surely this causes excess drag)  And I can now go through the dip of Baragaroo too fast.  best regards Nick 


Sep 11th 'new bits' from Iain Muir  iamuir@msn.com 

Hi john, here's some more pic's of my SVs, I've now added a powerbronze undertray (£30+pp thanks to a posting in the forum) second time round might be easier but i don't intend to do it again, a pair of crash bobbins and a pair of carbon fiber engine protectors from http://www.performancemotorcycleparts.co.uk  Michael is is very helpful and bits I've ordered from him have always arrived early or when he said they would. I've also fitted the Suzuki rear seat hump. I will be fitting a GSXR6 rear shock soon and will send you a link to the photo's. Ride safe Iain


Sep 10th Another shot of the DL650 from John


Sep 10th 'Fitted "SUNrisers" on my SVS' from Mel Udaal svser@hotmail.com 

Hi John: Enclosed are a few photos of my SVS after fitting 2" clipon risers. I've only had them on a few days but my initial riding impressions are positive. For the kind of riding I do, the bike is much more comfortable than stock. Its appearance is a bit different but not bad at all. Fitting them required me to cut through the stock clipons. That was a bit daunting however it's turned out to be well worth the effort. It took me 3 hours to install them but there were no major hassles. Once the riser links were spliced into the bars, I glued them in place with epoxy. It's very solid and clears the fairing perfectly. Anyone interested in these risers should check out: www.cliponrisers.com Mel There is an item on these risers in the articles section also.


Sep 10th 'GSX1400 paintjob' from Rog Cupar Motorcycles Sales sales@cupar.co.uk 

Hello john, as promised, the images from R4ROJ@aol.com  what do you reckon on this? Looks pretty damn good to me.

 


Sep 6th 'pics of suzuki rack + homemade brace & extenda fenda' from Michael Allsop michael@michaelallsop.co.uk 

Hi there John, Great to see more and more people using the forum, even if some take it a little too seriously! (I think so too)  I've contributed to various threads, and to follow these up I've finally developed pics of a couple of mods to my SV. I've scanned these pretty small, hope you can download them ok.

Rack series: this is a genuine Suzuki sportrack specially ordered. I made a brace which links the back of the rack to the underseat tubes to stop it bouncing around when the Givi box is full (probably stop the rack from flexing and breaking too).  Borrowed plumbers pipe bender when we had a new boiler fitted to bend a 14mm 1metre steel tube (about £2.50 from Homebase) to shape. Brazed on nail heads for bungee hooks and painted it with Hammerite. Works a treat. Slight variation from pics is that I now use a pair of nylon silencer hangers from the lovely JPSracing to clamp the underseat ends. Keeps the whole box thing closer to the bike than the Givi brackets and pillions have said the outer rail handles are much better placed than the standard curved grabrail.

Fender series: I'm sure loads have done this but here are pics for those that haven't yet - do it, it has helped my front plug no end! Recent thread discussed painting of fender - I think black is fine, blue would make the whole shape look really weird. I used panel fixers (from a 2nd hand Peugeot speedfight...an ongoing undertray/indicators project) which seem to complement the sticky pads. Plenty of tyre clearance if you use short enough screws.  Cheers, Mike (my extenda came with some self tapping screw which I chose to use because the double sided tape looked hopeless. To stop the screwheads rusting I painted them with clear nail varnise and three years on they are still rust free John


Sep 6th 'My Bike' from Patrick Onkenhout crp.o@hetnet.nl 

Hey john,   how are you. i am Patrick from the Netherlands, and i have some images for you. 


Sep 6th from Henrik Gurskov gurskov@get2net.dk 

Hi John.   I've just found this link to a sv650 service manual on the web.....(I haven't tried all of the links out yet... but : ) .... )   http://www.motofiches.com/microfiches/default.asp?Marque=SUZUKI     Thanks for this. I have seen this before I think it was mentioned in the forum. I'll add this link to the FAQ page as there is already an item on manuals. Svrider also has the fiche available for download. John.


Sep 5th from Simon Chafe s.chafe@virgin.net 

Hi There, I would appreciate it if you could put these pics of my 2000 SVS on your site. The lower fairing and hugger were put on by the previous owner, I'm looking at adding a Quill T3 soon, it did have an Art, but it was too loud for me!   Best Wishes, Simon Chafe.

 


Sep 5th from David Wheelwright launch@blueyonder.co.uk 

Hi John,   Attached are a couple of pics of my 1999 SV bought second hand through this website around a year ago. I am another 'born-again' biker (oh all right then, old bugger!) having had a 15 year layoff to assist with tending to the offspring of my loins. My last bike was a Honda CX650, and I was absolutely amazed at how much better the SV is in every respect (I've had a CX650, great engine the rest was pants tho). I am still well pleased with the SV and have made a couple of mods since I bought it. First a Renegade single H/L carbon can (music), again second hand through this site, and most recently a Givi A750 screen. The screen was £90 (inc delivery) and is well engineered from good quality materials. Luckily the colour is also a perfect match with the rest of the bike. I had a problem recently with the choke sticking on, leaving the engine racing at around 3,000 revs all the time, and searched the Forum for threads matching 'sticking choke'. This appears to be quite a common problem, and I found lots of very useful advice for fixes which prompted me to have a go at sorting it myself rather just giving it straight to the dealer. It was a simple job which took about half an hour and do you know what, I actually enjoyed doing it! ( a good tinker does you good) So, I saved some cash, fixed my bike, found out a bit more about how it is put together, and had fun too. What a bargain! Special thanks to Gary Hotchkin for his detailed description of the fix.  Dave Wheelwright.


Sep 5th 'Ain't Misbehaving' from Mike Vettese axcelr8@hotmail.com 


Sep 5th 'Sv650s Mods' from K.L-Zimmerman michaellz@eurobell.co.uk 

Hello John,   It's nice to see someone's running such a site, and that your getting such a good response, it's also nice to know that there's so many SV owners out there.    As a new-comer to both bikes and my SV I thought I'd see if any of you out there appreciate the mod's made to my SV, the only plans now for the bike are to get hold of a race cam.   Keep up the good work   Regards K.L-Zimmerman.


Sep 3rd from Jason JasHDahi@BTInternet.com 

Just in case anyone missed the MCN SV article... Jason was kind enough to scan it and send it in. Be warned the images are 400-500kb each. John


Sep 3rd 'Update from RosMoto' rosmoto@libero.it 

Misano Adriatico 25/08/02  pole position e 2nd in gara ora siamo 1st in campionato.    

Championship

1st Bastianini (SUZUKI) pt. 76

2nd Liverani (DUCATI)  pt. 75

3rd Vari (DUCATI) pt. 73

 For information   www.supertwins.it  rosmoto visita il ns. sito  www.rosmoto.it

Looks like Rosmoto are cleaning up on their SV. Well done. John


Sep 3rd 'Update' from Amanda Brown ambrown66@hotmail.com 

I think the last time I wrote was in May of 1999, right after I got my SV.  I wanted to send you an update now that I had a few more pictures. I have nearly 10,000 miles on my SV and only two track days.  The only major update is an M-4 exhaust.  The duct tape is purely aesthetic. Thanks,  Amanda Thanks Amanda, looks like  you had a good time on the track day. I had to edit and leave out some photos. John


Sep 2nd 'sv650x 1999 model, many accesories. was one of the first sv650 in scotland' from Rog R4ROJ@aol.com 

hello john i have 40 pics but i am new to p,c the mods include  belly pan, undertray, mini indicators. polished rims and painted black wheels. i done this in 7 hours at my sisters house. she was not pleased as black paint everywhere. kevlar competition braided hoses all round, mez 1 race tyres. they made a big difference. power bronze venom twin headlight fairing. high level exhaust made by art and scorpion. rear seat cowl by Suzuki. i am currently doing an sv650k2 in gsx1400 colours. will send pics as soon as it's ready. Rog I like the idea of the GSX14 colours John


Sep 2nd 'More from Mamoun' jean_jacques.rousseau@club-internet.fr 

hi John as i promessed you please find attached a new photo this is my girlfriend and me going for Deauville in vacancy I wish you'll like it and our ears !!!!! thanks a lot again for your great site !! take care of you bye Mamoun. How big is that rucksack your poor girlfriend is forced to carry! John


Sep 2nd 'two tone' from Ray mey17@neo.rr.com 

I am old time knee dragger (49) and work at our local hospital here in north west PA. At the time I was shopping for a new bike I was also looking at powered parachutes. Check out www.destinypowerchutes.com  to see what I am talking about. The family wanted to keep me on the ground so I ended up with the SV650s. I have been riding bikes since high school and I guess it is still
the next best thing to flying. Ray from USA 


Sep 2nd 'pictures for your site' from Arie Azor@kabelfoon.nl 

Hey, Can you make a link to my site ? It is Dutch spoken. Thanks in forward. Arie  http://surf.to/azor 


Sep 2nd 'A picture of the possible sv1000' from Andrew Wall Andrew.Wall@mortgage.wellsFargo.COM 

A picture of the possible sv1000.  I'd take this with a pinch of salt ;-)


Sep 2nd 'Can you post this in the 'current' section?' from Stephen Spiteri sspiteri@mps.com.mt

My brother had an accident quite a while ago which left the bike look, well a shambles. We could not touch the bike prior due to legal actions taking forever. Well now we have been given the go ahead and more importantly the Cheque from the insurance company. As a lot of you guys are swapping their front ends to GSXR parts I thought that you may have some unwanted original parts that could be used to bring our baby back to life. We'll be needing the following: two front forks, two front disks, front rim, front tyre, clutch lever, front fairing, front mudguard, front headlight, gear change pedal, break pedal.

If you have any of the above or know of someone who does feel free to email me. Regards, ZunKus (Stephen Spiteri) Think positive and keep the balance

This kind of email I would normally ask the sender to place in the 'for sale' forum but Stephen is a regular contributor and his brothers plight has been mentioned here before. Also Stephen is based in Malta, so bike breakers are thin on the ground. If you can help in any way please contact Stephen direct.John


Sep 1st 

I'm struggling to think of subject to write about this month. The only thing that springs to mind is that's it's been about a year since I took on the site from Kev. It's not a decision I've regretted and I've enjoyed running this site immensely despite Kev's warnings on the amount of work involved. To be fair the work comes in fits and starts. Emails come along like buses, none for ages and then a dozen turn up. My SV has been a bit neglected lately as I've been out and about in the car with the family for two out of the last four weeks, still the school holidays are over now and I've noticed how the nights are now starting to draw in :-(      A new rear tyre will be ordered soon, I'm not sure whether to stay with Avons or go for a Michelin Pilot Road this time around. The Avons are good but the steering is a little to light for my liking and the wear life isn't wonderful. John


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