DirtyDT

Hi and welcome to the forum Will.

Hi and welcome to the forum Bro!

I wouldn't have bothered either. £15!!!!!!! Are they still using film and developer?

I was going to change my post as I thought it could be perceived as a bit harsh. I won't now! They sent me a chain that was too short, a silencer that leaked gases out of the rivets and I ordered a lid form them. They had it, they didn't, then they found it, then it was out of stock so I never got it. These were 3 different orders so I just can't be ar5ed with them. I hope no one was hurt though it looks like a scary fire.

Hi and welcome to the forum from the UK.

Gummed up jets in the carbs. You are getting a lot closer.

I won't loose any sleep over it. Messed up orders of mine 3 times so I don't use them any more. I was nowhere near there when the fire started, honest!

The link doesn't work Buzzer. Do you live in Melton?

I will make sure you get the first round in. Thanks for the heads up On a positive note I gave the bike it's big 15k service (14.3k on the speedo). The tappet gaps are fine. The plugs were a nice light brown with a slightly bigger gap. It had a nice glug of Rock Oil Guardian semi synthetic. I also fitted the German evilbay speedo rotor (as the speedo stopped working - common on SV's) and this now works. It even got a wash. Now just need to sort out the luggage and a bent ally bar though the number plate fitting with the indicators would do that and allow some humpbacks to fit.

I sounds like a great trip . I would be worried about whitefinger on a big single over a lot of miles. I did similar miles on a KLE500 and, although the seat was painful at times, because it was a twin (detuned GPZ engine), it was a great experience.

I would check all of the wiring, in sections. Get hold of a multimeter - screwfix do them cheap - and test the starter circuit for continuity. So the low power stuff, from the ignition switch to to the start button and to the relay. Then the high power stuff from the batter to the relay to the starter motor. Because of how a bikes wiring is routed, problems often occur around the steering yoke area and can be intermittent depending on the position of the bars, on full lock for example. Also check and clean the powered (+ve) part of the circuit. Check, and clean, all of the block and bullet connectors. Sounds like one of two things; a bad earth or something is earthing out or; a bad connection on the live side. Both commonly generate a lot of heat. Starter circuit shorting can cause fires.

I don't like the Renntec's BWJ. I had one on my GSXR and it was megga pants. For the extra £30 I would go Givi TBH. I too have ridden many miles and trips across Europe - including Geneva - on many bikes. My problem is that even on all out sports bikes I have managed to squeeze a set of panniers on it. With this bike I can't. I am not in the least worried I was just posting about my frustration.

Leave the plugs out overnight if there is no risk of water getting in. If easy start into the airbox didn't do much then a weak spark would be next (I hope when you easy started you took the air filter out). Follow the wires back to the CDI to make sure that the wiring is OK and not damaged, earthing out or badly connected. Then I would be looking for new coils.

Thanks for the offer NEV and if you were still in Derby I would pop up to discuss it. The racks are just under £100 and the box would be the other £100. the box would just go into storage for 51 weeks of the year. I could make the brackets out of the straight ally strip and then put a tube in place of the bent bracket. There is plenty of cheap ally on evilbay including ally tubing. I will have to look tomorrow. If not it is debit card time. I don't want to carry too much but I need enough space to get my dinner suits in without creasing them .

It unlocks with the key very easily. Suzuki make replacement rear seats with a place to mount a topbox. People also just bolt Givi racks to a standard one and than fit the box to that. The thing I want to get over is having to hop one footed between the tank and what is on the back seat so ideally want to go the pannier route. I could just get a Givi rack and box as the box would be far enough back to allow me to throw my leg over as normal. I don't really want to spend £200.

Its the height on the back that I don't really want. When I brought the bike it must have had a Givi rack as the rear fittings that fit onto the subframe are still there. If I get a chance tomorrow, I will have a measure up but I was thinking of knocking up something like this to move the indicators back. and fit it to the bike by using the rack fitting and the indicator fitting hole as the indicators will be on the end of the stalk. There are some ally bars on evilbay that would suffice. I know I will have to extend the wires. This means that I can throw panniers over and tie them down. Here is the Givi mounting

I have seen 3 people and a live sheep on a C50 in North Africa. Only a one way ride for the sheep though. I do like the Tuk-tuk that is to his right.

LINKY

I can't find any panniers small enough not to foul the indicators or to have me sitting on them. I don't want to get a rack as It isn't really cost effective, I don't like big tankbags unless I am away for a long while (I have a Bagster cover fitted) and tail packs/bags make it really difficult to hop on the bike as the rear seat is stepped up a lot. I have been looking for options for weeks and it is getting to me . Should I get a National Express coach there? The last bit was a joke by the way. Picture of the dilemma.

Just seen the first advert on the TV for this.

Well that has reduced the value by another £100.

Unfortunately it doesn't work like that. As an example, you buy a bike for £5k and fit £2k of luggage and pipe to it. The bike stands you in at £7k. The "book" value of the bike is £5k. You haven't told the insurers about the pipe or luggage as someone said you didn't need to. The worst happens and your bike gets nicked. You phone the insurers and, after weeks of them trying to rip you off as you want to claim for the extras and they say that validates the insurance, they say, OK we will pay out and send you a cheque for £5k, which is the book value. This might be for an admin fee and to supply and fit restrictors should they need replacing due to damage or theft.

Good call Merv. I brought a selection of connector blocks from kojaycat a while ago just to see how they fitted with the original fittings. I can report that size wise they are very good but the latch can cause some problems. The easy thing is to remove the old connector by springing out the old connectors by pushing the holding tag and then use the new connector block. Often no wire cutting is required. Ideal if you want to make some new wiring or just tidy up chocolate or snap blocks. I bought a selection of these LINKY

Different for all insurers. That is where the "comparisons" are limited. I use them for a guide then pick up the phone whith the quote in hand. I have declared things like the heated grips, double bubble screen and crash bungs on the SV. The reason was the way the question was worded. I have given a list of mods but the only one of interest to them was the exhaust. Normal questioning went some thing like this; Them "Does it affect performance?" Me " I don't know I am not an engineers" Them "What is the value?" Me "£380" Them "I will just talk to the underwriter" 2 minutes pass Them "That isn't a problem but we will increase the value of the bike and the insurance will be repairs back to standard specification. Is that OK?" Me " Why would you want to repair the bike with an OEM part that costs £700 when you can get a different silencer for £380?" Me "Don't worry, thats fine" The simple thing is, if the bike gets damaged I know that the repairer has £700 and I will tell them what exhaust I want. Thinking about insurance, the SV costs about £100 a year fully comp for a value of £2500 maximum payout. That is a 25 year break even risk. I would guess all of the young riders are supplementing my premiums, so thanks guys

Hi and welcome. Looking at the last picture reminded me of Evel Knievel, back in the day.