Biker's Cafe Chatroom

Captain · 27 Apr 2016 at 16:59

See if there's any women about who can take it home for you while you get the bus..

russell664 · 27 Apr 2016 at 17:02

tom_e said:
Ride slow, keep the bike as upright as possible, high gear low revs.

Thanks mate.
Bricking myself because I have never ridden in it.

tom_e · 27 Apr 2016 at 17:04

You'll be fine, also plan plan plan act like your brakes don't exist so you've got to gently slow down.

There's plenty of engine braking on the SV so make the most of it.

Saying all this if it's just loose hail/snow it won't actually be that bad just act like it's wet, it's when it gets compacted and becomes ice that it's an issue.

russell664 · 27 Apr 2016 at 17:07

That is my main worry, where I work has one massive road and everyone goes up/down it so will be icy I would have thought.

Thanks again mate. Will take it as steady as possible.

wazza300 · 27 Apr 2016 at 17:38

put both feet down and ride along slow if its slippy,be carefull your foot doesn't slip away from you aswell and over you go when you come to a stop,ive done that a few times

use your back brake and not your front ect

Kreeeee · 27 Apr 2016 at 17:53

How can you use the back brake with both feet down?

wazza300 · 27 Apr 2016 at 17:54

lift it onto the lever

Captain · 27 Apr 2016 at 20:09

TallPaul_S said:
Merino wool base layers, I swear by them

I'll have a look for some, mine are ok but probably better under a one piece rather than jeans and a jacket.

TripleT · 27 Apr 2016 at 21:13

I've never really been happy with my throttle, has a lot of play which I've tried to get rid of but I think my cable is doing odd things. I can pull the cable out about 5mm then it pops backs in with a twist, is that normal? This is without loosening the nuts.

wazza300 · 27 Apr 2016 at 21:47

There's two cables isn't there? Ones a return cable to make it snap shut,I think it's that one you need to adjust

TripleT · 27 Apr 2016 at 21:56

There's no adjuster for the return cable, near the throttle end at least.

.one. · 27 Apr 2016 at 22:06

TripleT said:
There's no adjuster for the return cable, near the throttle end at least.

Have you taken the slack up carb end ?

Top end is just for fine adjustment.

IC3 · 27 Apr 2016 at 22:24

Seriously, there's something wrong with this weather... I got out of my house it was warm, all of the sudden it went cloudy a cold wind (like the winds you get in winter) and it started snowing. A bit later, the sun came out of clouds again and it was warm again, I mean really?

I hope the weather sorts its ****** out in May, if my Mod1 or Mod2 gets cancelled because of hail or snow I'm going to be ***** off. :mad:

Hopefully we'll have longer spring/summer this year...

wazza300 · 27 Apr 2016 at 22:32

It's Britain,what you expect

IC3 · 27 Apr 2016 at 22:39

I'm a foreigner, I'm still trying to understand your weather. But it seems that's not possible considering how much the weather can change during a day, not to mention a week or a month. lol

Although, I must admit... you can talk to anyone about weather and they just follow on. Quite a popular topic too!

TallPaul_S · 27 Apr 2016 at 22:44

IC3 said:
I'm a foreigner, I'm still trying to understand your weather. But it seems that's not possible considering how much the weather can change during a day, not to mention a week or a month. lol

Although, I must admit... you can talk to anyone about weather and they just follow on. Quite a popular topic too!

Haha, for us Brits the weather is a national pastime!

They explained it a little the other day, the air up high is very cold and when the storm clouds come over they cause the air temperature to drop, which means... snow. then after it's snowed it's back to 10 degrees!

It's meant to be warming up next week, 14-15 degrees.

4T5 · 27 Apr 2016 at 22:45

TripleT said:

Has a piece of that snapped off ?
Shouldn't there be a piece that comes through the middle circular piece & threads into your throttle housing ? You can then adjust it properly & then lock it off with the circular piece.
What does everybody else think ?

Dogbreath · 27 Apr 2016 at 22:48

4T5 said:
Has a piece of that snapped off ?

Yes, that looks broken to me. The adjuster has been snapped off in the twist grip housing.

wazza300 · 27 Apr 2016 at 22:49

It does look odd,don't think I've seen a metal adjuster butt up to the plastic switch housing,usually the adjuster is a few cm down the cable

4T5 · 27 Apr 2016 at 23:01

The adjuster threads into the throttle housing & then you lock it off with the circular piece/locker.
If you look close you can see damage in the plastic on the throttle housing which is where the thread of the adjuster was pushed back on to when it snapped off.