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Soldato
Mines in for it's MOT in about an hour.
21 year old sv650.
21 year old sv650.
Associate
At 21 years old it could well be
Soldato
At 21 years old it could well be
There you go.
Passed, got an advisory for noisy rear exhaust.
......same advisory it's get every year
Man of Honour
Surprised it gets an advisory with that can on, I miss my old SVS
Associate
That's very nice condition!
You had it from new?
You had it from new?
Soldato
Nah, I've had it 12 years. Had 9k miles on it when I got it, got 39k now, actually probably a couple of thousand more because I run it for about 6 months without a working speedo when I was commuting 70 miles a day.
Associate
I had a mate who did the speedo thing as well when he used to commute. He had a little sticker telling him what revs/gear to be in to stay at the speed limits
Hurrah!
There you go.
Passed, got an advisory for noisy rear exhaust.
......same advisory it's get every year
Looks great in that colour.
Soldato
I had a mate who did the speedo thing as well when he used to commute. He had a little sticker telling him what revs/gear to be in to stay at the speed limits
It wasn't on purpose, there is a little speedo drive in the front wheel, it's like a little plastic part I guess got brittle or whatever and failed.
I just wasn't in a particular hurry to fix it
Associate
Felt guilty seeing it sat there today with the sun being out, so went and filled it up and went for a little bumble about.
Starting to get a bit chilly by the time I got home though
@mingeroonie What do you think about the Dainese 1 piece suits? Have you used any other branded suits to compare?
Associate
The Dainese one hanging up is a 2-piece.
The only 1 piece I have is the Arlen ness one that's next to it.
That looks like you've looked after it really well
There you go.
Passed, got an advisory for noisy rear exhaust.
......same advisory it's get every year
But it looks like you still have the original brake lines on it which at 21 years old should have been replaced at least a decade ago (Yamaha reccomend after 4 years for their bikes). You could probably get a 2 line kit for the front to do away with the ugly link pipe over the mudguard.
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Associate
And that’s the mod 2 complete this morning with no minors whoop whoop!
Now for the bike shopping!!
Now for the bike shopping!!
Associate
Too many choices! Will likely pop down a store soon to check some out. Did like the looks of a ninja 650 krt I saw in Facebook, insurance is around £500. There is also a Suzuki bandit which is around £200 insured and also about £1k less for the bike.
I know the Suzuki sv650 suited me a little better for hight than the triumph I trained on did, but the triumph wasn’t uncomfortable
I know the Suzuki sv650 suited me a little better for hight than the triumph I trained on did, but the triumph wasn’t uncomfortable
Associate
The more I look at that ninja the more I kinda like it…