What did you do to your bike today?

Captain · 18 Jun 2017 at 20:32

gcaster said:
What do you use to clean them with? Is it a wire wool and scrub like **** affair, apply and leave for a while or otherwise???

A scourer will work fine.

gcaster · 18 Jun 2017 at 20:48

Cheers.

Scooby_WR1 · 18 Jun 2017 at 21:22

Wow it looks so quick and easy.

gcaster · 18 Jun 2017 at 22:33

That's nuts. Reckon I'll use gloves rather than bare hands if it burns through it that easy! :eek:

eddie101 · 19 Jun 2017 at 15:35

The straight bar conversion for my Blackbird turned up earlier. Might have to have a fettle this evening.

Scooby_WR1 · 19 Jun 2017 at 20:30

Gave the exhaust a clean today.

Captain · 19 Jun 2017 at 20:39

Great result.

The_Abyss · 19 Jun 2017 at 23:20

Diddums · 20 Jun 2017 at 12:15

That looks excellent, well done. Are there any decent products to treat it?

Scort · 20 Jun 2017 at 13:08

Loaded it with kit and Wife, and went to the coast on Sunday

Yaayuh! · 20 Jun 2017 at 15:57

Nice! What did you use to clean it up? @Scooby_WR1

**SV650 Owners Chime In Please**

2005 SV650 I've got at the moment idles too low (only just above 1K and splutters). Where's the Idle adjustment?

tom_e · 20 Jun 2017 at 16:21

Nearside, in the frame triangle just below the tank above the rad.

Yaayuh! · 20 Jun 2017 at 19:17

Excellent cheers. I turned to increase to just under 1500rpm, much better. Will see what it's like tomorrow.

tom_e · 20 Jun 2017 at 19:40

That's where I run mine all year round without any issues.

SPARC · 20 Jun 2017 at 20:16

Well sometime life can be cruel. Took the bike to work this morning for the first time, only my second time on it.

It got reversed into ... fell onto the left side and made a nice little mess of the body and engine case. The clutch got bent downwards and was very stiff when I tried to use it. Got it recovered instead.

Oh and the damage to her car ... a SMUDGE IN THE DIRT !

tom_e · 20 Jun 2017 at 20:32

That sucks, claiming on her insurance?

If it makes you feel better my housemate reversed over my old 125 when it was sat on the drive and my other mate reversed over my SV with me sat on top of it!

SPARC · 20 Jun 2017 at 20:41

tom_e said:
That sucks, claiming on her insurance?

If it makes you feel better my housemate reversed over my old 125 when it was sat on the drive and my other mate reversed over my SV with me sat on top of it!

Yeah I'm claiming on her insurance. I'm sitting here thinking if I should tell mine that it happened. You know how they can be with such things. I don't want to end up paying double come renewal time since it wasn't my fault. statistics and all that.

tom_e · 20 Jun 2017 at 20:50

If you're claiming against hers then they'll probably find out one way or another as it'll be in the system.

SPARC · 20 Jun 2017 at 21:04

Aye true.

Just went out to the shed to have another look at it, I'm proper gutted. It never had a mark on it until Mrs "I was late for a meeting" hits it.