Posted by Gene Cash on April 11, 2007, 5:46 am
SO! Who's the f**king dumbass at Suzuki that decided you have to take
off the body work on the 1st gen SV-650, in order to service the rear
brake reservoir?
If you happen to have a luggage rack, this becomes even more of a MAJOR
pain in the ass.
Some junior designer in Hamamatsu needs a BEATING.
Easter's over, and the chocolate colored brake fluid needs to go.
Of course, while the bodywork was off I took the opportunity to modify
things with a Zona saw and a coping saw to make a relief so I can take
the cap off and fill the reservoir and change the fluid with the
bodywork on.
The 2nd gen bike is a little more intelligently designed. I guess they
either fired that junior designer or just beat him with a stick. One can
hope.
Still. Grrrr...
-gc
--
Our main goal for a long time was to make it more dangerous to be in the
target area than to be part of the test crew. -- Wernher von Braun
Posted by Mark Olson on April 11, 2007, 6:36 am
Gene Cash wrote:
> SO! Who's the f**king dumbass at Suzuki that decided you have to take
> off the body work on the 1st gen SV-650, in order to service the rear
> brake reservoir?
>
> If you happen to have a luggage rack, this becomes even more of a MAJOR
> pain in the ass.
Are you actually removing the reservoir or just trying to drain and
refill it? If the latter, you can bend the bodywork just far enough
to get a screwdriver on the screws without removing it. I'm not sure
what sort of luggage rack you have or whether that will need to be
removed first.
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'01 SV650S '99 EX250-F13 '98 ZG1000-A13
OMF #7
Posted by The Older Gentleman on April 12, 2007, 1:50 pm
> Who do we really have to blame, except ourselves, for
> motorcycles wrapped in so much plastic we have to spend
> two hours just to change the spark plugs?
Noise laws, for one thing.
<snip rant><
> And what has happened to the practical 400cc commuter
> machine of the 1980's? They grew up to at least 500cc's, and the
> most practical of the twin cylinder commuter bikes has
> a plastic fairing.
There are a fair few unfaired 400-650cc bikes around, but as regards the
demise of the practical mid-size working bike, I tend to agree.
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BMW K1100LT 750SS CB400F CD250 SL125
GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3
BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells.....
Posted by The Older Gentleman on April 13, 2007, 2:34 am
>
> There are committed riders who refuse to own a car, even as a grocery
> hauler. They
> want practical motorcycles that don't require an hour of maintenance
> for every hour spent riding.
That will be just about every Jap bike made today, FFS. The world has
moved on from your 1970s two-strokes, you know.
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BMW K1100LT 750SS CB400F CD250 SL125
GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3
BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells.....
Posted by Albrecht on April 13, 2007, 12:58 pm
On Apr 12, 11:34?pm, chateau.murray.takethis...@dsl.pipex.com (The
Older Gentleman) wrote:
> > There are committed riders who refuse to own a car, even as a grocery
> > hauler. They
> > want practical motorcycles that don't require an hour of maintenance
> > for every hour spent riding.
> That will be just about every Jap bike made today, FFS. The world has
> moved on from your 1970s two-strokes, you know.
Oh, "FFS" to you too, and throw in a "FYYFF" as well.
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> off the body work on the 1st gen SV-650, in order to service the rear
> brake reservoir?
>
> If you happen to have a luggage rack, this becomes even more of a MAJOR
> pain in the ass.