New to me 2020 SV650, and I’ve just done 4500 miles so was a little overdue for an oil and filter change.

I’m so paranoid about messing up even something simple like this but my neighbor was out replacing his coolant so he gave me a hand :)

Just taken my 2004 SV650s for a quick ride before booking in for it's MOT after being stood idle for some time, and noticed the seals were leaking. Obviously need them replacing before the MOT so can anyone suggest a place to buy a repair kit from, save me getting parts from different places.

Have you upgraded your forks to make them stiffer? If so, what changes/pros/cons did you find?

Safe riding!!

Posted a few weeks back about a "lose" brake lever and it not closing off the brake light microswitch (means fhe brake light remains on)

Ive done a service on the brakes and the seals, pipes and everything elae is intact. The switch is fine and works. No sign of damage or wear and tear. The pisyon wont come out any further ad its hit its stop point and being cheap theres no adjuster to take out the slack

Im getting to the point where a suspect the lever is off of something else but not having another SV to compare with i cant tell. what do you guys think?

I'm looking to get some sort of windshield for my bike, I ordered one from eBay a few weeks ago but it wouldn't fit, despite the seller saying it was designed specifically for the SV. I've seen another SV at my local meet that had a Puig screen which looked good, but I can't seem to find it online. Every screen I find that says it fits the sv650 only has pictures of it on other bikes, so I don't trust them to fit.

If anyone can recommend one that's confirmed to fit then let me know!

Has anyone installed this fairing set?

So happy to be part of the cult. Sorry for the terrible photo. I weirdly don't have other pictures. I was like explaining to my friend how HOSTILE the car park floor was and I wasn't going to go in... Road tyres scare me. 😹

Anyone else in UK/Wales? 🫂 My delusion made me take a black nail polish to my dashboard this morning. I literally hate myself.

Hey guys, I posted on here a few times for help with getting the bike running, I determined that the issue was the carb bowls where filled with water and bad gas(previous owner drove through a thunderstorm), anyways it starts up and I just took it around the block today for the first time, it seems to be riding good, I was givin it the beans a little bit and at first it seemed to lag but it got better the more I rode it, when I got back it seemed to be running rough but I’m not sure if it is or if it’s a v twin thing, I am used to the ticking that my mt09 makes but can someone tell me if this sounds right because I can’t tell, from my experience it sounds like it needs the valves adjusted but I’m more concerned with the rhythm of the motor, thanks everyone

My clutch cable just snapped on my ride home does anyone have one in British Columbia or has done one before to help me figure it out

—-> Check comment section for placement of spark plugs.

I couldnt find a image on placement since im new to motorcycles but here is a guide for suzuki sv650sa k8 (2008).

What you need 4 spark plugs since its a dual spark plug per cylinder. 2 cylinder with 2 spark plugs pr cylinder.

Brand: NGK CR8EIX iridium-spark plug - CR8EIX

16 mm with a sparkplug attachment magnet/gummy is best.

As per the header, I'm having trouble finding anything at all that's not sold out. I could even 3d print one if I really needed to.

What's everyone running ?

Does anyone know of something that's not scalped on eBay and that is available from the manufacturer?

Early morning scrub up ready for today’s ride with my son on his 125 😎
Now sitting back with me coffee admiring it happy days ! Have a good day people !

Hi everybody!

Can anybody tell me what kind of c-hook do i need ti preload my rear shock ? There are many different c-hook measures, but what is the best ? And which is the best type to fit in ?

Cheers mates

Even before I started riding in 2021, I’ve always admired SV650’s. I was able to buy one last month and I’m really happy with it. Put on a Leo Vince Duals GP exhaust and a Puig belly pan.

I’ve got a 2005 Suzuki SV650S K5 that’s developed a pretty severe over-fuelling problem and I’m running out of things to check, so I’m wondering if anyone has experienced anything similar. The bike is currently doing roughly 21 MPG, absolutely stinks of fuel, and is now getting to the point where it won’t idle and can be extremely difficult or impossible to start. When trying to start it, both cylinders are getting so much fuel that the spark plugs become physically wet with petrol and stop firing, and I’ve now had to remove both plugs and let the cylinders dry out/drain the flooding multiple times just to get it to fire again. Both plugs are relatively new iridium plugs and have become heavily black/carbon fouled. The engine oil now also smells strongly of petrol, presumably from fuel getting past the rings during all the flooding, so obviously I’ll be changing the oil once the actual fault is fixed. Ignition-wise, I’ve already replaced both coil packs with NGK units, so I don’t think a weak coil causing unburnt fuel on both cylinders is particularly likely. Before it got this bad, the bike would run but was noticeably wrong: at a steady throttle it would surge/jerk as though the throttle was rapidly cutting and coming back in, it would burble heavily on deceleration, smell very rich and occasionally flame during quickshifter shifts. It then progressed to difficult starting, trying to die after starting and eventually being unable to maintain an idle. The TPS has been checked and appears fine, and the coolant temperature reading also looks completely normal at around 88–94°C while riding, with the fan operating at roughly 105°C, so the ECT doesn’t appear to be telling the ECU that the engine is permanently cold. The bike has an SV1000 airbox lid/snorkel, but importantly only the lid and snorkel were changed — the IAP/MAP sensor is still the original SV650 sensor and setup, not an SV1000 sensor. The bike doesn’t have an O₂ sensor/closed-loop fuelling system either, so I can’t see the larger snorkel somehow causing the ECU to compensate enough to produce anything remotely like this level of richness. I’ve checked the vacuum take-offs on the throttle bodies; the unused one is capped, and the IAP/MAP vacuum connection appears to take its manifold pressure from the front throttle body only, which I’m trying to establish is definitely the correct factory arrangement. Because both cylinders are flooding and both plugs are black, I’m leaning towards something common to both cylinders rather than one failed injector. My current main suspects are excessive fuel pressure from the in-tank regulator/pump assembly, an incorrect IAP/MAP signal or vacuum problem, or potentially both injectors leaking/over-fuelling. I’ve removed and visually inspected the fuel-pressure regulator but can’t properly test rail pressure because I don’t have a fuel-pressure gauge. I’ve therefore bought a complete known replacement K3–K6 SV650 fuel-pump/regulator assembly to swap in, as well as another genuine-type 18590-17G00 IAP/MAP sensor, and I’ll change them one at a time to see which, if either, affects the problem. Has anyone had a Gen 2 SV650 behave like this before — particularly massive fuel consumption, both cylinders physically flooding, fuel-contaminated oil, black/wet plugs, no idle and no obvious TPS/temperature fault? Is there anything specific on the K3–K6 injection system that can command or cause this much fuel on both cylinders simultaneously that I’ve overlooked?