Bikes Suzuki SV650 for sale (LAMS)

With my Full licence, comes the decision to part with this beauty.

2016 Suzuki SV650
LAMS model

The SV650 needs no introduction. One of the best bikes in its class and the most bike you can get on a Learner licence. It took me 2 minutes to decide this was the one for me... love at first rev!

This baby has the ability to get to 100 kph in 2nd gear, leaving you with 4 more to play with once you're there. She has a low centre of gravity and low and narrow seat (ideal for smaller riders). Extremely flickable in the corners so fantastic fun around the twisties as well as on a big open stretch of highway. More than enough power to get you in (and out of!) trouble. Relatively upright riding position; very easy to learn to counter steer.

This bike has got two experienced riders through to their Full licences. Never dropped, always garaged, serviced at suggested intervals (recently had 6000 km service). Full service records available. WOF and Registration both run through to 2019.

Comes fitted with L brackets and Ventura pack rack (the rack itself has never been used).

Most of the 7,000-odd kms on the clock have been on the open road - note, kms will increase as this is my daily ride. I love this bike and she is an absolute pleasure.

For those already on their Full licence, it is possible to purchase and fit a different ECU to de-restrict the LAMS settings.

Viewing and inspection welcome, test rides only with proof of licence and cash in hand. Viewing Auckland (Grey Lynn) Sun pm to Weds PM, and Hamilton (Tamahere) from Friday to Sunday about midday.

Bikes Suzuki SV650 for sale (LAMS)

Full Decal set application help....is there anyone doing it?

I have bought a complete set of bodywork decals for my 690 SM. After watching many videos showing how to do it I have decided as a first time this bike is a no-no for me. Does anyone provide this service? There are a few car decal applicators out there but seem to provide the service in-house (i.e. provide the decals and lay them down). My set is a very good quality set (3M adhesive backing) and very comprehensive. I wouldn't want to botch it. Thanks

Full Decal set application help....is there anyone doing it?

SV1000S Magnets

With the SV1000S's, has anyone dealt with loose magnets?
I looked over at the SV forums and it seems to be a common issue, regardless of bike year. The magnets are known to come loose and damage the stator (or worse).
I've talked to some dealers here in NZ and none of them have heard of it.

SV1000S Magnets

What's New?

Been a while... 😬

What's New?

New small capacity bikes running warm?

Anybody else notice this.? I have seen a few reports of duke 390s running hot. I have an r3 that smells warm in traffic. Occasionally get an extra bar on the temp gauge too.

New small capacity bikes running warm?

What even happens to stolen bikes/scooters in NZ? (+stolen scooter story)

I had a brand-new scoot stolen from me about 1.5 years ago.
I had gotten over it, until recently when I came across some circumstances where having my scoot would have been really useful.. It brought back the feelings of frustration and extreme disappointment I went through. And it got me thinking..


What the hell happens to stolen motorbikes and scooters in NZ anyway?


When my scooter got stolen, I did some investigation (because the police did fuck all) and immediately found many other people who had had their scooters stolen in the previous few weeks/months (even from the same spot mine was stolen from - apparently it was a common occurrence). I am sure many, many others have been stolen since.

Where do these machines end up? What do the thieves do with them? Is there a black market in NZ for parts and vehicles, large enough such that stealing them here is actually lucrative?
I've known of this forum for years, and figure you'd be the guys to ask..


If you're curious as to the story with my scoot, read on in the spoiler tags..


My scooter was a PGO PMX Naked 50 Carbon. It was stolen on January 15 2017, from the bike-park in the Harvey Norman carpark on Tory Street, in Wellington.
The plate number was B1FWU; the engine number was P2H47013; the VIN was RFVPMMS21G1204770.

[spoiler]I reported it to the police straight away, but also decided to do my own searching.
I managed to get in contact with the building manager for the HN building, who sure enough had security footage showing two people, a man and a woman, fiddling with my scooter and wheeling it away in the early hours of the morning. I arranged to get a hold of the footage so I could give it to the cops.

Long story short, the building guy went on holiday for 2 weeks, and while he was gone, the security system deleted the footage. And with that, my only hope of getting my scoot back went up in smoke.
At this point, it had been a couple weeks since the incident, and I asked the guy if the police had been in touch with him in any way; he said: no, not at all. I know for a fact that a police officer had been assigned to my case, because I had been advised of this by a stolen vehicle hotline operator. If I, a civilian, got so close to obtaining hard evidence so easily, what the fuck was the police doing all that time? The answer is probably: nothing; nothing at all.

That was the last I heard of anything. I never got anything back, because I didn't have insurance on the scooter, which is the worst thing about all of this. I had kept humming and hahh'ing about which provider to get, and kept putting it off. This was 100% stupid and as a result, this is all my own fault. Doesn't make any of it less frustrating

It's only a scooter, but I'm a student and I had saved up a long time to be able to buy it; it meant a lot to me. Even though it's not glamorous like a proper bike, I think the experience of losing it will be the same - especially when it represented a sizable amount of your own hard labour.[/spoiler]

What even happens to stolen bikes/scooters in NZ? (+stolen scooter story)

Upgrading front brakes on 82 Suzuki GS1100

Anyone know of any twin pot calipers (or better) that would bolt on to GS1100 fork legs? The standard single pot calipers were pretty mediocre when the thing was last on the road (about 10 years ago) and I'm guessing they haven't got any better in the interim. The standard flexy rubber hoses have already been replaced with braided stainless covered Teflon ones.

Upgrading front brakes on 82 Suzuki GS1100