Hello, just wanted to ask what's wrong with my motorcycle. Sometimes when it is at operating temperatures or running for long time while riding, the engine bogs. It is noticable when I suddenly twist the throttle. Also does my bike lack power? When I was testing the bike at full throttle, 5th gear at 7k rpm it only reads 100km/h or is it normal to have that speed with an sv650? I suspect that the problem with the bogging and the lack of power when I was installing brand new air box clamp because I damaged the old ones. The tool I used was a long screw driver that has magnet so that I could attach any bit on the end of the the tool. The problem was I didn't notice that the bit that I use detached from the tool and it was still attached to the torx bolt of the air box clamp. When I started the bike it clicked repeatedly, that's when I noticed that the torx bit was still lodged on the bolt. My question is do I need to adjust the throttle positioning? Or what part should I fix or adjust? As you can see on the picture the left one adjusts when the ignition switch is on at the right side is the torx bolt for the clamp where the bit got stuck and the one on the left keeps hitting the bit when the ignition switch is on that might have caused some problems.
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Engine losing power sometimes bogging when twisting the throttle suddenly
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Do you think the color of the headers of my bike indicates that it is running right or its running lean? The pictures is on my reply to troy jollimore
The underpiping wouldn't show you, but your pics coming right out of the heads looked okay. You can REALLY tell if they're seriously discoloured.
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So the engine runs okay? not lean nor rich?
The discoloration comes from being excessively lean, and REALLY hot exhaust gases going out those headers. So it shouldn't be running lean enough to damage anything.
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so it's running lean but not lean enough to damage anything? Also I noticed that When I ride my bike it is hot on the legs. If I try to ride with shorts only, it so hot that, it is uncomfortable to grip the tank with my legs. but the temp gauge only shows 3 bars which is normal. I dont know if that heat that is uncomfortable is normal. When I ride with gear, I can feel less heat compared to no gear.
When I started riding all bikes had chrome pipes. Naturally when I bought my Gen3 I wanted the same so out came the solvol.
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Dull, tarnished pipes make a bike look old, imho.
My bike at about 7 years old, looks pretty much the same now (different seat) at 9 years 43k miles.
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Sorry to have derailed the post.
Dull, tarnished pipes make a bike look old, imho.
My bike at about 7 years old, looks pretty much the same now (different seat) at 9 years 43k miles.
Sorry to have derailed the post.
So the bogging is gone or still there? It took me a few attempts to make sure the slip-on was fully sealed before my bogging stopped, and since it went fully away whenever I put the OEM exhaust with gasket on, I knew it was the problem.
As for the speedo being wrong, have you looked into the speed sensor?
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As for the speedo being wrong, have you looked into the speed sensor?
The hand soap? Or something from GB I don't know about in Canada?
"Solvol Autosol" a German chrome cleaner/polisher. They make a dedicated one for stainless but I prefer the one for chrome.
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It is still there even if I put back the stock pipe. It bogs when the engine is at operating temp or when I ride for too long. It is also noticeable when putting it at first gear, applying throttle and clutch at the same time at stop.
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Nice Bike. Do you Think the color of my exhaust is normal?
The bikes are usually tuned a bit on the lean side to help pass Emissions testing. That would be my guess. I'm not sure on the heat, as I've only ridden mine in jeans. It's still pretty 'cool', though. I think I've only ever felt heat from the pipes/engine either on a really cool day, or on a really hot one when sitting in traffic. I for sure don't have the bogging you describe, though.
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I tried it and it say no codes (C00). my guess is that the bit that got stuck on the airbox clamp that keeps slapping on the secondary valve linkage affected the bike. Can I reset how the secondary valve moves? I feel like I need to adjust something.
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