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[Vic Neff]

Hi group,

I’m a long time member, but not a poster ( old tecnophobe)

Thought this story might interest you

I’m 73 years of age, and been riding since I was 15.

Maybe I’m a bit of a bike collector because I have a 69 Bonneville, a pretty darn rare 75 Ducati 900 SS;and over the years have had dozens and dozens of bikes.( like many of you I think)

however, for the last 18 years or so ,my go to bike has been a 2000 SVS.

Last Fall I got a lousy thing called “sciatica” that pretty much crippled me up, and I wasn’t sure I’d ever be able to sling my leg over a motorcycle again.

After trying  4 different physiotherapists, I found one that gave me hope ;and as a carrot to make me do my 40 minutes of exercises and stretches every day I bought a Monster 1200S. 

I insured It for the first 3 months of our prime riding season (here in Vancouver a lot of us only ride for about 6 months a year) ;But not wanting to see the poor SV sit unridden for that long a period of time then insured it.

The Monster power is exhilarating, the Brembo brakes are incredible, the Ohlins suspension is creamy;

But if I could only have one I’d take the 2000 Suzuki SVS 650 .

Vic Neff

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[Donlon G. McGovern]

Well Vic, I have ten years on you and a bum hip from wadding my 02 SV. I then got an 06 Wee Strom and toured the hell out of it till my old accident caught up with me as an arthritic hip, Couldn't support the bike and that was the end, Sold it to a neighbor and now I wax nostalgic by going over my old GoPro vids of some fun rides. Ride for as long as you can Vic, not being able to sucks.

don mcgovern

Portland Orygun

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[Jim Stewart]

Hi, Vic -

Glad to hear you've gotten relief from your therapy. I'm 78 and had to
quit riding eight years ago because of a bad back that doctors say they
can't do much about.  Still miss riding very much...

-js


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[Donlon G. McGovern]

78, oh to be 78 again and know what I know now.

don mcgovern

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[steven michaeli]

mccorpsman here. A few weeks from 60. First motorcycle was a Honde 50 in 1960. Current stable red 2006 SV650, 2017 Yamaha SCR950 and x2 Velosolex - one from the 1950s, one from the 1960s, brought to the USA from Vietnam by a returning vet. Favorite bike ever? 1983 Yamaha RD350 YPVS. other bikes owned,  1966 Honda 305, 1976 CJ360 Honda,  1959 Excelsior,  a couple 1978 H-D XS-250. Thinking about getting out. My wife is worried and I have had too many close calls.

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[Sean Smith]

Man, I feel like the kid here - 51.  ;)

2004 SV650, bought in ‘05 as a leftover. Owned since new. Now has over 72,000 km on the bike, all but a handful with me behind the bars.  Every spring I think I’ll trade the bike in for something newer, and I can never find a reason to do so.  Although lately it’s been resetting the clock to 1:00 every time I start the bike, even with a brand new battery...

I’ve had a few other bikes (‘03 VStar Custom, ‘85 Interceptor 1000, ‘03 Buell Firebolt) but none of them have the staying power and all-round usefulness of my SV. Although my 2000 K1200RS comes close... but I got that so my wife has a more comfortable seat when we ride 2-up.

Sean

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mccorpsman here. A few weeks from 60. First motorcycle was a Honde 50 in 1960. Current stable red 2006 SV650, 2017 Yamaha SCR950 and x2 Velosolex - one from the 1950s, one from the 1960s, brought to the USA from Vietnam by a returning vet. Favorite bike ever? 1983 Yamaha RD350 YPVS. other bikes owned,  1966 Honda 305, 1976 CJ360 Honda,  1959 Excelsior,  a couple 1978 H-D XS-250. Thinking about getting out. My wife is worried and I have had too many close calls.

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[Donlon G. McGovern]

You are a kid Sean,I have kids older than you...and to underscore what you said I had no other bikes that I enjoyed for all around riding as my 02 SV.

don mcgovern

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[Thumper Ray]

If you are not quite 60 that means you were born in 60, how is it you had a motorcycle in 60?

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[Frederick Trient]

Guess what - It works!!!

Man I feel lucky. Am almost 76 but still ride with no problems (uh oh, where's something made of wood to knock on? Cripe it's right here behind these eyeballs). Dunno but I'm guessing that multiple years of rec soccer (ret.) and volleyball might be helping me. For me my departed SV's are still favorites. At the moment I ride on a '94 VFR750F and have '86 VFR I'm resuscitating. Sure wish Honda had made a smaller, lighter VFR version like the VF500 I had. Possibly they did but not for US market. Anybody know about that? Maybe the Canuck Sean knows.

Good to hear from you folks again.

Keep the rubber side down,

Fred in 'Hydropolis' Orygun

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[Sean Smith]

Fred:

There was a VTR250 (I think) which had the looks of the Interceptor but was a vertical twin rather than a V4. The smallest V4, I think, was the VF500. 

Sean, whose mind is a storehouse of useless information

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[Beth]

I thought the VTR was a 90 degree V. When I worked at a salvage yard we had one we were parting out. Now I’ll have to google it.

Bonjour from Québec!

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[Frederick Trient]

Bonjour to you also, Beth and "Storehouse" Sean

I'm kinda fond of the VFR V-4 engine, early VF's had teething problems. Plus Honda didn't hit my sweet spot. Apparently there was only a 250 and 1000. There's a faint memory trace of a 400 but maybe I'm thinking of the Suzuki Gamma.

Fred

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[Sean Smith]

Fred:

I’d go with Beth’s recollection - I’ve never seen a VTR250 in the flesh. 

Sean

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[Donlon G. McGovern]

Hey, it's Fred, the truckers' nemesis...I remember you staring down a huge semi...followed you into a McDonald's parking lot if I still can trust my rusty memory..

don mcg

Teargasville Orygun

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[Frederick Trient]

You got it. Guy didn’t realize I couldn’t see light change down at my level. He just HAD to bitch at me. A nice alternative would have been for him to ask me why the hell I didn’t go sooner. 

Fred

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[Sean Smith]

Don:

Well, you’re around my mother’s age so it guess it all works out. ;)

Sean, the “Storehouse” (thanks, Fred ;) )

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[Steve Aronson]

Wow, we are all getting old, it’s been about 20 years in this group now. I’m coming up on 65 soon.

I can still ride but my 2000 SV is in the garage with gummed up carbs again. I need to pull them and clean then install new jets probably. It’s always too hot or too cold here in the Chicago suburbs. No spring or fall, just winter and summer, like turning on and off light switches. Thinking of moving back to Florida, the west coast this time, near Tampa, if they ever get rid of the corona virus there. California would be nice but probably too expensive. Illinois is really expensive too and so corrupt it’s ridiculous.

Steve

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> Hi, Vic -

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[Donlon G. McGovern]

another youngster heard from and it feels good that people are still hanging around waiting for someone to start a thread that doesn't deal with oil.

don mcgovern

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[Chris Weiss]

I'd be OK with an oil thread. 

Just sayin.

Sold my SV to a friend, it's got carb issues as well. If someone wants a project bike, he'd let it go cheap. We're up in Don's country (Portland)

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[Donlon G. McGovern]

I remember having to drive out of town to find Shell Rotella (non-diesel engine variety) as it was by god the best slickum you could feed your bike...all on the basis of posts from the group.

don mcgovern

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[Beth]

Ah, Rotella. :) I used to get it at Walmart when I lived in Austin, TX.

I’m now 47. I sold my bikes about 5 years back and haven’t replaced them sadly. It’s crazy because when this whole SV madness started I was 27 or so. Yes, I know 47 is still young.

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[Morgan Jones]

soon to be 46 here. I’ve been on this list since the mid ‘00s when i had an SV track bike and it seemed like everyone had one. There are stlll a few floating around in our rider group. I haven’t had an SV in years. I mostly ride/race off road these days.

I recently rode an mt-07 and like it very much: a modern SV. It will probably be my next street bike.

-morgan

> On Jul 27, 2020, at 1:40 PM, Beth <hackt...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Ah, Rotella. :) I used to get it at Walmart when I lived in Austin, TX.
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> I’m now 47. I sold my bikes about 5 years back and haven’t replaced them sadly. It’s crazy because when this whole SV madness started I was 27 or so. Yes, I know 47 is still young.
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> On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 1:32 PM Donlon G. McGovern <spor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I remember having to drive out of town to find Shell Rotella (non-diesel engine variety) as it was by god the best slickum you could feed your bike...all on the basis of posts from the group.
> don mcgovern
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> On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 10:28 AM Chris Weiss <chris...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd be OK with an oil thread.
> Just sayin.
>
> Sold my SV to a friend, it's got carb issues as well. If someone wants a project bike, he'd let it go cheap. We're up in Don's country (Portland)
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> On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 10:19 AM Donlon G. McGovern <spor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> another youngster heard from and it feels good that people are still hanging around waiting for someone to start a thread that doesn't deal with oil.
> don mcgovern
>
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 9:57 AM Steve Aronson <stev...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wow, we are all getting old, it’s been about 20 years in this group now. I’m coming up on 65 soon.
>
> I can still ride but my 2000 SV is in the garage with gummed up carbs again. I need to pull them and clean then install new jets probably. It’s always too hot or too cold here in the Chicago suburbs. No spring or fall, just winter and summer, like turning on and off light switches. Thinking of moving back to Florida, the west coast this time, near Tampa, if they ever get rid of the corona virus there. California would be nice but probably too expensive. Illinois is really expensive too and so corrupt it’s ridiculous.
>
> Steve
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> > On Jul 25, 2020, at 3:11 PM, Jim Stewart <j...@strappe.com> wrote:
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> > Hi, Vic -
> >
> > Glad to hear you've gotten relief from your therapy. I'm 78 and had to quit riding eight years ago because of a bad back that doctors say they can't do much about. Still miss riding very much...
> >
> > -js
> >
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sheesh, all I had to do was mention oil and the gates were opened..Like Beth, I had to go to Walmart to get my Rotella and didn't have one nearby so I'd go to St. Helens a bit west of Podunk on the Columbia River, not too far from Scapoose.

don mcg

[Sean Smith]

Beth:

Good!  Someone younger than me ;)

Sean

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[Frederick Trient]

Oh Chris, Chris, Chris. You are the 😈 incarnate for mentioning an SV for sale in OUR area.  A r r r r r r g !

Fred (head in hands, whispering "I don't need another bike" over and over and over   .   .   .   .   )

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[mcgo...@hevanet.com]

Fred, of course you need another bike but this is not just another bike, it's an SV. Grab it while you're still young enuf to ride.

don mcg

Portland, where  you can ride year round if you have the gear.

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[Frederick Trient]

Don:  You're NOT H E E E EL P I I I I I I N G!  sigh

Fred

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[Donlon G. McGovern]

Fred,

😁😈😁

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[steven michaeli]

Soooo, full synthetic or ester? blend

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[Frederick Trient]

Hey Steve A.

Saw your pondering about moving. I could exasperate the spirit of ex-Gov Tom McCall (please visit but don't stay) and suggest you move to Oregon. But last night's PBS show reminded me that with the Cascadia Subduction Zone we are 320 yrs into a historic 240 yr cycle of catastrophic earthquakes/tsunamis. Sooooo.

Fred in McGovern/Weiss country

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[Donlon G. McGovern]

don't scare the boy Fred, the tsunami the quake will set off won't reach Portland but anyone moving here should not plan on living at the coast. Portland won't be particularly safe particularly west Portland around the West Hills...the gorge may not be safe if any of the dams fail..I'd say look to the high desert county from Pendleton eastward...some great riding out in the John Day country..other than that we're just tickety boo. If you want some geologic history of the Pac NW, may I suggest googling Nick on the Rocks..Nick is a geologist teaching at Central Washington University..when Covid hit he gave lectures from his yard, often with a beer in hand..my kind of prof.

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