Sv650 speedo question...

Motorcycling
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So as some of you know I bouht a SV650 a few days back…

but it seemed my normal 10mile journey was showing as alot more on my milage.

So after going for a journey to brighton saturday I thought id watch it… My speedometer itself is reading a little slow i think as if I do 30mph through a camera all the traffic will flow straight past… (Possibly 35-40) Or atleast it feels there going that fast. maybe im only doing 10. :confused:

The journey I knew was about 60miles registered as over 200.

When I bought the bike it had 45000miles on it. (pretty high I know) but this reflected the price, I also asked the guy if it was KMH/MPH who assured me it was MPH.

Last night I went for a ride with some friends. we all reset our trip distances.

CBR600-RR 6.9

GSXR400- 10.2

SV650- 10.0

So…

im assuming that my speedo is reading in KMH which would work out about 30000miles i think. (which i dont think is too bad for a 99model)

Is there a way to change it to miles? It just looks too high. and a few people i have spoken too said it should be miles…

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Check the front and rear sprockets to see if they have been changed.

Some people may go up a tooth or two on the back or even go down a tooth on the front.

Any combination change will have affect on mileage and speed readings.

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certainly sounds like it’s in kph, though the 60/200 journey sounds odd as 200k would be around 125-ish unless it was 60 miles each way

you should be able to swap the speedo relatively easily

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the sv has a speedo drive on the front wheel, different gearing won’t affect the speedo reading.

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AsMartin said, speedo is on the front so it would be impossible for the sprokets to make a difference.

TROMBOWMAN>

You are correct, I should have said each way. It was about 120 round trip…

Is there a way to convert this? Why would it be in KPH if its standard clocks and not an import? :confused:

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200km = 124miles

As far as I know you should be able to swap it for one in mph, if not divide by 8 and multiply by 5.

I can’t think of any reason for it to have kph clocks if it’s not an import, might be worth checking out if you haven’t already.

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How do I check it out? :confused:

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it was probably a parallel import, back in the 90’s bikes were cheaper in the rest of europe, so independent dealers imported them & sold them cheaper than official main dealers could, usually the only differences were speedo & headlight…

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HPI check might tell you if it’s an import. Possibly on the V5 it might say “vehicle first registered in UK on 31/12/06” or “vehicle previously registered elsewhere prior to UK”.

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yeah I think a HPI check will say. or you might be able to tell from the format of the frame number.

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MyTextCheck works for bikes. Will tell you the year of first registration. If its after 1999 (dont worry if its 2000, could be late reg) then its probably an import. It isnt the end of the world as it means you paod for a bike with 45000 miles but its actually got 28000. Not bad at all!

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strap a gps on your bars and watch what it ses and if it is you can get these converters think my dad payed £15 for his one and you skrew it to the bottom of your clocks and the speedo cable into it and it swaps it to mph then check it again with the gps and see what your results are

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Pretty sure that the '99 SV has a digital clock. Not sure if the standard converter will work…

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Nope their anologe

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=safari&gl=uk&biw=320&bih=356&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=curvy+sv+clocks&oq=curvy+sv+clocks&gs_l=mobile-gws-serp.3…4892.4892.0.5613.1.1.0.0.0.0.295.295.2-1.1.0…0.0…1ac.crc4VIHZzUg#i=0

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Spanking then.

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Is it a SV650 or SV650s (with fairing)?

Can you take a pic of the clocks?

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I cant open that link for some reason.

But these are my clocks!

Also my HPI check usually tells me if its imported or not, I use iCarcheck app and always purchase GOLD but its not an import according to that!

New Question…

What are the exhausts called that fit under the swingarm. (or next too the swing arm pivot?)

Underslung or something? I cant find one :’(

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Has anyone else got/owned this shape SV??? That clock face does not look right, it may be worth following the cable from the speed sensor and see if you can locate a speed converter! (common on the imports to put a converter on rather then changing the clocks!)

Other then that, if the speed is inaccurate then it may just be a faulty sensor - loads on fleabay!

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I reckon that those are after-market.

The speedo is in miles but the bike remembers kilometers and is showing that on the display?

IIRC, analogue clocks remember mileage in the clock mechanism, digital ones like this remember it elsewhere? a change of clocks is essentially just a change of screen?

I’m not sure if thats how it works but if it is, your bike could be in kilometers and your clock’s speedo is in MPH. I think the screen holds no data and just displays it from somewhere else?

Thats the only way I can think of your 10 mile per day recording as over that AND the clocks being in MPH…

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Definitely the wrong clocks for a carby SV.