NW2 - Good Garage? Recently shifted and my SV650 needs work!
NW2 - Good Garage? Recently shifted and my SV650 needs work!
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AdvocatusDiaboli

Original Poster:

2,277 posts

254 months

Monday 6th March 2006
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Greetings,

I have just moved to Willesden Green. I have a '99 SV 650 that needs a little tlc on the brakes...

Can anyone recommend a garage nearby that is cheap and efficient, or just efficient!!

Many thanks! Hope I get a few suggestions quickly!

Steve_T

6,356 posts

295 months

Monday 6th March 2006
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AdvocatusDiaboli said:
Greetings,

I have just moved to Willesden Green. I have a '99 SV 650 that needs a little tlc on the brakes...

Can anyone recommend a garage nearby that is cheap and efficient, or just efficient!!

Many thanks! Hope I get a few suggestions quickly!


I have an SV - what's your problem with the brakes?

Steve.

AdvocatusDiaboli

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2,277 posts

254 months

Monday 6th March 2006
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They are binding. Makes the bike f***ing impossible to move in the morning. I think they need some new parts...

It loosens up once its running, but you cant move the thing wihtout the engine on.

Also, if you do an emergency stop they bind again for the next five minutes.

Pain in the grass.

DennisTheMenace

15,605 posts

291 months

Monday 6th March 2006
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Strip them down and give them a good clean with a paint brush and some petrol to remove the crap , then work the pistons back and forth a few time to loosen them and coat in copper grease .

bennyboysvuk

3,494 posts

271 months

Tuesday 7th March 2006
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Change the brake fluid and bleed the system too. Also, buy some brake cleaner and liberally spray the rivets that hold the outer disc to the carrier. These should move fairly freely and it massively reduces the heat build up on the disc which reduces the heat everywhere else through the braking system.

AdvocatusDiaboli

Original Poster:

2,277 posts

254 months

Tuesday 7th March 2006
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Thanks guys but I just don't have the time for that. Lawyer you see...all day and all night, law law law!

I was hoping to drop it in a garage in the morning and pick it up the next morning.

Thanks.

huckster6

245 posts

240 months

Thursday 23rd March 2006
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www.burwin.co.uk/

Burwin Motorcycles
380 Essex Road
Islington
London
N1 3PF

T: 0207 359 3050
F: 020 7704 2327

E: martinb@burwin.co.uk


Family firm, been in business for a long time, honest and sensible prices,
very down to earth.
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