Scrap To Race Track In 24 Hours | Write-Off Rebuilt SV650 To Race Bike

[@BikeWorldTVshow]

See if you can spot the sneaky preview to our next build in the video somewhere.

[@pauli001]

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[@flamintasty]

The big trailie 😉

[@WeAreTheTrueMedia]

10:24 NC35 (RVF400) My 3rd bike (1998) was a CBR400 coz I couldn't quite afford a RVF hence why I noticed.

[@ogasi1798]

big trail bike - XR perhaps?

[@BikeWorldTVshow]

You're all wrong so far...

[@letsgoforaride7328]

Do a challenge Bikeworld vs 44teeth vs MCN just for fun and bragging rights 😅 I’m sure you guys see each other all the time at launches

[@BikeWorldTVshow]

We do, 44Teeth would, not sure about MCN though.

[@lolzlarkin3059]

​@@BikeWorldTVshowshots fired. Balls in your court mcn!

[@lovelessissimo]

Oh man, that would be phenomenal!

[@WeAreTheTrueMedia]

How about a Bikeworld/44Teeth/Carwow collaboration?

[@petervisi5369]

Sounds something like "In the next season of Budget Bike Battle..."

[@jonnytheboy23]

Chris's enthusiasm and sheer love of bikes always shines through but especially in this video, just one reason why I love Bike World. Great job with the scabby SV, can't wait for the next instalment!

[@josephoneill7656]

I was a RAAF technician on fighters. Your oil filter is lockwired backwards but it will still prevent it coming off entirely. I found it was often best to start a lockwire by hand before locking the pliers on. The secret to a nice tight lockwire is not to use the pull-out, but rather to keep plenty of tension on and hand-turn the pliers.

[@papasmurf159]

Army Technicians call it 'anti-locked'

[@ReignitedAuto]

Regarding the oil filter install: if the engine is a fresh build that hasn't been run before, i will fill the filter and oil the seal. The reason for filling it is obvious, and i oil the seal because if you don't you'll never get it off again 😂. If you're just doing a standard oil change in a running bike, there's already oil on the filter sealing surface, so there's no need to oil the filter seal. Also, since there is already a fair bit of residual oil in the oiling system, there's no need to fill the filter with oil because in the 1-2 seconds it takes to pressurize the new filter with oil, there is still plenty of oil present on the bearings and such to where no possible damage could take place. Some people dispute this, but quite frankly they're wrong. 😄 Longtime tech-

[@spency787]

I’m not an RAF engineer but you’ve lockwired the oil filter backwards! It’s supposed to pull it tighter not looser 😂

[@lolzlarkin3059]

I actually am an ex raf engineer, and... ha!

[@lovelessissimo]

Oooh good spot.

[@jonasjohansson9060]

Chris! You are the best ambassador for motorbikes. Its a joy to watch. Thank you!

[@blackline66]

Utterly brilliant…. Watching you race was awesome, majestic even. Thanks for being down to earth and giving honest information and values that most of us have regarding money. Keeping it real is a skill of yours. Never stop Chris. Would Lovett see you and Neevesy mixing it up on a project 😊

[@therealslimshady4555]

Chris won't need bog roll with you about lad.

[@Hu_2y]

Why not make part 2 with minor fixes, better fork set-up, and slight upgrades? Budget of about £500-£700 Really enjoyed this video! Thank you

[@aidens04]

Love this series of written off bikes. Really enjoy seeing the work and the result 😊

[@PeSV1000]

Brilliant as always Chris ! So much nicer to see "budgetbikes" on track for racing, who needs a 20.000Pound anyway, nobody can afford nowadays bikes anymore. Hope to see more of the rebuild here, cheers !

[@matthewbrown7659]

Black marker touchups on blemished anodized aluminum 😄 classic!

[@tonyjourneyman1944]

Got my racing juices flowing and I haven't raced for 30 years!

[@marcpigeon7796]

I loved my 5 yrs racing vintage road racing in Canada (1976 Honda CB550F). You brought that all back, thank you.🏍️🇨🇦

[@timothymills733]

I have a K9 SV650S that is both track and road bike. 40K miles on the clock, and of my four bikes, still my favorite (sorry Triumph and Ducati) Whatever you want to do on two wheels, go get an SV and know that you may want something else, but you won't need anything else 😀

[@richardmoult9781]

I actually witnessed and photographed the crash and also the bike running pretty well all day Sunday , great video and nice to see what led up to the day's events . Looking forward to see what you do with the bike going forward Rich.

[@deanodrives4966]

Many things to take from this video..... NG are a great club to race with, the Northovers are a great bunch and lock wiring is definitely an art 😂 Interesting take on the cost of racing, I think getting things second hand really helps. I race a CB500 and this year was my first season, all in I reckon it cost me £2500 for everything from bike, licence, awning and gear etc. Each weekend cost me about £700 on average which covered everything, so not cheap but can't recommend it enough for anyone thinking about giving it a go. Thanks for a great video as always, glad you were alright after your unscheduled lie down Chris!

[@panchochilli11]

Always love to see that it’s the rider, not the bike! Except, of course, when it lets you down. 😊

[@benjy288]

Some low rise alloy motocross bars is a must if you don't go the clip on route, also the one thing not mentioned in the whole cost of racing analysis is tyres, they're very expensive and don't last very long, depending on the bike you're riding.

[@nickrider5220]

Great going Chris Marquez 😎

[@ThrottleJerk]

As a mechanic, about the oil filter, lubing the o ring is dependant on manufacturer BUT its ideal in my opinion since it, well, lubes the o ring so its nicer to tight and oil will make the rubber swell and promote sealing over time. Oil filters have a very low torque spec and i never seen one back off all the way out in my experience. Ive seen very loose ones that never leaked tho

[@Bmused247]

I think oiling the filter gasket also keeps it from binding up and possibly causing a leak.

[@hugonunes6947]

Brilliant, these are my favourite type of videos. Well done Chris 👍

[@lukaslombardo4736]

By far my favorite channel.

[@BikeWorldTVshow]

Thanks!

[@michaelmckenna2882]

I always wipe a smear of clean engine oil over the seal, just so the seal doesn't get damaged when doing it up....I always clean the surface it's going to face. Also I pre fill the filter before putting it on. Just something I've learnt over the years watching KZbin. I can't wait to see the next episode of you racing the old SV, good luck.

[@stevedrane2364]

Brilliant. . Video, my local track Lydden Hill has a couple of Bike race weekends, it’s always great to see the enthusiasm of the riders, keep enjoying. Thank you for the video. 👍👍

[@ElMuelio]

Oil the seal first? Doesn't matter. Prefill the filter first? Doesn't matter. Just torque it to spec and it should never come undone. (Or just do it as tight as you can by hand and it'll be roughly right). One small thing though - jubilee clips round the filter are superior to filters with lockwire holes IMO because you can just slacken the clip and replace the filter, no need to cut the lockwire and rewire it every time!

[@leslieaustin151]

I’m not a racer, nor yet a fan of racing, but any video that gets a written-off bike back and working gets a 👍 from me. My write-off (from MotoMine) was an Innova. Few people recognise it as such now😊. A really fun bike for cheap (road and trail). Les

[@bccapone837]

well done on the race you did really well , I've bought a couple of bikes from moto mine now too , grease seal to stop the o'ring binding up and it won't make them come loose even doing it hand tight I've never had one come loose by greasing and done up hand tight in 20 years , but no need to fill it in my opinion as it's horizontal.

[@raythorpe4838]

Fair play, mate. Proper humble guy and balls of steel the way you threw that bike around🫡. Great content👍

[@fedgshhsgdjk]

You can get these clips you lock wire to (a bit like a safety pin) this way you never have to cut your lock wire. Especially handy on caliper bolts when you’re changing wheels all the time

[@AgentJayZ]

I raced a first gen SV for a few years. I loved that bike.

[@peterherrington3300]

Wipe the o'ring with oil , either pre'fill the filter or allow for the volume when filling. Run motor , let settle , check again then thrash the nuts off it . Great video 👏

[@domothepilot]

i want to see a series with this! please! this is awesome! im racing an older s1000rr and recently bought a race prepped SV, and i am having such a blast with it.

[@jaykkennedy63]

Thoroughly enjoyed this Mate! Can’t wait to see how this progresses! Proper Grassroots racing! ✊🏼

[@MichaelKobler-yu6fy]

Oh dear, I felt that second when you were going down, same thing here 10 years ago. Just not on a budget bike but my only bike, which was a quite fresh Monster 796 back then. Young overexcitement can do that. Restored her back to former glory, removed the main frame, got it repainted and whatnot. Still have that bike, 40k on the clock and still going. Just road use nowadays though, my better half tends to tell me that it'd be unforgivable to wreck all the billet bling on it now. Keep it up Chris, sensational content!

[@rahuldinesh6337]

Great video! Chris, slightly taller preload spacers and higher oil height does wonders to a basic fork like that.

[@stp7049]

Love this, thank you👍 For me, oil on the seal to reduce shear stress to seal when fitting. Strain on the filter thread prevents the housing moving, oil on the seal wont make any difference IMHO. Dry engine, I pump oil into the galley and slowly turn over before starting. Wet engine, I do what the manufacturer engineers tell me, which is normally put the filter on as is, start the engine. If dry filters wrecked engines, I think we'd see the evidence for that somewhere by now.

[@anthonyschroeder7458]

Weren’t you just having the time of your life 👍 New subscriber , love your enthusiasm and the obvious joy motorcycles bring out on your channel Cheers

[@nealeburgess6756]

I can't believe how well you did on a bog standard road bike! Not even a fairing. Upright bars. I lost count of how many bikes you passed before the first bend. Finished 6 from the back of the grid! 2nd race running in podium positions until a slight mishap. Incredible. Maybe I should progress from track days to racing..... My track bike is a 1998 Honda VTR 1000, usually the oldest bike on track. And I am 69 years old. Usually the oldest rider on track. What could possibly go wrong if I start racing??

[@TheVividdarkside]

Another great vid,just shows how accessible racing can be.

[@andyhewitt7588]

I just found this channel. I love the cheerful and enthusiastic commentary 😀

[@BikeWorldTVshow]

Thanks Andy, you don't know what you've been missing! 🤣

[@johndaniell887]

I've worked on bike for 45 years and I've always run oil round the O ring and never had a filter come loose and also put I bit of oil in the filter john

[@Patriiiiick]

Brilliant stuff! Look forward to more SV stuff. I always planned on getting an SV as my first bike and did research and read up on the thing for years but ended up getting a GSXR instead. it's still a bike I intend on owning in the future so i'm keen to see more vids like this!

[@jpbloodyaussie]

Thanks mate I really enjoyed that... I have retired from racing here in Australia with Phillip Island being my last winning the Victorian championship, watching you it all came flooding back... cheers

[@Jordan_0121]

First video for me, brilliant watch this! Thouroughly enjoyed every bit 👍

[@BikeWorldTVshow]

Thanks

[@tinymotogarage]

Chris wheelying to make it an SV350😅 - great video as always.

[@morganmartin9286]

Absolutely love these videos 👍👍. The garage work mixed with riding/racing is pure motorcycle therapy and is good for the soul. Thanks for making and sharing them.

[@PaulJackson-w6m]

Hi Chris.i always lubricate the o ring to stop it dragging as you tighten the last half a turn.unless the oil filter sits underneath the car or bike its pointless filling it with oil because half of the oil will pour out as you fit it back on.

[@exothermal.sprocket]

Weakest points on these SV's by far, are suspension and brakes. At a minimum toss in a set of proper springs, a set of valve emulators for the damper-rod forks, and upgraded brake pads.

[@luddite6239]

10:30 Lever guards may not be the best solution, but I was in the grandstand watching the 250 Catalunya GP when Jeremy McWilliams was catapulted into the air after Robby Rolfo hit his brake lever. A scary moment and definitely something to be avoided. That was the first time I can remember seeing this type of incident. The next one that I can remember was, funnily enough, again Catalunya, this time from the 2006 MotoGP race when Gibernau's brake lever hit the back of Capirossi's bike sending him over the bars and taking down six bikes in total.

[@zweiradkollektiverichkohn2916]

Great video!!! SVs are so lovely race bikes! Incredible achievement with stock suspension, haven't seen much bouncing... Please more videos of the bike!

[@tomevans4078]

Oiling the seal first just makes it easier getting it off on the next service. Won’t make it any less secure as long as it’s tightened properly.

[@hopalong8715]

Absolutely brilliant! Loved this episode. Please keep doing more stuff like this! Only thing I wish for is that you showed a little more of some of the pre race prep - partially because i installed that hel kit onto my 2nd gen and had an absolute pig of a time trying to bleed it, id like to know what the fuck i did wrong - but i understand that the video might get a big long by then :)

[@pmr01]

knowledge, ability and charisma...you've got it man 🙂

[@Jean_pneus]

Love the enthousiasm, keep on rollin chris, you are a madman! 😅🎉❤

[@ecalzo]

Well done i rode one on track some years ago.. it was the previous model .. the one with round tubes frame ... A great bike TOP.. now i have a Vstrom 😄

[@Oscar240z]

I enjoyed this video more than 20 reviews on new bikes! Excellent stuff keep it up.

[@stevecostin4178]

Chris, great video! Impressive lap time on a stock SV. 👍🏻

[@Dannleon55]

Suck or dump the old fork oil out and replace with 20w it transforms the front end. It’s amazing how good the stock springs are, they can take much more load and abuse with thicker oil and its quick n easy n cheap 👍🏼

[@Captain-Donut]

‼️‼️ Now that’s what I call ‼️‼️ Entertainment

[@shadowred1980]

Nicely done. Looking forward to that Ducati, if it's part of this series.

[@bobbyclark7423]

Top top video really good content, love to see you get it a bit more competitive and come back to do another race

[@mwng5186]

Great, thoroughly enjoyed that, thanks team Bike World

[@BikeWorldTVshow]

Cheers

[@davidbrown2945]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video, nice one 👍

[@BikeWorldTVshow]

@@davidbrown2945 cheers!

[@argieessex]

Really loved this content both the rebuilds and the racing intro. Thanks

[@luddite6239]

Great video. If there's one sound I hate more than the shriek of a seizing two-stroke, it's the tortured scraping of metal on tarmac as you slide off into the gravel trap. 😭

[@chrisnorthover7582]

Still waking up to that noise on a regular basis 😂

[@luddite6239]

@chrisnorthover7582 I've had that nightmare more than once! 😱

[@SteveKierans-mu2hy]

Great vid, just goes to show you can race to some degree on a budget. I suppose it's like anything it depends on how serious you want to take it. Well done, I enjoyed that! 😉👍🏁

[@jayprest9491]

Some rider!!!! 👏🙌

[@paulcharlton2353]

Oil filter, lightly oil the seal so it doesn`t drag and distort radially as it`s tightened. Only prefill filters that are installed vertically with the screw fitting uppermost otherwise you just make a mess.

[@backontwowheels9469]

Ford trained before heading in a different direction but we always put a smear of fresh oil around the rubber seal and I believe it was so that you could get a bit more twist on the filter in turn creating a better seal.

[@martinhughes9769]

Enthusiastic as ever, great video , the yellow machine done well 😊

[@chrisb4504]

What a pleasure to watch but maybe a bit biased having an sv in the garage 👏

[@seanfavouritesongswithkayb9868]

As an sv owner obvs I would luv 2 c more content with this (or any sv really) lol going fwd 🙂

[@blaynehumphrey3198]

Ref oil filters, I don't oil the seal if they come pre-oiled and sealed, and never per fill either.... I stand by to be absolutely obliterated 😂, oh and you've got me trawling marketplace and eBay for old sv's as now I want a track bike!

[@rayholton5033]

Enjoying what you're doing, fella. I personally like this type of content. Maybe it's my age 😂 I don't have 20k to spend on the latest superbike or do winter track days in Spain. This is more like how it used to be.

[@neodurden6793]

8:12 Oïl on seal is to prevent it from degrading due to its dryness. It can cause a leak. And in case of hard driving with high temps, the rubber can melt on the engine and be a real pain in the as do come undone!

[@P6_7R_Nick]

Firstly Chris, where do you get motul oil analysis in the UK please? Secondly, a smear of new oil on the oil filter seal, if the filter can be fitted without loosing oil out of it then it doesn't harm filling it up but if the oil will spill out when fitting, don't bother filling. Best advice I can give when changing the oil on your bike is don't forget to put the new oil in with the sump plug fitted before riding off.

[@ianwarren8316]

Oil the filter seal first, and fill it with oil if the manufacturer states you should as it may not fill completely straight away due to the layout of the oil circuit and briefly starve the engine of oil on startup. If the manufacturer doesn’t say do this the oil system is such that it will always fill when you pour the oil in so it’s un-necessary and can be very messy to try.

[@mattsmoto1742]

deja vu.... got to the oil sampling and video got took down. glad to see it back

[@BikeWorldTVshow]

@@mattsmoto1742 sorry, we had to re- load.

[@pjakpjak7000]

Yes! Yes! FKN Yes! More content like this!!!

[@bikeserv]

Used engine oil on filter oring will make it easier to remove later.never install it dry,and if you can fill before is good,if not no prob

[@LazySatyr]

Re your distaste for brake lever guards, I have a broken knuckle on my right hand little finger that agrees with you. During a track day crash it did indeed snag. If you're gonna run one may i recommend the type designed to break away (though this probably offers less safety in regards to something hitting your brake lever...

[@markyoung6027]

Love these series

[@WinnDavey]

Absolutely brilliant content love the channel

[@michaelcrouch5708]

Looking forward to the proper sv race bike build.

[@lovecycling193]

Oil Filter seals, I just changed my V Strom 2016 1000 oil n filter and my 2002 Blackbird Both I used Hi Flow filters and the seals came pre greased and I dry fit my oil filter n never had issues.

[@speedyheads]

That looks like a lot of fun! 🤪

[@NotSure723]

If your filter comes off straight down, then it's easy to pre-fill it, and that will slightly reduce your oil starvation time on first startup. I say do it.

[@johntaramas5842]

Greatings from Greece. You are amazing!! Keep racing :)

[@robocombo]

My learning moment with oil filters was "don't trap electrical wires when tightening" resulting in big spills!

[@iamthemobey]

Stick the oil filter on cold and dry mate. No foreplay required.

[@PoweredbyRobots]

£2k? That's a month's rent, council tax, food and other living expenses these days. And that's already tight. 😕 PS I'm a day to day biker, it's a tool not a toy, because I can't afford toys (see above). And great vid, always enjoyable to see how enthusiastic and adaptable you are Chris.

[@Trevorpartington-yc6ri]

oil filter , silcon grease around the gasket or o-ring depending on model, filling it first is just a short cut to get the oil level right quicker. I find silicon grease works best because it preserves the gasket or o-ring, makes it more supple unlike oil does. As for recycled oil ..... sure! ... it's just recycled dinosours and plants anyway :D I havn't riden a bike for years, about the time the SV came out and I always regret not riding or owning one of these. one day maybe.............. sv's look awsome and that engine is builet prrof. Loverly bike !

[@jcmartinez7527]

7:11 Many race organizations don’t allow filters with nuts on them. I always use OEM filters with a hose clamp

[@vijaychauhan46]

Liked it so much, but keep the SV650 race build going, I look forward to it

[@ogasi1798]

i have oiled my o-ring and filled oil filter for 35 years, not let me down yet on about 30 bikes on road and mx - that's my take

[@tommoso55]

Well done that man, brilliant video 👍👍👍

[@seanfavouritesongswithkayb9868]

Luv the felt tip 😆

[@TheTybi]

08:11 I give the new oilfilter a little sip of fresh oil, to get the paper itself wet and then let it "kiss" the old one, to get just a little bit of oil on the sealing rubber. Job done.

[@willfriar5163]

I just love this stuff 👍🍻🏁