Evening All, Newbie

[idlcmilrar]

Hi All,
Just found you and thought I'd better introduce myself. Bought a P-reg NTV a few months ago for the bargain price of £150. Needed new fork seals and was overheating but got fork seals done and fitted new radiator and thermostat and all's been fine. Bike's speedo is in kph but doesn't bother me so haven't changed it. I use it every day for my 55 mile round trip to work and it's great, even though it's been round the clock already and is back at 35000 km. My girlfriend booked up a weeks tour of South West England in March for my birthday which we're going to do on the NTV, can't wait.
Just bought a Garmin 2610 sat nav so want to get out sightseeing!!!
Cheers all,
Roger.

[jaz66]

Hi Roger.
Welcome and glad you found the site.
takes a bit of work to find any sites or information
about this bike.
love the fact your bike is still going after so many miles,
means mine should last for good while longer (38,000) ;D

Saw a p reg NTV on Gumtree, with NO mot for £250 so well done on your buy, mate!!

Your trip sounds great, theres a woman whose put a lot of thought into a present!
You'll have to let us know how it went.
(did you see Maddie's (Aussie) account of her trip?)

My bikes a P reg in green, but hoping to respray in dark blue
or black before summer.
Just waiting to find info about correct paint and how well
plastic panels will take painting
(coverage, quality of finish and durability ie: cracking when flexing)
if quality is poor I'll have to source matching panels of E-bay.

Bike cost £300 and Just spent the princely sum of £26 on E-bay for givi top box,
which i fitted yesterday, 2nd best buy so far (bike No1) !!


A couple of Q's
How much was it to fix the fork seals? (in case mine go)
and does yours suffer 2nd gear issues? mines missing completely.
Did you find anywhere on line that points to what other bikes
can be a source of donor parts for the old NTV? ( Revere I know of, any others?)

Cheers
Jim

[idlcmilrar]

Hi Jim,
When my first bike (Suzuki GSX 1100) became too expensive to keep repairing I was offered the NTV by the garage. I bit their hand off at the thought of a decent enough looking bike for a bargain. I knew it needed new fork seals so left it with them for a few days to get done so spent the time researching the bike. There were a few websites with info and almost everyone said they're great bikes if not a little rugged and basic. A few had mentioned the second gear issue which mine has too but only when I try and pull away from the lights too quickly!!!! Embarrassing when you miss second, find neutral and rev the hell out of your engine!!!!
I'm, hoping that even though the bike's done a lot of miles it'll keep on going for a while longer as there's no sign of any smoke or leaks. The clutch seems to be on its way out so might have to get that done before March. Don't know if it's something I can do myself, but I looked in the manual and it looks ok so might try and do it.

A friend told me about the NTV on Gumtree and I thought about buying it for spares but it was gone before I got there.

I haven't had a chance to have a proper browse through the site here but will search out Maddies trip and have myself a read, thanks for letting me know. I'll let you know how it goes when we get back and will try to include some photos.

Is yours the bright green? Why are you planning on changing the colour, do you not like it?? I've seen wuite a few different parts on ebay, including petrol tanks and panels so you might be able to buy replacements there and sell yours. Might even out if you're lucky!! I'm pretty sure I heard somewhere that the plastics can't be painted but I may be wrong.

£26 for a Givi box?!?!?!?!?!?! BARGAIN!!!!!!!!! Then again £300 for an NTV with such low mileage?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! I got my box with the bike, it's a Givi, one of the huge ones which holds two helmets. Bought a pair of panniers off ebay for about £70 if I remember right and bought a tank bag from Lidl ages ago for £15!! All set for a proper tour!!!!

The fork seals were £100, but that's pretty standard for garage prices. I think the seals from wemoto.com are quite cheap so might do them myself next time. I'm not too sure about parts crossing over from other bikes but will try and find out and will let you know what's possible.

Cheers,
Roger.

[jaz66]

Hi roger
It's true every site say's how great, if a little
agricultural the NTV is, but 2nd gear IS a real pain.
may have a mental block now since I have been caught out
TWICE!! at the same spot with 2nd NOT engaging from lights and
stalling the B*****D, Had to hit the starter and pull away
all shamed faced like a complete K**B

"A friend told me about the NTV on Gumtree"
wouldn't have been around DEC 2006 would it?
"650 full givi hard luggage system,MOT and tax,less than 40,ooo miles.
2nd gear missing ( still passes mot without it,you get used to it)hence only£400"

That ones mine now

Colours green. but I have a big dent (3" across) in tank so have to fix!!!
It's SO ugly with the dent

Green is OK but the revere came in blue
and I have seen the NTV in black and they look SO
much better. have to spray to fix dent so why not have
colour I like ? But cheer for heads up on panels. Might
buy a Crap panel from E-bay to test paint before
messing with the ones on bike.
UR right panels available on E-bay, just waiting AND paying
for matching colours is the problem!.

£26 for a Givi box?
good buy maybe but £150 bike PLUS
I got my box with the bike, it's a Givi, one of the
huge ones which holds two helmets.
and panniers off ebay for about £70
good dealings my friend!

By the way LIDL do come up with unexpected goodies
don't they !!

All set for your tour for pennies! well done M8.

A £100 for fork seals don't sound too bad, but UR right
the process SEEMS do able by amateurs like ME! so
may give it ago when
I have to (Just Not too soon, God!)

drive safe
Jim