SV650 Engine Failure Diagnosis

In this video I discuss some of the problems I discovered in a discarded Suzuki SV650 engine with just over 60,000 km and investigate why the bike owner might have replaced it.

[@TrustyZ900]

Personally seen an SV650 with 240k miles, original engine. Love em.

[@nicnadu0515]

Yeah right

[@YSRreview]

I’m in my 4th year in the trade, always love to watch this type of video, your flow is nice and slow for explanation. Awesome video

[@ronaldthomas9396]

I believe that those gears are Nylon, a strong material that is used primarily for noise reduction!

[@michaelcrouch5708]

60k km is not high for an SV.

[@ihavecojones]

Throwing away a dl650 engine at 60.000...blasphemy.
If propperly taken care of (oil, filters, valves, timing chain) they easily last over 200.000
And that comes from how brilliant the Jappanese were when they built this engine. How the oil jets work and are distribuited and how the oil is ran trough the oil cooler to keep an optimal temperature.

[@Imarida2]

I was very worried when he pointed at the engine failure being the starter pinion tooth breaking. I had aan Amazon starter that ate every tooth on the starter and replaced it with a used original starter on eBay. I thought I was doomed when I heard him say it broke the engine. Until he pointed out that the mechanic was an utter knob.

[@JMmoto_]

Very interesting 😯

[@martinglenkenny]

Well explained dude.

[@paulmullins102]

good tips thanks

[@junior-hk2jt]

it's a no-brainer.... condemning a whole engine bcuz of a bad starter!?!?!... i'd changed mechanics that day.

[@mrcreative6020]

could you replace a drive shaft baring in vstrom dl 1000, price? i’m in ireland

[@londondirt1217]

Given the age, what would the options be to replace the plastic gears? Can you get after-market ones easily or would you need to custom make them?

[@StanislavManilov]

Awesome! What are you planning to do with the engine now? Are you replacing the starter motor and using the engine?