SBF Silverwings Cafe 2008 - JDM/Euro 400/600

[eric78]

Guys, for the touchup paint, thanks for the suggestion. will head down autobacs soon.

 

btw, have been a wonderful ride with Silverwing but i feel the backrest is still very "front" even when i adjusted it all the way to the back.

 

bro when u going to get the touch-up paint? i need to get too...mine is silver color...how abt urs? Maybe we can share?

[eric78]

after some sensitive analysis and cost vs benefit

hahha

i decided to stay on

 

bro...u made me both sad & happy at the same times...

[MonoWorld]

bro when u going to get the touch-up paint? i need to get too...mine is silver color...how abt urs? Maybe we can share?

 

mine is the grey color. my paint work a bit chipped off near the edge.

[adriel]

I tune mine at K & T, within the row of workshops near TP HQ at Ubi.

Check the price 1st before agreeing to service.

Normally I don't ask... so can't give you a quote.

 

hey thanks SW9000

 

mind sharing how they tune??? I feel mine running a little rich since the spark plug super black ......

 

How do mechanic tune the Silverwing???

[adriel]

argh, i dropped my bike SWing. just 2 hours after i took out. haiz heart pain. minor scratches on the exhaust pipe cover and right-hand side fairing towards the edge of the console. any suggestions to patch the scratches up?

 

Ouch...... another alternative is to look at ebay..... sometime can find some parts of fairing at relatively low cost... provided the colour matches.....

 

I also looking for some parts of the fairing...... fingers cross....

[scoobydoo]

http://www.singaporebikes.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4673051#post4673051

 

yoyoyo... a 07 T-max letting go for COI ....

 

check it out yo........

 

i know few fella hand itchy wanna switch to T-max right.. hehehhe

hey hey... not me not me... i still very happy with my silverwing

even if change... should be burger exec ba... my bike need to have a big "stomach" to swallow my barangs

considered TMax but decided to drop the idea totally coz practicality is wad scooter for. beside, when i was still riding super4, whenever a SWing zoomed passed, really LOVED it due to its look and the exhaust.

i also tot the exhaust looks cool... but beware, the set costs >$1k

[kool74]

I had switch from my stock Bridgestone 'Hoop' tyres to Metzeler 'Feelfree'. All i can said is that it works fine to me.

Care to share where & how much u chg to Metzeler 'Feelfree' tyre?

[anodise57]

scoob... temptations...

 

hahahah

 

 

Well.. i would say Burger650 i sweet too.....

Compartment is 62L if i not wrong..... Heavy front.... more stable @ NSHW on 140-160.......

Cos i tried mine"O swinger @ tat speed.... . feels bit light upfront...

Burger no problem man.......

Steptronic somemore.. hahha

[scoobydoo]

maybe when i become more uncle, go upgrade wing from silver to gold http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Transports/biker-039.gif

[anodise57]

when u uncle.. .goldwing might be bit TOO HEAVY liao.. hahahha

[patriots]

Today my SW up the lorry

 

Bike cannot restart after sending my gf to work. Initially thought battery weak or spark plug with some moisture...

 

Later found my bike magnetic coil burn..

 

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/1493/picture1wd3.th.jpghttp://img87.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif

 

My bike is only 22 months and less than 30K mileage. Although is my first bike reliability issue to date, I feel by Honda reliability standard, this coil failure comes a bit too premature..

 

FYI, the magnetic coil change don't come cheap

[anodise57]

must check..... if the coil it shorted....

My phantom FV plate... .came new...2 day cannot start.. went back verify is coil sorted with body......

 

Well in anycase... hope its ok liao

[ah_huats]

Today my SW up the lorry

 

Bike cannot restart after sending my gf to work. Initially thought battery weak or spark plug with some moisture...

 

Later found my bike magnetic coil burn..

 

My bike is only 22 months and less than 30K mileage. Although is my first bike reliability issue to date, I feel by Honda reliability standard, this coil failure comes a bit too premature..

 

FYI, the magnetic coil change don't come cheap

 

Well, at least it it working now

[MonoWorld]

when i was riding hm from work, my SWing felt heavy on the throttle. seems like need to open more throttle. i tot it was due to charging of my hp but i stopped the charging halfway and it was better but heavier felt heavy again after some distance. any idea wad happened? i checked my tyres pressure on the way home, over-inflated (FRONT: 330kpa, REAR 300kpa). i guess tyres were hot. hw many kpa difference between hot and cold tyre?

[HelmetBOX1605198525]

Today my SW up the lorry

 

Bike cannot restart after sending my gf to work. Initially thought battery weak or spark plug with some moisture...

 

Later found my bike magnetic coil burn..

 

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/1493/picture1wd3.th.jpghttp://img87.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif

 

My bike is only 22 months and less than 30K mileage. Although is my first bike reliability issue to date, I feel by Honda reliability standard, this coil failure comes a bit too premature..

 

FYI, the magnetic coil change don't come cheap

 

wow sad to hear this..

i think common problem for SW is battery and coil problem only.

that is the only issue i heard people complaining.

sainz. warranty going to end soon.

hahah

[adriel]

sorry to hear me.....btw...

 

i think i saw ur coil just now.... only one small part chow taa.....the rest still look ok....

 

 

 

Today my SW up the lorry

 

Bike cannot restart after sending my gf to work. Initially thought battery weak or spark plug with some moisture...

 

Later found my bike magnetic coil burn..

 

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/1493/picture1wd3.th.jpghttp://img87.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif

 

My bike is only 22 months and less than 30K mileage. Although is my first bike reliability issue to date, I feel by Honda reliability standard, this coil failure comes a bit too premature..

 

FYI, the magnetic coil change don't come cheap

[MonoWorld]

Do you guys send your SWing to Planet?

 

Where do you guys normally service your SWing?

 

What are the timelines to service the SWing?

 

Hehe paiseh asked too many questions.

[greenday]

when i was riding hm from work, my SWing felt heavy on the throttle. seems like need to open more throttle. i tot it was due to charging of my hp but i stopped the charging halfway and it was better but heavier felt heavy again after some distance. any idea wad happened? i checked my tyres pressure on the way home, over-inflated (FRONT: 330kpa, REAR 300kpa). i guess tyres were hot. hw many kpa difference between hot and cold tyre?

 

Hey, I got the same problem. There was once I start my bike and ride, but feel different. Felt very heavy. . . . . .

 

 

 

Then realised I forgot to release my hand brake

Luckily short distance only:cheeky:

[greenday]

Do you guys send your SWing to Planet?

 

Where do you guys normally service your SWing?

 

What are the timelines to service the SWing?

 

Hehe paiseh asked too many questions.

 

Yea. . . . I wanna ask the same question also, where do most of you guys send your beloved SWing to service?

 

I pretty sianz with the workshop that I usually get my bike to service. Felt they always beat around the bush and sometimes found them not so honest. And this is even after I service with them for a few years already!

 

Please recommend the good wkshops to hang out at, Please!

 

Workshops with good services should be acknowledged, so they will get more business. Then those dishonest ones will have no customers, so they will realised that honesty is the best policy!

[anodise57]

eh... how come everyone asking same questions? If you try a bit to readup previous pages.. you'll know who and where is botak (Wonderful motor @ macpherson) located....... he is da man for the job. Nothing fancy. Just good mech for ya scoot.

 

Those prefer more fanciful one .. can go future scootering ......

[scoobydoo]

Do you guys send your SWing to Planet?

 

Where do you guys normally service your SWing?

 

What are the timelines to service the SWing?

 

Hehe paiseh asked too many questions.

 

Yea. . . . I wanna ask the same question also, where do most of you guys send your beloved SWing to service?

 

I pretty sianz with the workshop that I usually get my bike to service. Felt they always beat around the bush and sometimes found them not so honest. And this is even after I service with them for a few years already!

 

Please recommend the good wkshops to hang out at, Please!

this depends on what you mean by servicing... general servicing/maintenance? mods & add-ons? repairs? ???

 

if your SW is bought recently, you'll probably need only general servicing, i.e. change EO, oil filter. stock sparkies can last easily for at least ~10k kms and radiator water >1 yr with normal riding. such basic maintenance could be done ourselves if not for not having a convenient/proper means to discard the used EO.

if other things go kaput, then suay suay bo pian got repair shop lor

 

for something more major within 1st year... hey! isn't that what the warranty is for?

but remember to remove the "voidables" that could give BS an excuse to void our warranty

in fact, botak has advised that we go claim warranty before he will lay his hands on our new-ish bike, in case warranty kenna void

 

for something more major after 1st year or non-warranty jobs or add-ons... strongly suggest go to shops that either "specialise" in scooters or has experience in scooters.

i ever went to a shop to fix my electric horn, after fiddling with the front fairing for about 15 mins, the mech gave up and put everything back i also gave up and went straight to Tai Hin, whose mech fitted the horn swee swee without taking out the front fairing (only remove the wind shield panels, same access to headlights)

 

so where to go?

if you bought from Mah or Looi's, can go back to them as they both got experienced mechs to do the wing. may cost more but you know your baby is in good hands

alternatively, can go to the more known scoot repairers like Future (kallang), Tai Hin (kallang) and Wonferful aka botak (macpherson)... but surely there are good n bad experiences at all shops

strongly DO NOT recommend go LAB workshop

 

personally, i change my EO & filter at Looi's and fitted my extras at Tai Hin. also visited botak for TCSS and probably also become his supporter for non-warranty jobs... too bad he don't carry the EO i want

[scoobydoo]

eh... how come everyone asking same questions? If you try a bit to readup previous pages.. you'll know who and where is botak (Wonderful motor @ macpherson) located....... he is da man for the job. Nothing fancy. Just good mech for ya scoot.

 

Those prefer more fanciful one .. can go future scootering ......

ya lor... already posted "how to get there" guides with access maps

not difficult to guess which one is botak

http://www.singaporebikes.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=347&size=big&cat=

 

not difficult to guess which one is me

[greenday]

eh... how come everyone asking same questions? If you try a bit to readup previous pages.. you'll know who and where is botak (Wonderful motor @ macpherson) located....... he is da man for the job. Nothing fancy. Just good mech for ya scoot.

 

Those prefer more fanciful one .. can go future scootering ......

 

Thanks anodise57.

 

I just wanna do basic maintenance of my wing nothing fanciful.

Fancy one $$$ also fancy. . . . . .

But worst sometimes do basic at fancy shop also kena fancy $$$

[greenday]

this depends on what you mean by servicing... general servicing/maintenance? mods & add-ons? repairs? ???

 

if your SW is bought recently, you'll probably need only general servicing, i.e. change EO, oil filter. stock sparkies can last easily for at least ~10k kms and radiator water >1 yr with normal riding. such basic maintenance could be done ourselves if not for not having a convenient/proper means to discard the used EO.

if other things go kaput, then suay suay bo pian got repair shop lor

 

for something more major within 1st year... hey! isn't that what the warranty is for?

but remember to remove the "voidables" that could give BS an excuse to void our warranty

in fact, botak has advised that we go claim warranty before he will lay his hands on our new-ish bike, in case warranty kenna void

 

for something more major after 1st year or non-warranty jobs or add-ons... strongly suggest go to shops that either "specialise" in scooters or has experience in scooters.

i ever went to a shop to fix my electric horn, after fiddling with the front fairing for about 15 mins, the mech gave up and put everything back i also gave up and went straight to Tai Hin, whose mech fitted the horn swee swee without taking out the front fairing (only remove the wind shield panels, same access to headlights)

 

so where to go?

if you bought from Mah or Looi's, can go back to them as they both got experienced mechs to do the wing. may cost more but you know your baby is in good hands

alternatively, can go to the more known scoot repairers like Future (kallang), Tai Hin (kallang) and Wonferful aka botak (macpherson)... but surely there are good n bad experiences at all shops

strongly DO NOT recommend go LAB workshop

 

personally, i change my EO & filter at Looi's and fitted my extras at Tai Hin. also visited botak for TCSS and probably also become his supporter for non-warranty jobs... too bad he don't carry the EO i want

 

Thanks scooby

 

Wonderful got 2 hits already. . . . .maybe I will drop by there for my next service.

[Kris Rider]

Today my SW up the lorry

 

Bike cannot restart after sending my gf to work. Initially thought battery weak or spark plug with some moisture...

 

Later found my bike magnetic coil burn..

 

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/1493/picture1wd3.th.jpghttp://img87.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif

 

My bike is only 22 months and less than 30K mileage. Although is my first bike reliability issue to date, I feel by Honda reliability standard, this coil failure comes a bit too premature..

 

FYI, the magnetic coil change don't come cheap

 

Good News ! Bad News ! Always got something to Gripe about !

 

Anyway Guys & Gals with SWs i must share what info i heard from others and my personal experiences - It seems that the coil problem is linked to battery condition - if the battery is defective (normally after about 2 to 3 years of Abuse) the charge from the coil would leak backwards if cannot be absorbed by the battery and FRY your coil windings or Insulation wrapping.

 

Battery abuse - this normally refers to those "Maintenance Free" batteries which get shorted out by dirt or rain or not enough charging time during normal use. By charging time means at least a 20km run at above 4,000 RPM each time you ride the bike. Idling the bike for long periods (especially like in causeway quees) is really bad for both cooling and charging system. Take Heed OK i Kenna already on 3 different bikes.