weird colour and year

[noob-saibot]

hey guys. just arsing around and found a bike paint website. looked up my bike(as you do) sv650 curvy naked on a 2000 plate(irish). now my bike is black and it seems the met black paint version didnt appear untill 2002! i have looked into this further and it seems to be true. can anyone explain further? have i got a sv650 Mcfly edition?

[drag]

It's naked thats the problem right there ;) did you buy it new or from a dealer ? it could have been a re spray ?

[fastdruid]

hey guys. just arsing around and found a bike paint website. looked up my bike(as you do) sv650 curvy naked on a 2000 plate(irish). now my bike is black and it seems the met black paint version didnt appear untill 2002! i have looked into this further and it seems to be true. can anyone explain further? have i got a sv650 Mcfly edition?

Could it have been an 'S' that someone rebuilt as an 'N'? The 'S' was available in black back in 2000, I should know, I bought one. :)

OTOH it's only two panels and the tank, well possible someone just swapped them for black.

Druid

[noob-saibot]

drag - i dont think its a respray. was bought from a fellow biker.ie member that can be vouched for by others.

fastdruid - dont think its an s as its got permanent brackets on the sides of the rad which i think was a naked only thing for a while for some weird reason. suppose someone coulda swapped the tank and panels.

is there any way of confirming any of this?

[Dangerous Dave]

is there any way of confirming any of this?
Have a look in the service book, the pink label will tell you the original colour and colour code.

[dirtydog]

I had an X reg naked that was metallic black and that as far as I know was it's original colour

[fastdruid]

fastdruid - dont think its an s as its got permanent brackets on the sides of the rad which i think was a naked only thing for a while for some weird reason. suppose someone coulda swapped the tank and panels.

is there any way of confirming any of this?

Do you mean like this?
http://www.fastdruid.co.uk/albums/SV650/thumbs/640x480DSC04970.JPG
(ignoring the bend and dent obviously).

That's an 'S' radiator.

Druid

[Dangerous Dave]

Whilst the 'N' models have little plates on the either end...

http://i21.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/cd/80/94d6_1.JPG

[fastdruid]

I've just found this which says there was a black naked in 2000
http://www.suzukicycles.org/photos/SV/SV650/2000_SV650_black_side_450.jpg

EDIT: makes more sense if I give the link as well!
http://www.suzukicycles.org/photos/SV/SV650/2000_SV650_black_side_450.jpg

Druid

[fastdruid]

Just remembered the the other difference in body work, are there stickers on the seat sides?

The 'N' has stickers on the seat sides, the 'S' doesn't.

Druid

[Dangerous Dave]

The 'N' has stickers on the seat sides, the 'S' doesn't.
You can peel off stickers... ;)

You are right, there was a 2000 model SV650N (naked) in black.

[riktherider]

my t reg curvy was origionally metalic black. well in know it was black, and pretty sure ut was faintly metalic.

[noob-saibot]

it says met black in the book. suppose its a black 2000 so if they were actually available. fastdruid - my radiator has those permanent brackets, but also has the plates dangerous dave showed. i thought only the naked 99-02 rad had those brackets, but obviously the s does too. or am i all over the shop again?