View Full Version : New Girlie pondering an SV
Kazbee79
16-12-08, 07:56 PM
Hi all.
I have recently passed my test and have been browsing here for a bit but not posted as one of the bikes i am thinking of getting is the SV, others that come to mind are:
Kawasaki ER6F
Honda Hornet.
Yamaha Fazer.
So i thought i would pop in here get your advice and say hello as i may be an SV owner soon.
Carol.
all good bikes tbh have a sit and see which one you like best which is more comfortable and which engine suits your needs/tastes.
Dangerous Dave
16-12-08, 07:59 PM
Howdy, welcome to the forum.
They are all great bikes, I would advise that you get a test ride on all four if possible. This is the only way you will find which bike suits you and your needs best, we can make suggestions but it is what suits you that is more important.
Alpinestarhero
16-12-08, 08:00 PM
Yes. Do it. put on a louder exhaust and ride it through a tunnel. You will never ever regret purchasing an sv and then putting a loud exhaust on it.
Welcome!
Hi Carol,
You won't go far wrong with an SV, they are great bikes for girls............can't beat that v-twin throb;)
Oh, and welcome to the forum.................just watch out for the deviants:D
Wideboy
16-12-08, 08:04 PM
bonjorno!!!
Alpinestarhero
16-12-08, 08:08 PM
bonjorno!!!
Guten abends!
these two are best fwends
k thx bye
Kate Moss
16-12-08, 08:10 PM
welcome to the mad house, you'll love it!!! sv all the way!!!
ArtyLady
16-12-08, 08:12 PM
Welcome fellow biker girlie! :cool:
shonadoll
16-12-08, 08:14 PM
Hiya and welcome- I'm quite new to biking and love my sv, but you can't beat test riding or sitting on them.Apparently the Hornet makes it's power high up, whereas the sv has more low down grunt.
these two are best fwends
k thx bye
Tut, no we are bestest fwends! Get it rite!
:smt006 ello
I'm going to say SV all the way! :D
However if you can go and test ride all the bike's you like and see which one you like best.
New Leaf
16-12-08, 08:52 PM
hello - get they fazer - they are much better than svs. ;-)
hello - get they fazer - they are much better than svs. ;-)
oh yeah 100% in fact these sv's are crap mines so awfull i have to ride it everyday to just remind myself of it's sheer level of crapness ;) :D
Kazbee79
16-12-08, 08:54 PM
Thanks for the warm welcome girls and guys.
I think i will do as suggested and go and sit on the bikes to see which one suits me best.
I also read about the new gladius replacing the SV do you think its worth looking at that as well.
Thanks for the warm welcome girls and guys.
I think i will do as suggested and go and sit on the bikes to see which one suits me best.
I also read about the new gladius replacing the SV do you think its worth looking at that as well.
urrrgggh gladius not good not good at all engines bound to be ace as it's just a reworked sv engine but it looks like a wobbler tbh.:D
ooo oo and buy my SV! you know you wanna! im but 20 miles from you... you know it makes sense....
I also read about the new gladius replacing the SV do you think its worth looking at that as well.
Saw that at the bike show and the build quality looked very poor!!!!!!!
Saw that at the bike show and the build quality looked very poor!!!!!!!
spanish suzuki no doubt.
Speedy Claire
16-12-08, 09:01 PM
Hiya and welcome....... I`ve had a fazer and hated it, I can`t praise the SV enough.
dizzyblonde
16-12-08, 09:08 PM
just get an SV, you'll soon be so addicted you'll buy another, then want more, refuse to sell either and stamp your feet til your sick and demand a big vtwin thou:mrgreen: before you know it you have more bikes than room permits:cool:
Don't even think of the Gladius in ere, its a swear word.:smt019....oh ps HELLO:p
Kazbee79
16-12-08, 09:24 PM
ooo oo and buy my SV! you know you wanna! im but 20 miles from you... you know it makes sense....
Thanks for the offer but i would want to buy new.
Saw that at the bike show and the build quality looked very poor!!!!!!!
So out of the 4 i am thinking of which one would be the best built.
dizzyblonde
16-12-08, 09:27 PM
well hun, the SV has a renowned build quality.....:-)
Welcome! Another girlie, yay!:smt041
Hello Kazbee, you won't regret buying a SV:D But you'd expect me to say that now, wouldn't you, after all you're on a SV forum:D
Welcome to the madhouse:cool:
See you at a rideout maybe:-D
Hello and welcome. :smt039
Get an SV. You'll be glad you did. :D
Oh, and welcome to the forum.................just watch out for the deviants:D
<waves>
Hi Carol
;)
Saw that at the bike show and the build quality looked very poor!!!!!!!
Odd that, I didn't think it was that bad at all, but whaddoIknowanyway ;)
Oh and welcome to the site new girlie.
Best built bike will wear a Honda badge, this also may be the most expensive and arguabely boring (read lacking character if you like compared to the SV). The V twin of the SV is a real gem, the Gladys allegedly has a new engine that strangely is very similar to the SV. Odd.
Tiger 55
17-12-08, 07:41 AM
Ahoy!
I've got an SV which is great. Mrs Tiger has a Hornet, which is totally different and also great. I very strongly suspect the ER-6 and the Fazer will be much the same...
In summary, follow your heart!
madness
17-12-08, 07:49 AM
Hello, and well done for the recent pass. I doubt that you'd go far wrong with any of your prospective choices. At the very least have a sit on them all and preferably test ride them. I'm sure one will feel more 'right' than the rest. Whatever you choose, I wish you happy and safe biking
SoulKiss
17-12-08, 08:07 AM
My tuppence worth.
When I was talking about getting a bike about 2 and a half years ago, the SV was mentioned as being a good beginners bike.
Thats how I found myself here.
Got an 06 Faired and loved it, right up until the point a Range Rover decided to not like me much :)
So ended up replacing it with a Z750, which is a brilliant bike, better than the SV, but at half the price again it should be.
However I must confess that on Monday morning, when my busted and broken SV came back to me (I bought it back) I had a smile on my face and when I went to get the Zed out of the garage yesterday I spent about 5 minutes just looking at the SV and planning its rebuild.
Obviously I am not alone in this, many of the Soho Massive have other bikes now, the older Ninja 6's seem VERY popular, but many of those people also have an SV tucked away somewhere.
So my recommendation - get an SV, the support you can get from this site is probably the best you will find on the internet and we're a friendly bunch.
Indivdual comments on the other bikes you mentioned
Kawasaki ER6F
Never liked the look of them - always think they look a bit cheap.
Honda Hornet.
Had one for a week, similar to the Z750 I ended up getting but not half as good. Personally I think that Honda mak very good motorcycles mechanically, but they seem, well a bit beige.
Yamaha Fazer.
Was put off these by my DAS instructor (he had one - but a pre-99 one) as he thought that the engine was set up all wrong on the ones since then.
You havent mentioned whether it a full or restricted licence you have - if restricted then the SV is the only choice.
Alpinestarhero
17-12-08, 09:57 AM
Soulkiss raised an important point about the restriction; an inline 4 (fazer, hornet) will feel pretty darn flat restricted. The ER6 might be ok (although im not sure, i havn't heard alot about them). The SV is pretty darn great restricted, as demonstrated by moi on this years annual rideout (btw, you gonna come for AR09?) where I coped well two-up and with topbox. Severl other people also demonstrated the brilliance of a restricted SV, most memorably for me chris numbers, he overtook a white van pretty efficiently.
SoulKiss
17-12-08, 10:18 AM
Soulkiss raised an important point about the restriction; an inline 4 (fazer, hornet) will feel pretty darn flat restricted. The ER6 might be ok (although im not sure, i havn't heard alot about them). The SV is pretty darn great restricted, as demonstrated by moi on this years annual rideout (btw, you gonna come for AR09?) where I coped well two-up and with topbox. Severl other people also demonstrated the brilliance of a restricted SV, most memorably for me chris numbers, he overtook a white van pretty efficiently.
Another thought is that the Hornet is probably the least beginner friendly of the ones listed due to the fact that its actually quite powerful - a CB600F (I believe) would be the Honda that would sit in that group. The Hornet needs a bit of work to get it at its best - plenty of gear changes.
So out of the 4 i am thinking of which one would be the best built.
Forgetting the Gladius which is butt uglt & made from 70% plastic, i would say build quality is as follows, Hornet, Fazer, SV, ER6.
I currently have a Gen II Fazer 1000 for a main bike & a Fazer 600 (fox eye) for an everyday bike & love them both because they suit me, I have also had an SV650 which i also really liked & i almost bought another one a short while ago for my every day bike before i found the Fazer 600, in all honesty the best advice has already been given, Test Ride, Test Ride, Test Ride, & buy the bike that suits you, that cannot be expressed enough, everyone is different & has different tastes which is good because there is more than one manufacturer out there & i don't want to ride the same bike as everyone else does, how boring would that be.
Good luck & have fun.
an inline 4 (fazer, hornet) will feel pretty darn flat restricted.
Sorry but i have to disagree with past experience of this, i rode a unrestricted 600 IL4 to Orwells in Ipswich to have restrictors put in it for my son & then rode it home again, there was no difference in acceleration at all, which really surprised me as i expected it to be quite gutless, it just wouldn't go over 95 after being restricted, in a straight line drag he could still keep up with me when i rode my old SV until i hit 95 then i pulled away, maybe different bikes react in different ways to being restricted but the one i rode was definately just as fast on acceleration after as it was before.
Howdy pardner, welcome aboard :D Id get a test ride on all 4 if I were you, I had a curvey which I traded in for a daytona, still miss the curvey though, good luck with whatever bike you choose though.
Dangerous Dave
17-12-08, 11:05 AM
Sorry but i have to disagree with past experience of this, i rode a unrestricted 600 IL4 to Orwells in Ipswich to have restrictors put in it for my son & then rode it home again, there was no difference in acceleration at all, which really surprised me as i expected it to be quite gutless, it just wouldn't go over 95 after being restricted, in a straight line drag he could still keep up with me when i rode my old SV until i hit 95 then i pulled away, maybe different bikes react in different ways to being restricted but the one i rode was definately just as fast on acceleration after as it was before.
The torque is still there, it is the bhp that is restricted. The problem with 33bhp IL4's is that the upper rev range power is lost, IL4's make most of there power at higher rev's. The best bikes to have restricted are Parallels or V's, more low down torque which is not affected by a 33bhp kit.
martianskippy
17-12-08, 12:23 PM
Hello and welcome :)
Hope to see you at the annual ride out on a shiny, new whatever-catches-your-fancy ;)
Kazbee79
17-12-08, 12:33 PM
Thanks for the advice guys. I have a full Licence so no need to worry about restriction etc.
Just chose one and ride it.
SoulKiss
17-12-08, 12:35 PM
Thanks for the advice guys. I have a full Licence so no need to worry about restriction etc.
Just chose one and ride it.
Despite what I said before, there IS a lot to be said for just picking the one you like the colour of, or the headlight, or the tail-light.
End of the day its your call, and your bike.
Its quite hard for us to say as personal preferences, expectations and body shape, type of riding that you will mainly be doing and the evil money all come into it.
If I can be bold and make some assumptions (very very sorry if they are way off). As you are a lady I guess you will be approx 5 foot 8, and as this is your first bike you may be after something that has the 'beginners bike' tag.
If you want a bike under 5 grand then I would stick to the 6f or sv650s.
Personally, if I was just starting out then the new ducati 696 or ktm 690 duke/supermoto would be on the list too, but these do have a higher price tag.
But the sector that you are looking at is very popular and as such new additions are happening nearly all the time. I think Honda have just released a new 600 Hornet. Put if you want to explore all the rev range of your bike, in as many gears as you dare to play with a Twin is probably the way to go.
Look at the positive you are in a very good position. Buy a few bike mags and get a feel for the bikes that make the hairs stand up then pop down and have a play.
Remember to haggle on the price, at this time of the year your cash is king.
Happy shopping
Despite what I said before, there IS a lot to be said for just picking the one you like the colour of, or the headlight, or the tail-light.
End of the day its your call, and your bike.
Here's a nice colour for a bike. Nice bike too. They don't go together too well though Kaz, well at least not in my opinion:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2006-TRIUMPH-DAYTONA-675-PINK_W0QQitemZ220327514085QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Mo torcycles?hash=item220327514085&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1299%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C 240%3A1318
Kazbee79
17-12-08, 12:39 PM
Despite what I said before, there IS a lot to be said for just picking the one you like the colour of, or the headlight, or the tail-light.
End of the day its your call, and your bike.
Yes true.
I love the look of the SV, not too keen on the big exhaust. The Hornet only seems to come in a naked version so not too keen on that.
The Fazer is quite expensive . So i have narrowed down to the SV and ER6F.
The best bit is my Hubby is in the RLC down at the maritime center in Marchwood near Southampton. And come Feb we will be moving to Germany. I can therefore get the new bike at UK spec but tax free! :cheers:
Oh, you're married....
<walks off in opposite direction>
;)
hello:kiss:
get the sv........... a yellow one, as they are the fasterest
Dangerous Dave
17-12-08, 12:57 PM
get the sv........... a yellow one, as they are the fasterest
+ 1,000,000 and a Curvy obviously. ;)
SoulKiss
17-12-08, 12:59 PM
Yes true.
I love the look of the SV, not too keen on the big exhaust. The Hornet only seems to come in a naked version so not too keen on that.
The Fazer is quite expensive . So i have narrowed down to the SV and ER6F.
The best bit is my Hubby is in the RLC down at the maritime center in Marchwood near Southampton. And come Feb we will be moving to Germany. I can therefore get the new bike at UK spec but tax free! :cheers:
Given the 2 you have narrowed it down to it would have to be the SV
The exhaust issue can be solved with a hacksaw and about £120.
http://78.86.112.120/com/chaoscrypt/pics/sv/mods/newcan.jpg
all good bikes tbh have a sit and see which one you like best which is more comfortable and which engine suits your needs/tastes.
+1
Give all your local dealers a ring, say you want a test ride. Some will gladly do it, others not, so shop around.
Have you thought about a cbr600f? They have a very good reputation. Plenty out there to suit any budget.
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